Wintermute.5408 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 4 hours ago, SunTzu.4513 said: I like the idea of an e-spec with a pistol. Hopefully some real support and not another DPS spec covered in broken mechaniks like scourge... God... Remember the release bugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyDM.2351 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Summoning shades does seem thematic- summoning circles of sand ... less so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathsProphet.7460 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 And I just gotta ask...what the heck is a witch hunter? A necromancer basically does the same thing a witch does, so why would we need a witch hunter? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Ya Yeah.7381 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Ranger uses the green theme as well, could be ranger elite or necro. Either way, I just want to see what it can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drarnor Kunoram.5180 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 59 minutes ago, Crazy.6029 said: Ranger uses the green theme as well, could be ranger elite or necro. Either way, I just want to see what it can do. Ranger is represented by a Sylvari in the class portraits. Asura is a Necro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redux.1502 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I'm so hyped for this elite spec! Mesmer has been my main forever and Ive always wanted to get into Necro. This might be my time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunTzu.4513 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Crazy.6029 said: Ranger uses the green theme as well, could be ranger elite or necro. Either way, I just want to see what it can do. One good point thought of this one too. Let me make a point: The hat that the asuran wearing looks like a medium armor hat to mee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimon.7840 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 8 hours ago, Lily.1935 said: The asura is also holding something in his offhand. Likely an elixir, however it could be something else. Its probably nothing but I figured I'd point that out. As for lore, there's a lot they could pull from. From Demon summoning to the tentacle monstrosities from the deep. But from what it looks like in the preview it looks pretty balk standard Plague doctor which is honestly a major disappointment to be perfectly honest. No eldritch horror. Im curious as well. From the colours I'm guessing we will get a bit of a jade tech infused elite. But something suspicious is definitely the other weapon that character seems to be holding. Well to me it seemed like the Mesmer was holding two daggers, it is confirmed that it only gets Mainhand. But the necro has a green glow like it's holding a second weapon. But how the character holds that weapon is really sus. It seems like a torch or mace to me. And they said, that they were going to break their own rules. So do we get pistol/mace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAlcedo.3281 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 10 hours ago, Obtena.7952 said: Not getting a good vibe from the pistol ... we don't lack for a midrange projectile weapon though I suspect the choice was driven purely by theme. Hopefully they add it ALSO as an off hand like they did with dagger on Spellbreaker so we get some variety. Necro has a midrange projectile weapon? What am I forgetting here? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadnir.5038 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 3 hours ago, DanAlcedo.3281 said: Necro has a midrange projectile weapon? What am I forgetting here? Axe and scepter... Anyway, at this point the worst would be the pistol shooting grasping hands... 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAlcedo.3281 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dadnir.5038 said: Axe and scepter... Anyway, at this point the worst would be the pistol shooting grasping hands... Non of them have projectiles? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis.8572 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 9 hours ago, Doni.3402 said: I really hoped for Ritualist as elite spec for the Necro. With a ritual sword as weapon. I can't think of any other existing profession which will fit a Ritualist elite spec lore and theme wise better than the necro. Yes the Revenant also channels his power from the mists and they also wear blindfolds but Revenants are Fighters with heavy armor, no scholars. That was also true for Monks, but then they basically became armored Guardians with Paragon training. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabbitUp.8294 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 5 hours ago, Crazy.6029 said: Ranger uses the green theme as well, could be ranger elite or necro. Either way, I just want to see what it can do. Ranger is lime green and a female sylvari, necro is this emerald green and a male asura. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadnir.5038 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, DanAlcedo.3281 said: Non of them have projectiles? True, I missed the "projectile" part. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneQR.7412 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 16 hours ago, LucianDK.8615 said: Pistol necro have me quite buzzed. Though I wonder if its condi or power. Probably CC. Like the equivalent to WH as main hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephalem.8921 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Mh only is very disappointing. What are you supposed to pair it with? Since they changed all dmg to lifesteal all necro offhand skills became useless. Lowering your damage if you dared to use them. So if its going to be power this leaves necro with 3 pistol skills. Dagger is used almost exclusively for aa and axe has just one decent skill since the aa is atrocious. So how is this spec going to work if its power? It needs a kit like reaper or holo forge just to function. Condi would be even weirder because scourge is already a very overloaded condi spec. Unless the utilities or profession mechanic are kits this looks like a huge letdown just because of the profession weapon alone. Core necro weapon are just incredible bad in pve. The lifeforce change on offhands killed power damage and gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadnir.5038 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 18 minutes ago, Nephalem.8921 said: So how is this spec going to work if its power? It needs a kit like reaper or holo forge just to function. It's kinda the trademark of the necromancer to have the special mechanism do all the job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obtena.7952 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, DanAlcedo.3281 said: Necro has a midrange projectile weapon? What am I forgetting here? Axe, Scepter ... technically not 'projectiles' I guess. I don't think that aspect really matters. I just don't see how a pistol doesn't tread on both of those to some extend. One is the extreme of direct DPS, the other is condi. Edited July 28, 2021 by Obtena.7952 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAlcedo.3281 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, Obtena.7952 said: Axe, Scepter ... technically not 'projectiles' I guess. I don't think that aspect really matters. I just don't see how a pistol doesn't tread on both of those to some extend. One is the extreme of direct DPS, the other is condi. In PvP and Wvw, a skill being a projectile is a huge deal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda.1967 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Figured I'd just leave this here for everyone.... https://i.imgur.com/iiU4upe.png 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadnir.5038 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 15 minutes ago, Panda.1967 said: Figured I'd just leave this here for everyone.... https://i.imgur.com/iiU4upe.png At least the head piece look freaking cool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunTzu.4513 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 17 minutes ago, Dadnir.5038 said: At least the head piece look freaking cool. Yes i hope we can obtain it! I'm still hoping one day the Heavy/Medium/Light armor seperation will fall for transmutation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh.3847 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 If that really is an elixir or grenade of some sort I’m going to guess it’s called “alchemist”. It would also make sense with the pistol as gunpowder kinda falls under alchemy. Maybe the shroud is some kind of mutagen or elixir that makes change forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrHome.1920 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 That's definitely necro green. If this is real then we get a pistol. The offhand ist 99% a focus. Just look at the position of the character's hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Ya Yeah.7381 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Just throwing out some ideas here but what if they pistol is some kind of main hand support gun that blasts heals and shields (kind of like a elixir plague master spec) until you go in shroud then it is some kind of blunderbuss style that does heavy mid range aoe damage or some kind of cc? That would be interesting and would open up for a few different build possibilities. It definitely is a main hand pistol asura the pose is identical after affect following main hand pistol shot pose. Logged on to my engi and threw some pistols to verify. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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