[Poll] What weapon would you like to get for the next Mesmer Elite Spec?

Hey!

We had some great discussion about the next mesmer's elite spec weapon on this thread https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/9007/new-mesmer-weapon/p1

So I thought it would be interesting to make a poll with all the possible weapons for the mesmer's next elite spec, so we can see the community's favourite ones even better!

I haven't added torch (mainhand) and focus (mainhand) since they are dedicated offhand weapons and it's unlikely that they will become mainhand weapons. Same goes for offhand scepter.I added an option for "other" weapons, too, so you can tell us what currently non-existant weapon you would like to get as a mesmer (spears, deck of cards, etc.).

I would appreciate if you voted and maybe told us why you'd like to see your chosen weapon for the next mesmer's elite specialization! :)

Dual dagger or longbow .but at this point , i don't care about which weapon we get

we need new mechanic replacing our shatter .2 expansion past zero mechanic changes

Bloodcrusher (google said it would be the word for "shatterer") hope u understand what i mean.

Hammer as AoE - Meele Weapon. High power coefficients and high Condition Stacking. Very limited in Range, more mobile then Chrono, less mobile then Mirrage.Defensive options through Barrier/heals and defensive Boons, rather then aggressive boons. Shatter skills dont destroy illusions, but only trigger shatter skills and traits arround the Mesmer. Therefore Shatter's Radius is increased.

@musu.9205 said:Dual dagger or longbow .but at this point , i don't care about which weapon we get

we need new mechanic replacing our shatter .2 expansion past zero mechanic changes

Yeah I completely agree that we need some real replacement for shatters! Although weapons matter for me as well :)

Hey that's my thread! thank you :)I voted warhorn cause I like the idea but I think dual ranged daggers is fun.

@Harry Foud.1935 said:Hey that's my thread! thank you :)I voted warhorn cause I like the idea but I think dual ranged daggers is fun.

Yeah thanks for bringing up this discussion :) I thought it would be cool to also have a poll to see the results even better :D

I'd like to have a minstrel themed mesmer with warhorn but I think it would be nice to also have a new main hand weapon as well since just having 2 skills is not that cool. Also, mesmer's elite specs have the least amount of weapon skills among all other classe's elite specs.

I think it would be nice if Anet could give an elite spec a mainhand with an offhand (like spellbreaker) or a two handed weapon. The main and offhand weapon would not even need to be the same weapon type but it would just be cool to always get at least 5 new weapon skills for an elite spec.

WTB unicorn bow please! :3

Melee Longbow or Dual daggers. Melee long bow use would be like how Pit from Kid Icarus/Smash Bros use it.

I went pistol for duelist aspect of the class, and it is one of the few that is capable of dual pistols.

How could it be anything but the rainbow unicorns?

@Doctor Hide.6345 said:I went pistol for duelist aspect of the class, and it is one of the few that is capable of dual pistols.

mainhand pistol would be sooooo strong due to it's duelling traits.

We will see some serious rebalancing if this happens.

Oh wait.. this means it won't happen.sad but true.

What I dont really like about dual Pistols is.... it's most probably gonna be another Condi Weapon....

I think short bow is the perfect weapon to give mesmer next for a variety of reasons:

• Both bows need love, both of them are only available to 3 classes right now
• Shortbow is a mid range weapon, and Mesmer only has 1 MH midrange weapon, that being the single target condi scepter.
• Shortbow could easily fit in as our shortrange power option
• Its the shortbow
• It focuses on faster, but weaker, attacks compared to the longbow. Faster but weaker attacks sounds an awful lot like a dueling weapon to me.
• Its a shortbow
• 5 new weapon skills instead of yet another OH or MH weapon

I think I'm begging to fond dual daggers more and more.So I was thinking wielding daggers and throwing imaginary daggers to the opponent as auto attack. 3rd autoattack throws 2 daggers.Skill 2 shadowstep to the opponent stunning them doing dmg and causing them bleeding and confusion and then shadowstep back to your location leaving a clone next to your opponent.Skill 3 would be like a phantasm summoning ability but I havent though of anything coll yetSkill 4 slice the air summoning a fast moving projectile in the form of that slice hitting 5 targetsSkill 5 would be, hmmm perhaps summoning 5-6 daggers around you and activate again to throw them all to your opponent stunning them and damaging them. I imagine visualy something like rev's heal of Shiro legend.

Best PartSpec weapon name: THE JOKERYour daggers are now cards and all of the dagger projectiles etc. are cards!

