My spidey senses are tingling

[EremiteAngel.9765]

I am getting a strong feeling that each class is going to be given access to a new weapon in this upcoming saga.

Perhaps there wouldn’t be a brand new elite spec. But we could get a reworked traitline to incorporate the new weapon.

As mentioned by others on the forums:

@"Vancho.8750" said:https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Jhavi_JorasdottirArenanet might be telling us something here.

@Lahmia.2193 said:

@"Vancho.8750" said:

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Jhavi_Jorasdottir

Arenanet might be telling us something here.

Well they did the same with Majory and her greatsword.

@"Uete.3805" said:That morsel of information and today's patch have re-invigorated my passion for this game. And so I went to the wiki and found

this image

from their intial presentation. We can see Jhavi (she looks quite necromancer-y), Rytlock (Revenant extraordinaire) and Braham (the Guardian) sporting some weird weapons for their classes. Jhavi's using Axe Main-hand + Shield Off-hand, Rytlock is using Sohothin with both hands (albeit he tends to wield it like this in promotional materials) and Braham's using Mace Off-hand.

[Ubi.4136]

Not a chance. They are still "working" on balancing all of the issues they have created for the last 4 years. There is almost a 0% chance we will get anything new during the next 4 years to come.

[Randulf.7614]

It is possible. I have no strong sense either way, but will be a pleasant surprise if they do

[EremiteAngel.9765]

@"Ubi.4136" said:Not a chance. They are still "working" on balancing all of the issues they have created for the last 4 years. There is almost a 0% chance we will get anything new during the next 4 years to come.

I believe that they’ve had 2 years since POF to work on expansion level content. And even if they have put on hold / scrap / change directions from releasing an expansion, the 2 years of work is there.

I think it’s very plausible in the past 2 years that they would have come up with the content for the next weapon for each class.

[Cyninja.2954]

Here is hoping, but if at all I believe it would be in conjunction with a new round of elite specialziations.

What I would hope for personally is:

• a good story narrative Saga do deliver content to players (and time/funding to developers)
• followed by maybe a smaller size expansion (similar to PoF, maybe even a tad smaller with imediate return into the next Living World Arc)
• with a full set of elite specializations with that expansion (with hints at the elite specializations weapons similar to Season 2s hints for HoT elites)

We shall see.

[Pifil.5193]

They weren't working on an expansion. They were filling out the annual festival schedule and slowly releasing LS episodes, fractals and raids but their real focus was switched to their now cancelled projects.

As they weren't (and still aren't) planning on an expansion they wouldn't have done any development or design work for an expansion therefore it's unlikely they have elite specs or their weapons designed and ready for implementation.

[magnusthorek.8027]

Not this again...

[Hynax.9536]

Like i've said in similar topics, i would rather prefer anet reworking on abandoned class weapons (e.g engineers pistol) than giving us other one that pretty much will be OP or useless too.

[Linken.6345]

OPYou forgot this thread were a dev said she is a necormancer

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/comment/1052672#Comment_1052672

Now giving that before Rytlock became a revenant he was a warrior with off hand pistol.

Have you seen any other player warrior with off hand pistol yet?

EditTo clarify Npcs use what ever weapon the devs want them to use no matter what is coming as elite specs.

Might have a abit more weight if one of our core team suddenly sport a new weapon but still devs do what they want with the npcs.

[FrigginPaco.4178]

I would love to see new weapons coming to the game or even see Spear and Trident come out of the water frankly. I feel like those things could happen, but maybe not as soon as this particular Saga, though I would be much happier if they gave us that surprise.

[Game of Bones.8975]

Only if they break the pattern of new weapons unlock being attached to elite specs. and expansions.

[Eloc Freidon.5692]

Its intriguing to see a necro with a shield, but they've said before that they want to have the NPCs be their own kind of class to make them more unique. It shouldn't be seen as something that will imply future releases. Would be nice though.

[Julischka Bean.7491]

I said Meow because while I would love a new weapon..I am not getting my hopes up. Meow seems fitting and fun.

[Jojo.6140]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/cw9ka8/new_elite_specs_icons_hmmm/

This got posted on reddit a while ago.

[Westenev.5289]

While I think this would be cool and would be open to a new weapon on each class, I'm not stupid enough to hype myself up over speculations.

[Fenom.9457]

That would make perfect sense to me and be a great compromise but I still doubt it will happen. If it does they’ll market it a lot beforehand, so it would be later on in the saga

[Knighthonor.4061]

Jhavi Jorasdottir

Race =NornProfession =NecromancerRank =VeteranLocation =Vigil Headquarters(Vigil Keep)*Organization =Vigil

[Knighthonor.4061]

@"Jojo.6140" said:https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/cw9ka8/new_elite_specs_icons_hmmm/

This got posted on reddit a while ago.

people mentioned that these were just icons for weapons that wasnt already added to the game threw elite specs. But since when did Sea Weapons need an Elite Spec icon unless they came to land?

[mindcircus.1506]

Baseless speculation is great. This community always responds so well when the hype bubble bursts.

[Acheron.4731]

I hope you are right.Gotta spice things up somehow. Living story just doesn't cut it for me.

[Dante.1508]

I'm not going to hold my breath.. Honestly it would great but i doubt it.

[ugrakarma.9416]

i hope not.. theres tons of under-used weapons to be balanced.... look at sugestions there: warrior with pistol, necro with shield, is a perfect recipe for boredom and the nail in the coffin of gw2.

[Jimbru.6014]

Remember that this game has a long history of NPCs using weapons that don't fit their apparent classes. Rytlock originally was a warrior -- with an offhand pistol. Lots of trash mobs use weapon combinations that don't fit, like the bandits that use main pistol and offhand torch, which combo is not available to players at all. So don't read anything into it without greater supporting evidence.

[crepuscular.9047]

??? dont wake me up to reality, 5 years later, I'm still dreaming Berserker would be dual-wielding greatswords

[Ashantara.8731]

@Randulf.7614 said:It is possible. I have no strong sense either way, but will be a pleasant surprise if they do

Ditto.