Guild Wars 2

evilunderling.9265:

x Charlie.4820:

This isn’t proof. I think a lot of people are forgetting that engineers use rifles and are medium armour.

It isn’t, no. I believe it’s taken as evidence because of the look that the player went for (in much the same way as a light-armoured female wielding a shield and doing something purple was taken to imply mesmer shields).

That was obviously a mesmer.
they’re the only light class that uses sword, and the animation for the skill looks like mesmer’s.

I think each class will get new 5 weapon skills.
that’s why I think thieves will get rifle and mesmers will probably also get mainhand pistol “we already use pistols, so no need for new pistol traits”.

the thing is that all mesmer’s phantasms use already existing skills that are used by other classes, how would that work with shield? since we know that the phantasm is always summond by the offhand weapon!
I can’t think of any useful skill for the phantasm to use, and if that was true I doubt that the shield will be useful.

zityz.6089:

Hopefully we will get a 2nd pistol so one our illusions makes actual sense.

you realize that that phantasms don’t necessarily weild the same weapon that summond them?
for example, staff’s phantasm actually weilds a scepter, and focus’ weilds axe… etc.