Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
New Weapon Beta is Over
Ungood
Member LegendaryPosts: 7,534
Alright, so, the New Weapon Beta is over, and this is my take away.
Guard - Double Pistol.
Fun as hell, while I only ran around the starting zones with the beta that gave me, this build felt like something fun to use. I wager this will blend well with Willbender to be solid rival to ganker thief builds, which means I will hate facing them in PvP or WvW.
Thief - Axe
I really like the unique feature with how Axes work, the idea of laying down spinning axe traps and them pulling them into your target, is powerful, and honestly this makes for a very fun open world style build, I am not sure how well it will work in PvP, with the setup, but I wager this will be brutalizing trap style thief build, I can see this going really well with Specter traps, but I'll see what the number crunchers say about that
Necro - Double Sword
This is just stupid fun and powerful. I can totally see this replacing the Greatsword or Staff for most Reaper builds out there, the ability to have a pull on the GS and a Pull on the Sword, and then going into Shroud, is going to really mess things up. I can see this being a very dominate and powerhouse set up in WvW where pulls are at their most effective.
Ranger - Double Mace
This build feels very aggressive, very melee driven, a strong swap from the often ranged, jump around, fast paced combat of a ranger, this is a direct power attack move with these weapons that is directly melee, I could see this being a meta in things like Fractals, Raids, Strikes for Beastmaster.
Honestly nothing else really stood out to me, and felt "meh" or maybe I am just missing things, in any case, anyone else play with the Beta and have feedback?
Guard - Double Pistol.
Fun as hell, while I only ran around the starting zones with the beta that gave me, this build felt like something fun to use. I wager this will blend well with Willbender to be solid rival to ganker thief builds, which means I will hate facing them in PvP or WvW.
Thief - Axe
I really like the unique feature with how Axes work, the idea of laying down spinning axe traps and them pulling them into your target, is powerful, and honestly this makes for a very fun open world style build, I am not sure how well it will work in PvP, with the setup, but I wager this will be brutalizing trap style thief build, I can see this going really well with Specter traps, but I'll see what the number crunchers say about that
Necro - Double Sword
This is just stupid fun and powerful. I can totally see this replacing the Greatsword or Staff for most Reaper builds out there, the ability to have a pull on the GS and a Pull on the Sword, and then going into Shroud, is going to really mess things up. I can see this being a very dominate and powerhouse set up in WvW where pulls are at their most effective.
Ranger - Double Mace
This build feels very aggressive, very melee driven, a strong swap from the often ranged, jump around, fast paced combat of a ranger, this is a direct power attack move with these weapons that is directly melee, I could see this being a meta in things like Fractals, Raids, Strikes for Beastmaster.
Honestly nothing else really stood out to me, and felt "meh" or maybe I am just missing things, in any case, anyone else play with the Beta and have feedback?
Egotism is the anesthetic that dullens the pain of stupidity, this is why when I try to beat my head against the stupidity of other people, I only hurt myself.
