When Rev Gets GS, What Kind Of Skills Should it Have?

[Justine.6351]

What kind of skill kit should gs get when it comes?

[Ultramex.1506]

Where is the "Stab yourself to spread Poison then delete the GS completely" option?

[Kain Francois.4328]

No "Melee Power" option.

Bias poll.

[thepenmonster.3621]

Every attack 120 but double the power.

[HyperLooser.2698]

If channels Balthazar then obviously burn hybrid, if some Jora or such norn legends, then power and possibly some support.

So it all boils down which legend it will be tied to, ofc anet can just pull some completely new legendary being out of nowhere and do whatever they want and they pretty much will ruin it completely by trying to do something different than normally games do with greatswords/hammers.

[Catchyfx.5768]

Midrange, mainly power with some aspiration on hybrid setup + offensive utility

[Thornwolf.9721]

Should be a hybrid and the weapon should function like trident, it changes based on what you currently have in your legend slot. This way it can be good no matter how you want to run~ As should all rev weapons be. Since we don't have the choice in utilities at least let us choose the weapons we wish to use with the legends we decide to use, and make it viable.

[narcx.3570]

I hope if they do give rev's greatsword, they make it a straight ventari healing weapon, with flowery, butterfly-spewing, rainbow-exploding animations just to spite all the little Twilight edge lords who think rev=deathknight.

[draxynnic.3719]

@HyperLooser.2698 said:If channels Balthazar then obviously burn hybrid, if some Jora or such norn legends, then power and possibly some support.

So it all boils down which legend it will be tied to, ofc anet can just pull some completely new legendary being out of nowhere and do whatever they want and they pretty much will ruin it completely by trying to do something different than normally games do with greatswords/hammers.

Bingo. Decide on the legend, then give skills as appropriate to the legend. There's no guarantee that greatsword is going to be superior to anything else except subjective aesthetics, and maybe the skills working together better than a MH/OH combo.

[Leap Of Faith.8263]

900 range condition.1200 range support.

[Raknar.4735]

@"narcx.3570" said:I hope if they do give rev's greatsword, they make it a straight ventari healing weapon, with flowery, butterfly-spewing, rainbow-exploding animations just to spite all the little Twilight edge lords who think rev=deathknight.

I like being an edge lord, mr. center peasant :)

To be serious: a close combat/midrange power weapon makes the most sense to me. Hybrid is a close second, but i don't know how that would work.Glint/Herald is supposed to be a supportive/boonshare specc, atleast that's what the rework intended. (Even though Alacrigade is doing the job better)Kalla/Renegade is kind of an aggressive support condi specc.I think it's time for a "selfish" e-specc.

[Aeolus.3615]

Power melee/mid range rushes samurai from the mist in case it’s a ca than release.

If not, hybrid dual dagger with vizuh or Nika (and why not based on both mother and daughter as same legend).

[Ertrak.9506]

@Raknar.4735 said:

@"narcx.3570" said:I hope if they do give rev's greatsword, they make it a straight ventari healing weapon, with flowery, butterfly-spewing, rainbow-exploding animations just to spite all the little Twilight edge lords who think rev=deathknight.

I like being an edge lord, mr. center peasant :)

To be serious: a close combat/midrange power weapon makes the most sense to me. Hybrid is a close second, but i don't know how that would work.Glint/Herald is supposed to be a supportive/boonshare specc, atleast that's what the rework intended. (Even though Alacrigade is doing the job better)Kalla/Renegade is kind of an aggressive support condi specc.I think it's time for a "selfish" e-specc.

I agree with this sentiment. Past E-specs both were about supporting the group in some form. It's time to be selfish.

[Buran.3796]

I want 3 blocks and 2 mobility skills to compensate shorbow and trident having none and off hand sword block being butchered in exchange for a "burst skill" that doesn't burst a crap in PvE and have been neutered in player vs player. Or they can just make another mediocre weapon to stack in our growing pile of unused weapons...

