Tubalz.9831 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Wow such a cleaver thought process here. ANET flipped one letter in the name and weapon (Specter/Scepter) and stolen another skill set from yet another class. I guess the thief lives up to it's name again. Looking forward to seeing what this one plays like. Edited October 19, 2021 by Tubalz.9831 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayHawk.7560 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 GW1's Shadow Arts used and interacted a lot with enchantments, I wonder if the utilities will be Enchantments which could be charged with tethered allies similar to Herald's facet skills... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpel.3972 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) My bet on skill we can see on the trailer : 0:14 ==> new steal teleport (ground target) 0:16 ==> Dual skill Spectre/Pistol ? ( a bit wierd because it's look like a 5 pistol then a sort of AA) 0:20 & 0:34 ==> the 2 frist part 0:22 ==> the 2 second part (skill switch like Sword 2 or dual S/D) 0:28 ==> a shadow shroud offensive skill (maybe a stealth attack ?) 0:30 ==> shadow shourd maybe F2 ? Edited October 19, 2021 by Jumpel.3972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downstate.4697 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 They get glyphs. Same glyphs as druid but give barrier instead of heals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felices Bladewing.3914 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Virtuoso got Psionic which is a completly new skill type, so maybe the Specter gets Spectral skills, why not go full tonguebraker with this espec 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Fey.1035 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Tethering to allies--possibly health-share similar to Ranger-Pet? That would be interesting, although I could see it being greiftastic. Almost seems to be two separate shrouds, as you see the Specter attacking in shroud and Tethering in shroud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyuDragnier.9476 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I am excited. Got some support there and possibly condi. C'mon Anet, don't screw this up, give me a reason to bring my thief into Raids again! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curunen.8729 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Jijimuge.4675 said: This is the 3rd elite spec to seemingly reference Mass Effect - Reaper, Harbinger and now Specter 🙂 They could continue by calling the new engineer spec "Sentinel", odd as that is. 😛 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burial.1958 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Looks crazy generic at the moment for me. The Animations are odd too. I stick with it that the scepter doesn't fit this class. Focus would be the better choice. Edited October 19, 2021 by Grebcol.5984 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenakou.7853 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Grand Marshal.4098 said: But I must admit.. It does look a bit lame. Who didn't expect that tho Most of us felt that way when we found out scepter was our new weapon. I saw so many awesome assassin suggests with offhand sword from players and I can't post enough how disappointed we're not getting it. Shadow mage looks really meh given that necro already covers that theme. I don't care about support, I want to play the spec to have fun not be a buff bot. Hopefully there are fun new mechanics and utilities with specter that really give it a nice feel. 1 1 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Androx.8572 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 BIG QUESTION.. Is this Spec viable as Damage? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny.9834 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Ok... so we get another Scourge. 🤡 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadnir.5038 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I don't know if it's just the teaser that make it look like that, but the scepter AA seem to be melee range which is disappointing. The thief character itself in the teaser don't appeal to me (probably a matter of personal taste but I just don't like it) The skills (I suppose it's utilities) looked interesting thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidit.7108 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 It looks really cool, I'm surprised. I can't wait to be disappointed severely by how it plays. I guess it gets some kind of barrier support, which i hope is not like the basis of the spec just an option. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Vincent III.1286 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Crab Fear.1624 said: garbage on delivery Someone's salty. I took the liberty to necro the threads where you said this is "HIGHLY UNLIKELY" Specter is actually better than I imagined. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loboling.5293 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) I'm watching the trailer in more detail now. Scepter Skill 1: (600-1200 range?) https://youtu.be/MjPFX5xXNcE?t=19 Skill 2: (more damage up close, 2 part skill with melee hit and ranged hit)https://youtu.be/MjPFX5xXNcE?t=17 Scepter Dagger 3: (finishing move that deals massive bleeding, higher damage to lower health targets)https://youtu.be/MjPFX5xXNcE?t=27 Elite: (Dark Flight)https://youtu.be/MjPFX5xXNcE?t=21 Steal: (900-1200 range, cast time, evade)https://youtu.be/MjPFX5xXNcE?t=12 Stealth is now shadowform, and the utilities are tethers. (change when entering shadowform/stealth) Not sure about this one. How shadowform is managed. Can't wait to try it though! Edited October 19, 2021 by Loboling.5293 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Vincent III.1286 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Jumpel.3972 said: My bet on skill we can see on the trailer : 0:14 ==> new steal teleport (ground target) 0:16 ==> Dual skill Spectre/Pistol ? ( a bit wierd because it's look like a 5 pistol then a sort of AA) 0:20 & 0:34 ==> the 2 frist part 0:22 ==> the 2 second part (skill switch like Sword 2 or dual S/D) 0:28 ==> a shadow shroud offensive skill (maybe a stealth attack ?) 0:30 ==> shadow shourd maybe F2 ? 0:28 looks like a Steal animation that deals damage -- like a finisher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burial.1958 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, Sir Vincent III.1286 said: Someone's salty. I took the liberty to necro the threads where you said this is "HIGHLY UNLIKELY" Specter is actually better than I imagined. How can u say this? Because of this trailer? Wait and see next week. The other Specs did also look cool but then ingame it was meh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Vincent III.1286 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Grebcol.5984 said: How can u say this? Because of this trailer? Wait and see next week. The other Specs did also look cool but then ingame it was meh. Ah, but other specs looks cool and in game was OP (i.e. Bladesworn and Harbinger). The only weak specs so far are Willbender and Virtuosso. The rest are good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx.9058 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Jijimuge.4675 said: This is the 3rd elite spec to seemingly reference Mass Effect - Reaper, Harbinger and now Specter 🙂 You know those words have been around a lot longer than Mass effect, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowInTheVoid.9183 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I'm actually loving the look of this. Barrier, Support, Crowd control and vibes of GW1 Assassin spells. I just hope it's not like Catalyst where you need to build up power for 2 minutes to get 3 seconds of profession mechanic by which point the fight is over anyway. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markri.9475 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Specter is an anagram of Scepter. Respect! Edited October 19, 2021 by Markri.9475 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeTect.5918 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Felices Bladewing.3914 said: i kinda like a concept, but i don't like the violett glow tbh. put the classic thief colours on it please But what are the thief basic colours? Deadeye has a red/orange theme Daredevil has a grey theme with some blue on physical and staff skills. Overall Thief has a dark theme and that dark violet fits pretty well on that tbh. Imo its better than making everything black. Since Daredevil and Deadeye are also not fully using thiefs classic colours, its fine for me that Specter also doesnt. And the theme is dark anyway like thief is overall. Edited October 19, 2021 by SeTect.5918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varrg.2704 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Looks like it's not yet another 1v1 me noob roaming spec so that's automatically a win for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tails.9372 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Looks extremely underwhelming to me, my expectations weren't high but they could have done much better. They said the focus of scepter is supposed to be to "debilitateing your enemies" but none of what they showed actually did that. The whole thing just looks like an answer to all the "plz make thief meta" complaints to which the devs came up with "let's give thief scourge". Also: 1 hour ago, Dadnir.5038 said: I don't know if it's just the teaser that make it look like that, but the scepter AA seem to be melee range which is disappointing. ^ This, the spec as a whole has been shown in close range far to often for my taste. As of right now it doesn't look that good, I just hope that the traits can make up for it but I wouldn't put my money on it. Edited October 19, 2021 by Tails.9372 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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