ArenaNet Staff Rubi Bayer.8493 Posted November 17 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted November 17 How much of yourself are you willing to lose to thwart your enemies? 14 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psizone.8437 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 kitten, called it. Probably exactly what I wanted for this, ranged dps and leaps. The additional healing is a nice cherry on top. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadkizzle.2157 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Three thoughts from this: 1. This weapon looks fun as heck. 2. The weapons will be useless for Scourge and Harbinger unless they add traits that work with Power damage. 3. The Swords look to be completely destroying Dagger as life stealing power weapons, Greatsword for Power cleave, and Axe for power ranged. A rare triple whammy. 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eekasqueak.7850 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Yess mobility, also now we need a chef's knife sword for gourmand necros. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daevhalla.7823 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 They look amazing and will probably play best with scourge and reaper. And wooooooooooooooooooo! we're getting leap! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camniel.7238 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Ok, I'm hyped for this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daevhalla.7823 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 The mechanics seem really interesting and I can't wait to see what the other skills are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadSanta.6527 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 reaper going to be scarry power reaper with reapr rune , sword sword / gs or axe sword looking neat! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psizone.8437 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 3 minutes ago, Roadkizzle.2157 said: 2. The weapons will be useless for Scourge and Harbinger unless they add traits that work with Power damage Harbinger has power traits through the whole line. Pick the top choice on all traits in the Harb line, though I do still prefer the quickness GM trait over the +240 power one. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeTect.5918 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Hopefully finally a power weapon that can do something in open world solo (since it has healing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrauns.3215 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 6 minutes ago, Roadkizzle.2157 said: Three thoughts from this: 1. This weapon looks fun as heck. 2. The weapons will be useless for Scourge and Harbinger unless they add traits that work with Power damage. 3. The Swords look to be completely destroying Dagger as life stealing power weapons, Greatsword for Power cleave, and Axe for power ranged. A rare triple whammy. Only weapons, no traits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uete.3805 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 I LOVE BOTH SWORDS! And the theme is quite cool as well. Might be time for a slight rework to both dagger and staff to make them the group healing/support weapons now that swords provide ranged strike damage and self-healing. Reaper's gonna be scary, but hopefully the swords bring good numbers to have them on Harbinger as well, specially since they fit with the ranged playstyle of harb. Kudos for the aesthetics, the theme and the choice of role Anet! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Marshal.4098 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Looks well-thought out. Might play my reaper some more in WvW instead of mid warrior healer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosekilla.2796 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Is this what necro needed? No. Is it still amazing? Yes. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadnir.5038 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Don't get hyped to quickly, the skills that heal might not be able to deal critical hit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie.3184 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Congratz, Necros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaming.4250 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Looking at the video it looks like they can do a bit of ranged but it is mainly melee. Leap to get in close then attack with Great sword. looks like it synergises quite well with the reaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psizone.8437 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 1 minute ago, Flaming.4250 said: Looking at the video it looks like they can do a bit of ranged but it is mainly melee. I got the opposite vibe from the video. It shows the necro at range the whole time except for the leap. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camniel.7238 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 I couldn't decide which I wanted more for Necro Swords, "power ranged aoe" or "condi melee". I'm def looking forward to this tho for sure! It seems like I won't have to rely on Axe alone for power ranged now, so I'm happy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crey.5263 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 (edited) i'm wondering if all of the skills (2-5) will have secondary casts, that's how it seems to read. I also wonder if it is life steal effect as currently in the game (where the damage scales with power and the healing scales with healing power) or if it is a percentage of damage dealt (thief invigorating precision, spellbreaker off hand dagger trait, and the new ranger buff) Edited November 20 by Crey.5263 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeftheWicked.3076 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 So... a-net kinda cheated their way into having the cake and eating it too.. Swords functionality seems to bend official necro rulebook (like having two dashes on a non-repear exclusive skill), but asides from that it's bit of same old. Swords or no swords, power necros never struggled with stealing health or generating lifeforce. It's both vulnerability to cc and condi pressure that they had to struggle with and i don't see swords changing that. From my point of view we're basically looking at "Power Reaper +" option. Some ranged damage, much better at chasing/sticking to targets (two new dashes). Unless these swords have some good chill/blind options (for condi reapers) they'll be power build exclusives and 95% of the time for reapers only. Since rarely any other necro spec will want to into enemy's face given how poor our stab access is. We need to learn more about rest of sword's kit and if it's in any way synergetic with condi builds or provides any form of defense allowing non-reapers to go into enemy's face and not spend next 10s cc'd on the floor... 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crey.5263 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 6 minutes ago, psizone.8437 said: I got the opposite vibe from the video. It shows the necro at range the whole time except for the leap. I agree there were a lot of ranged particle effects in that video for it to be a melee weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure The Heartless.3261 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Saved the best for last, lmao Good theming on this one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drarnor Kunoram.5180 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 16 minutes ago, Dadnir.5038 said: Don't get hyped to quickly, the skills that heal might not be able to deal critical hit. This is my biggest concern. Will these skills be life siphon damage, like Locust Swarm, or healing and strike damage, like Life Siphon (ironically). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdict is Vengence.6912 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 I like that it's ranged. It's reminiscent of how necro dagger is. For what the weapons will be best suited for, I don't know. From what is written, it seems to be a selfish weapon and doesn't give support to others like most of the other new weapons introduced so far. I don't think it's as cool as mesmer portal rifle or guardian pistols but it's better than the others. I'd put it up there with ranger maces. The least exciting weapons I think are the engi shortbow and ele pistol. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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