Just for fun... weapon ideas

[Allahlav]

I wasn't sure where to put this, but anyway. I was thinking of how just about all MMOs share the same basic weapon sets. Granted GW2 is adding specialized underwater weapons and whatnot, I got to thinking how interesting it'd be if there were very unconventional weapons, or just weapons you don't often see a certain "class / profession" use very often or not at all.

some that came to mind were:
Necro - scythe
Theif - rope dart and/or meteor hammer

Okay, those are the only 2 that came to mind. Whereas they are highly impractical, this is just for fun.

Anyone else have any others they'd like to see in the game, or am I the only one thinking outside the box here...?

[Centaur]

I agree with you that these would most likely be very impractical, and I'd hate to be the one who had to create animations for something like that rope dart weapon.
Note that Guild Wars 2 does have a lot of unconventional weapons by the fact that you can use environmental objects as weapons, which will replace your weapon skills with the skills from that object. Also, the thief's "Steal" skill will give you access to a wide range of unconventional/cool weapons.

[Allahlav]

I'd hate to be the one who had to create animations for something like that rope dart weapon.

I feel ya lol, I just had a lot of time at work yesterday to ponder the pointless things. Might just be an old habit from my "younger" days.

I know there will be unconventional weapons and environmental awesomeness, I was curious if anyone had ideas (whether fact or fiction) for some of said weapons.

[Ruse]

I agree with a scythe skin, maybe for the "2-handed sword" stuff?

[Nem]

A magic ball, as seen here:



Would be epic stuff... line 10 Asuras up and strike them. Mwhahahah

[Bahayur]

I have a simple idea:

Spears.

They are my favorite weapon, in RL I train with those. They are versatile as a staff (@Jackie Chan movies) and are trained as such, the difference is that on of the edges is pointy.
Lots of games just forget about Spears

[ComplexNuber]

We might see scythes and spears later on down the track, if Anet decides bringing back the NF classes (or similar ones) is a good idea for extra campaigns/expansions. For that reason I don't think we'll see any weapon skins that look like them ):

It's hard to think of anything, weapons are pretty well covered in GW2, even modern weapons (pistols, rifles, grenades, flamethrowers...). Maybe some sort of throwing stars for thieves? Ninja skill bar

[Salx55]

Spear is actually already in the game, as an underwater weapon.

[Allahlav]

It's hard to think of anything, weapons are pretty well covered in GW2, even modern weapons (pistols, rifles, grenades, flamethrowers...). Maybe some sort of throwing stars for thieves? Ninja skill bar

Well... what if engineers can use environmental ammo, like jagged rocks or thorny bulbs as temporary replacement ammo, maybe have a necro poison them or something.

Or an elementalist blowing up a tree and causing extra flaming shrapnel.

Or a guardian/warrior could chop a tree down to add a moment of defense without using a specific skill to the same effect.

[H azel]

A Thief with Nunchucks would be nice.