Hurl Venomous Axes with the Thief’s Expanded Weapon Proficiency

[Rubi Bayer.8493]

Expanded weapon proficiencies are coming in 2024 during the second major update for Secrets of the Obscure. When that feature arrives, each profession will have access to a new weapon, and today’s topic is the thief’s axe.  You'll be able to try out all the new weapon and profession combos in November 28's beta event!

 

[psizone.8437]

Time to dye my thief pink and cosplay as a mirage!

[Roadkizzle.2157]

That looks fun.

 

I created a Specter (and a virtually unused ascended axe) but I don't play it nearly all that much...

 

But Axe/Dagger sounds like a lot of fun. The Scepter is boring for everyday combat.

I assume Torment was a critical condition to include for this to give Specter another weapon option.

Edited November 9, 2023 by Roadkizzle.2157

[Tails.9372]

Axe throwing, exactly what I wanted.

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The axe is a ranged damage-dealing weapon that can be utilized by both power and condition builds, depending on the off-hand weapon.

So based on the example given A/D will be condi and A/P will be power focused.

[Captain Crapface.7528]

Im so glad Arenanet figured out completely new way to make thief unbearable to play against.

[Dadnir.5038]

Sarcasm: The video really showcase that it's a ranged weapon...

More seriously, the attack speed is decently quick and there seem to be an evading skill that don't make the character move around to much so it's already quite nice.

[Vornollo.5182]

I've now been made hopeful that we're getting Main-Hand and Off-Hand Axes... Really hope that wasn't a mistake on the writer's end - just a Main-Hand already didn't sit right as we're much shorter on off-hands.

But I guess we'll see, it sounds quite interesting on paper anyway. 

 

EDIT: Well aware of their original statement from months ago that it'd only be Main-Hand. However, on this today's post they messed up.

Their writer team has reworked their post now, but originally it said "Weapons: Main-Hand and Off-Hand Axes".

Edited November 9, 2023 by Vornollo.5182
Clarity/Context for muppets.

[LichOverlord.6329]

18 minutes ago, psizone.8437 said:

Time to dye my thief pink and cosplay as a mirage!

That's the exact same though I had upon seeing this -I'm really hoping that the axe skills behave and function differently enough to differentiate themselves from the other, more purple torment-applying axe weilder in the game

Mirage was subject to a lot of homogenization lately with the nerfs, and I was outspokenly critical against that - I was also outspoken in favor of the recent balance updates, however, as they were a step forward. I'm hoping this isn't going to end up as "two steps backwards".

 

[LichOverlord.6329]

7 minutes ago, Vornollo.5182 said:

I've now been made hopeful that we're getting Main-Hand and Off-Hand Axes... Really hope that wasn't a mistake on the writer's end - just a Main-Hand already didn't sit right as we're much shorter on off-hands.

But I guess we'll see, it sounds quite interesting on paper anyway. 

It was originally announced that it would just be a main-hand axe, and you've unfortunately been fed misinformation if you believed otherwise

[Sias.4592]

17 minutes ago, Vornollo.5182 said:

I've now been made hopeful that we're getting Main-Hand and Off-Hand Axes... Really hope that wasn't a mistake on the writer's end - just a Main-Hand already didn't sit right as we're much shorter on off-hands.

But I guess we'll see, it sounds quite interesting on paper anyway. 

They removed the twit that said "Dual Axes", it just main hand axe, confirmed since the anouncement of new weapons

[HeliosMagi.9867]

What I really wanna know is, does the Axe 2 pierce, and when you recall the Axe, do they pierce other enemies on the way to their target?

[Zacchary.6183]

24 minutes ago, schento.4980 said:

Im so glad Arenanet figured out completely new way to make thief unbearable to play against.

Don't worry. They'll nerf it in a month so you can go back to getting mad at a fleeing thief.

[Leo Schrodingers Cat.2497]

Still feeling very salty about not also getting an offhand axe to help shake up our builds from the only two off hands we have. Still don't understand why we can't have both.

 

But I will say that the axe looks fun.

Edited November 9, 2023 by Leo Schrodingers Cat.2497

[Vornollo.5182]

14 minutes ago, LichOverlord.6329 said:

It was originally announced that it would just be a main-hand axe, and you've unfortunately been fed misinformation if you believed otherwise

Well aware of their original statement from months ago that it'd only be Main-Hand. However, on this today's post they messed up.

 

Their writer team has reworked their post now, but originally it said "Weapons: Main-Hand and Off-Hand Axes".

 

ANet's own writers fed the misinformation, lmfao.

[Luranni.9470]

Just now, Vornollo.5182 said:

Well aware of their original statement from months ago that it'd only be Main-Hand. However, on this today's post they messed up.

 

Their writer team has reworked their post now, but originally it said "Weapons: Main-Hand and Off-Hand Axes".

 

ANet's own writers fed the misinformation, lmfao.

They probably assumed that since guardian, necro and ranger got 2 weapons that everyone else did 😛 Alas...... we don't do fairness here.

[JaxLeo.7912]

please give us dual Axes, people have been saying this ever since the weapons were announced, thief is in desperate need of more offhand options, please consider the option and for once, AT LEAST ONCE listen to the feedback thief mains give

[BobbyT.7192]

So the axes from #2 just hanging out there spinning and not doing damage. I wonder if they will count at a whirl combo?

[LichOverlord.6329]

18 minutes ago, Vornollo.5182 said:

Well aware of their original statement from months ago that it'd only be Main-Hand. However, on this today's post they messed up.

 

Their writer team has reworked their post now, but originally it said "Weapons: Main-Hand and Off-Hand Axes".

 

ANet's own writers fed the misinformation, lmfao.

Oh, I didn't even see that - good catch!

[Captain Crapface.7528]

27 minutes ago, Zacchary.6183 said:

you can go back to getting mad

I'm not mad, its a mixture od dissapontment and confusion.

The last thing, the most mobile class in the game needs, is a tool to punish enemy positioning. This thing will be balancing nightmare in Vs modes, and they didn't even put Scepter in right place yet.

[Lithril Ashwalker.6230]

while i like the first little tidbits of info given about axe being ranged, i dont think its going to see the light of day on other builds. reason why is, specifically on specter, the base initiative is going to hurt the usage of this weapon. Specter is going to benefit the most from it from torment and the torment benefitting/applicating traits, but cannot use it fully due to the reduced base initiative. @Cal Cohen.2358. 

 

[Lightsbane.9012]

will it be better than p/d though? here's to hoping. it would give me a reason to use my frostfang.

[Wulfhearth.7962]

Looks potentially quite fun to play with, but it could also be finicky and hard to get reliable hits with. 

We'll have to see how the gameplay feels.

[Khlori.6209]

Weird that it's gonna proc only Torment and Poison, it's like they forgot about heavy Bleed push they did to condi Thief a while back.

Talking about this: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/2021-05-11#Thief

[aymnad.9023]

Hard to evaluate without knowing more about the aoe control / different effects. If it has repositioning for PvP + a potential precast for PvE it will find its place in the thief arsenal.

Edited November 9, 2023 by aymnad.9023

[Lithril Ashwalker.6230]

Needs bleed too. Poison and torment is not enough