@Harry Foud.1935 said:I think I'm begging to fond dual daggers more and more.So I was thinking wielding daggers and throwing imaginary daggers to the opponent as auto attack. 3rd autoattack throws 2 daggers.Skill 2 shadowstep to the opponent stunning them doing dmg and causing them bleeding and confusion and then shadowstep back to your location leaving a clone next to your opponent.Skill 3 would be like a phantasm summoning ability but I havent though of anything coll yetSkill 4 slice the air summoning a fast moving projectile in the form of that slice hitting 5 targetsSkill 5 would be, hmmm perhaps summoning 5-6 daggers around you and activate again to throw them all to your opponent stunning them and damaging them. I imagine visualy something like rev's heal of Shiro legend.

Best PartSpec weapon name: THE JOKERYour daggers are now cards and all of the dagger projectiles etc. are cards!

The idea of dual daggers on mesmer really grew on me! First I thought it wouldn't fit but they actually would!

The mesmer is an elegant, dignified class and small but deadly weapons such as daggers would totally fit. I really want the daggers to be mid-range (like 600 range) weapons that cleave through enemies. The auto attack could summon sharp blades with a 600 range that do double damage if an enemy is in melee range to the mesmer.

I always wanted to have a melee/aoe spear for my mesmer but I would also really be happy with aoe-ish dual daggers :D Also, we would finally get 5 weapon skills with an elite spec!

@OriOri.8724 said:I think short bow is the perfect weapon to give mesmer next for a variety of reasons:

• Both bows need love, both of them are only available to 3 classes right now
• Shortbow is a mid range weapon, and Mesmer only has 1 MH midrange weapon, that being the single target condi scepter.
• Shortbow could easily fit in as our shortrange power option
• Its the shortbow
• It focuses on faster, but weaker, attacks compared to the longbow. Faster but weaker attacks sounds an awful lot like a dueling weapon to me.
• Its a shortbow
• 5 new weapon skills instead of yet another OH or MH weapon

I would really like to shoot unicorns with my mesmer! <3 Together with my bifrost I would be all about pinkness and rainbows :D

Spear. Id like a spear wielding mesmer.

@OriOri.8724 said:I think short bow is the perfect weapon to give mesmer next for a variety of reasons:

• Both bows need love, both of them are only available to 3 classes right now
• Shortbow is a mid range weapon, and Mesmer only has 1 MH midrange weapon, that being the single target condi scepter.
• Shortbow could easily fit in as our shortrange power option
• Its the shortbow
• It focuses on faster, but weaker, attacks compared to the longbow. Faster but weaker attacks sounds an awful lot like a dueling weapon to me.
• Its a shortbow
• 5 new weapon skills instead of yet another OH or MH weapon

U forgot to mention that its a shortbow.

@zealex.9410 said:Spear. Id like a spear wielding mesmer.

This has always been my dream! A mesmer with lots of aoe, cc and spear :D maybe one day...

I know people want Pistol and yes I too would like the weapon however I think its a poor choice for an elite.

Every class doesn't just get a new elite weapon they get access to new skins and new legendaries. So if the Mesmer got a pistol then they'd lose out on new skins while the other classes would have their expanded. So I disagree with pistol for Mesmer or even main hand axe for Necro as both weapons should just be given outside of an elite class. The Mesmer has an offhand and they have an main hand already so I think its time they get a two handed weapon.

Regardless of the choice two handed weapon would be ideal be it the Long/short bows, hammer, or rifle though I'd prefer the bows over the rifle.

To be honest, Mirage should have got mainhand pistol. Offhand pistol is a condi weapon so mainhand pistol would also fit as condi. If we get pistol mainhand next and its definetely gonna be normal dps since we already have a condi spec with mirage. So pistol/pistol would probably not be a recommended thing to run :/

pistol mainhand of course

Got to go with either pistol mainhand or one of the 2 bows.

Reason as follows:

• pistol mainhand looks dope and deals with one of our issues of not having enough main hands baseline. It could also offer some interesting synergy with pistol offhand
• both bows would allow for a ranged elite specialisation. Got to give a small preferance to unicorn bow here, would look swell on mesmer

What ever the next one is though, as mentioned by others, we need a rework of our contradictory mechanics in the next elite.

Shortbow.As others have said, it's generally a good addition to the weapons.I'd also like to see the next elite spec being kind of a petmaster spec, turning the shatters into command skills for illusions, and i can see a fast midranged weapon going pretty well with that.

I would like to have a 2h weapon so we get 5 new skills but... Pistol Mainhand is too great to not prefer it at the moment. I really don't want Bow or Rifle. Hammer could be interesting as well...

Actually we're missing out a 1200 ranged weapon as "new" weapon. We've got melee mainhand and (ranged) offhand. The next could be ranged mainhand and I hope it's Pistol.

(double Dagger as some kind of throwing them at your foes would be interesting as well)