Guild Wars 2

Ghotistyx.6942:

Short bow is the ranged aoe weapon
P/D is built around stealth and kiting (and by proxy sneak attack)
P/P is built around single target ranged damage and control (immob, interrupt, blind)

So woe and shame to those who deviate from the master’s plan?
“Double pistols for aoe? Preposterous! Crush the rebels!” That’s pretty much how it sounded in my head.
This just seems a way to standardise the gameplay and put professions on predefined styles. While it’s true that weapons have skills for specific purposes, I don’t understand why you shouldn’t have alternatives to them.
Why did they put ricochet there in the first place?

I’m just here to add another voice to the mob, being another p/p thief that has been laughed at for using a less-than-optimal build, but still found this double pistol the most fun and rewarding play style both in pve and in that little wvw i did.
When I first saw the new trait system I was even glad to see some intresting changes, but then I noticed “where are the pistol traits? Am I missing something?”…
Nope, pistol damage gone, ricochet gone.
Why would anyone use pistols anymore? I dunno. Are they gonna put it back with HoT? I dunno, and if they do I’m not sure if it’s gonna be worth to spend money just to return to the status quo. Right now I don’t feel like playing my thief because it feels ruined.
Before anyone says that it’s just one way to play the thief, and just one class out of 8/9, I know that but it was my way (no Sinatra quote intended).
Now, to find a proper use for my ascended pistols, I’m sure they’d make a great paperweight…