[Scoobaniec.9561]

@"narcx.3570" said:I hope if they do give rev's greatsword, they make it a straight ventari healing weapon, with flowery, butterfly-spewing, rainbow-exploding animations just to spite all the little Twilight edge lords who think rev=deathknight.

But rev was described as the darker class so whats ur problem here?We literally have a "non magical" warrior, a "paladin" guardian.. so what do you think rev is if its not dark themed class on par with thief, necro?

"This ties in to bring Rytlock back as the first revenant," Peters says. "He has a very ‘whatever it takes' attitude. If he can get powers from Mallyx, he will use them. He'll do whatever he needs to in order to be more powerful. Revenants are a little bit darker in that way."

Peters stops short of calling revenants actually evil — "we don't do that for player professions" — but compares them to playing as a necromancer. He says revenants will be more of an anti-hero profession."

https://www.polygon.com/features/2015/2/18/8061219/guild-wars-2-profession-reveal-revenant-pc-mmo-arenanet

Sounds like death knight type to me. I want swing that twilight already

[Za Shaloc.3908]

Wait, I thought the leak already confirmed it would have laserbeams? Pretty fitting for Legendary Shark Stance, tbh.

[draxynnic.3719]

@Scoobaniec.9561 said:

@"narcx.3570" said:I hope if they do give rev's greatsword, they make it a straight ventari healing weapon, with flowery, butterfly-spewing, rainbow-exploding animations just to spite all the little Twilight edge lords who think rev=deathknight.

But rev was described as the darker class so whats ur problem here?We literally have a "non magical" warrior, a "paladin" guardian.. so what do you think rev is if its not dark themed class on par with thief, necro?

"This ties in to bring Rytlock back as the first revenant," Peters says. "He has a very ‘whatever it takes' attitude. If he can get powers from Mallyx, he will use them. He'll do whatever he needs to in order to be more powerful. Revenants are a little bit darker in that way."

Peters stops short of calling revenants actually evil — "we don't do that for player professions" — but compares them to playing as a necromancer. He says revenants will be more of an anti-hero profession."

https://www.polygon.com/features/2015/2/18/8061219/guild-wars-2-profession-reveal-revenant-pc-mmo-arenanet

Sounds like death knight type to me. I want swing that twilight already

I think it depends very much on the legends being channeled. I do note, for instance, that the section you're quoting is in the context of talking about Mallyx, who is the most clearly villainous of the legends.

However, thus far, we've had more heroic legends than villainous. Jalis, Ventari, Glint, and Kalla are all portrayed as being on the side of good. Shiro seems to be a little... conflicted, as his legend seems to encompass his heroic (or at least not actively villainous) past life as well as the events that made him a villain. There's also nothing inherently "dark" around Shiro's powers apart from lifesteal.

The comparison to a necromancer may well be simply having a broad common theme about death than evil - in Guild Wars, necromancy is only connected to evil in that some entities have used it for evil. Necromancy is the magic of death, revenants draw power from the dead (or an entity presumed to be dead, in the case of Jalis). However, the only legends that can really be said to fit a "dark knight" theme are Mallyx and Shiro, and maybe Kalla if you just look at what the skills do and ignore her background. I think it's pretty safe to say that revenants aren't dark knights if they're running a Jalis/Glint tank build or a Ventari/Kalla support build.

Whether a hypothetical elite specialisation coming with a greatsword classifies will depend entirely on which legend it's based on. I suspect, though, that ArenaNet's intent was for the Reaper to fill that "death knight" theme - which, conveniently, comes with a greatsword so you can swing Twilight on that.

[Justine.6351]

@"Pterikdactyl.7630" said:Wait, I thought the leak already confirmed it would have laserbeams? Pretty fitting for Legendary Shark Stance, tbh.

Instead of invoking summons from all legends they changed it to,

Legendary Raptor:While in raptor stance, split yourself into many pocket raptors. Your damage is reduced by 75% but each raptor can deal that 25%. Your raptors take 50% of incoming damage first and each one killed is damage lost.

divides you into 5 pocket raptors

GM Trait: increase the number of pocket raptors you can split into by 2.

[alain.1659]

It should be a hylek legend with the ability to lick your opponent from range.