haavik.8537

Dual pistols makes me think of a Van Helsing type of character. Would be pretty cool to see how they would accommodate pistol/s for a necro.

I'm thinking shortbow/longbow or dagger(mh, offhand, or dual). Reasoning is for a commando style elite, just like the April fool's joke years ago. With dagger though I could see it going a different route towards the tesla/electric theme and make it ranged with taser like attacks/effects.

My vote is for duel sword because I'd love to see my necro dual wielding The Shining Blade, or at the very least sword MH and like others I think it should be Condi. Some ideas I drafted up while bored at work: Tormentor/ConfessorSword/Dual Sword - Condi or maybe hybrid if that's the direction ANet is going; Somewhere between short and mid range possibly; Some much needed mobility.New Skill Type: Torture/Confession.Mechanic: Judge Shroud; Sins. Sins - stacking buff/debuff like Kala's Fervor? Applies to Necro or target? Only obtained from humanoids? No decay like 'on kill' sigil effects?Sins can only be absolved(consumed by abilities) while in shroud?Shroud weapon is a whip or lash.Shroud makes you look like a shadowy version of Grenth's Judge?Shroud skills are PBAoE's or single target skills (foe or ally)? PBAoE's could be like shouts or maybe channeled like Overload Attunements?Shroud or Torture/Confession skills have added effects if a Sin is absolved?Also, what's everyone's thoughts on maybe instead of a selfish shroud you instead pull nearby allies into the realm of torment/death and effectively grant them all a limited shroud?

I was thinking something along the lines of Greatsword and the attunements will determine the range and role of the weapon attacks. For instance, Fire/Water could be ranged like Mes GS and Staff Water and Air/Earth could be melee dps/tanky respectively. I think this would be cool as it would use our attunements as a sort of weapon swap, although something like this would require a lot of rework for the base weapon skills to match up to their respective element attunement.