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Sethnar

I want to see a non-magic ranged weapon used by a scholar profession

[Request]

I've been playing a lot of deadeye recently, and I really like the slightly mystical feel of the rifle skills and cantrips. It feels like the physical projectile nature of a rifle being complimented by shadowy magics, and it's great. And I would love to see a similar feeling for a scholar profession

So far, the elite specs for mesmers, elementalists, and necromancers have only given those professions access to melee weapons (unless you count the scourge torch or tempest horn as "ranged")

Between pistols, rifles, and the two types of how's, pistols are the only type used by any of the scholar professions, and that's only in the case of offhand pistol on mesmers.

I would love to see elementalists with a short bow, enchanting their arrows with different powers. Or a necromancer with dual pistols, shooting literal death at their enemies. It would be nice to see the ranged weapons with a more magical spin put on them. Especially considering that so few professions can use these weapon types, compared to swords or aces that can be used by almost all the professions now. Just some thoughts I've had.

Posted Mar 11, 2018, 12:11 PM UTC

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MithranArkanere🌟 SUGGEST-A-TRON•

A mesmer with a main hand pistol to be able to be a double pistol dueler, an elementalist firing elemental bullets with a rifle, and a necromancer with one main hand pistol who has played way too much Shadowman are the combinations that make the most sense.

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wingedmurasakiValdys•

I want main hand pistol for mesmers SO BAD.

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t1r1g0n•

I like this Idea. Ele with Bow (no matter which version) is a dream I have since launch. Dual Pistols or Rifle would be cool too.

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VDRawr•

Ele with a bow feels off to me. Old school bows take a lot of strength to use, much more so than melee weapons. Obviously Anet can just ignore that, and we have magic and technological bows that don't have a string to draw at all, but it would still feel a bit off.

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SethnarOP•

Melee weapons on scholars, specifically elementalists, make sense because you can attribute the damage to the magic and not the metal. Dagger elementalists don't actually cut with the daggers, but the theme of close range dueling still fits.

That being said, I don't think of scholars as necessarily too weak to draw a bow, even if it isn't magic providing the draw strength.

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JHBlancsTellarium, Hialeah, Iriliestra, Asterblaske, Galleass•

I dreamt up a ele spec where the Bow is used to mark Locuses of magic, from wherein the magic pulses. Thus, no need to pull back a bolt on your bow.

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coolsam254•

With 25 might my Ele should be more than strong enough to pull a bow string!

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Maya_HettMad Scientist•

Mesmer elite spec with rifle - Rip Van Winkle.

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VanGherwen[SC]•

Chronomancer was inteded to get a rifle first, the changed it to shield during development.

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Quikksy•

Dual Pistols on Necro. But the name Reaper is already taken.

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SethnarOP•

Is that a soul eater reference I see?

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Quikksy•

T'was but an Overwatch.

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SethnarOP•

Ahhh, that works too

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El_Barto_227Kormir did nothing wrong•

I'd like Necro to get a good ranged weapon. Longbow would probably fit the best.

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SethnarOP•

What makes you say longbow? I'm curious as to what kind of theme your picturing for that.

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El_Barto_227Kormir did nothing wrong•

Well, I figured it was more fitting than rifle as a 1200 range option. We have staff but it's a utility weapon. Could have a theme of cursed and spectral arrows.

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chinkeeyongCKY.6980 [AUNZ] Aussie and New Zealand Flamers•

But imagine a crossbow-rifle necro spec!

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The_BlogI am now a God, your God! I deserve this.•

Elemental gunslinger! I have been hoping for that ever since HoT. One day I will get my wish ...

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whowantbloodtarrktun stole my•

I would like a necro with longbow myself.

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Anthan•

Not a Scholar I know but the Guardian is a very magic focussed class who gets the Longbow, and uses it to magic up forcefields and lazers.

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taisynn•

I would love to be able to use shortbows on more classes. TBH, I don’t know why they don’t open up the weapon types for all classes. Like ESO does. It shouldn’t be too difficult.

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DrJackl3•

It shouldn’t be too difficult

You realize that every class has 5 unique skills (or 3 for mainhand, 2 for offhand) for every weapon type. I'm not in the mood to calculate how many weapon skills there already are but getting every class every possible weapon type would mean we have 594 weapon skills, not counting aquatic weapons.

Not too difficult, huh.

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dr86zero•

They can make crappy low effort skills for all class/weapon combinations such that only few people will be playing them.

Worked for rifle warrior, at least.

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taisynn•

Its a stable of other games. Could keep people in longer and have people playing more classes to play with the weapon they like.

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