Warrior espec icon and weapon

[faayth.2380]

Hi,

I made a guess about icons on official website  and gave it a color 🙂

https://imgur.com/fWMb7rA

I hope img is visible.

Why this icon?

• it has weapon in the icon, only warrior's both especs had weapon in the icons
• style is very the same, weapon in the middle, extra mechanics on the sides (zerker - fire, sb - protective barrier)

Ok, so it's bullet, because warrior profession has rifle already, I think it'll be a pistol.

About extra mechanics on sides:

• they're might be arrows - so maybe dashy spec
• broken walls, barrier - heavy dps, penetration shooter spec
• air, cantha's wind spec

Many proffesions in the past got support especs like chronomancer, scourge, firebrand.

So my last thought about it - it's gonna be supportive windy pistol spec for warrior.

 

 

Edited July 28, 2021 by faayth.2380

[Grand Marshal.4098]

Tbh as @Kodama.6453 claimed in another post, I believe the Oni mask may as well be warrior because the link to that comes from Core Warrior having a Helmet as it's icon. I feel that's more warrior-appropriate, but who knows.

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

36 minutes ago, Grand Marshal.4098 said:

Tbh as @Kodama.6453 claimed in another post, I believe the Oni mask may as well be warrior because the link to that comes from Core Warrior having a Helmet as it's icon. I feel that's more warrior-appropriate, but who knows.

I think faayth's reasoning is more sound given the other two espec icons.

 

Onimask could fit any spec.

[crewthief.8649]

Well we’ll see… in a couple months. 😐

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

Just now, crewthief.8649 said:

Well we’ll see… in a couple months. 😐

That kind of pisses me off ngl.

[Grand Marshal.4098]

7 minutes ago, Lan Deathrider.5910 said:

That kind of pisses me off ngl.

For real

[BlackTruth.6813]

It's sadly probably going to be off hand pistol, this is perfectly sound logic coming from the OP (though I am praying that it's different)

 

Here's to hoping your offhand gets burst skills too from the new elite spec, but I doubt they're gonna want anything interesting for Warrior to happen anyways.

 

P.S Onimask could be Necro too for all we know. Here's to hoping we get something actually fun and not broken OP but is still comparable effort-wise and results-wise to other classes.

Edited August 1, 2021 by BlackTruth.6813

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

29 minutes ago, BlackTruth.6813 said:

It's sadly probably going to be off hand pistol, this is perfectly sound logic coming from the OP (though I am praying that it's different)

 

Here's to hoping your offhand gets burst skills too from the new elite spec, but I doubt they're gonna want anything interesting for Warrior to happen anyways.

 

P.S Onimask could be Necro too for all we know. Here's to hoping we get something actually fun and not broken OP.

Nah, they'd give both MH and OH to us.

[BlackTruth.6813]

2 hours ago, Lan Deathrider.5910 said:

Nah, they'd give both MH and OH to us.

here's to hoping, 2nd coming of the old berserker or something similar to it

Edited July 29, 2021 by BlackTruth.6813

[sneakytails.5629]

Looks like a spear on the sides. I agree on the bullet in the center, hopefully its a gunslinger type spec which can take ranged weapons much further. I also agree with the idea of snares, and it almost looks like a whip or lasso around the bullet.

 

Western themed gunslinger with pull mechanics?

 

 

Edited July 29, 2021 by sneakytails.5629

[Telgum.6071]

Although I'm ok with a gunslinger ranged spec, I would really prefer the samurai-like one with that oni mask. We know samurais carried banners on their backs. We know it makes sense due the asiatic region we are heading.

 

Outside pvp banners have carried warrior for years. Carrying at least one banner with you could be a huge addition to the warrior.

 

Think about warrior as we have it now. He underperforms against other classes in general but is probably the top survival class right after thief (high HP, high endurance generation, high movement +potential escape, blocks, damage mitigation, stun/dazes, stability with every movement skill). Warrior only struggles against conditions and nothing else. 

 

If we were to drop either Strength or Discipline in exchange for other survival specialization like Tactics or Defense, the addition of a offensive support specialization could keep the high survival warrior we have now, with the addition of a huge damage potential in both solo, small scale and probably even zergs, if they keep those banner buffs for 10 men.

 

Not to mention PvE, if BS is highly requested now despite being constantly nerfed, imagine if Anet raised the banners to a new level. It would make sense, considering the last nerf (undeserved IMO).

 

[Jzaku.9765]

11 hours ago, faayth.2380 said:

Hi,

I made a guess about icons on official website  and gave it a color 🙂

https://imgur.com/fWMb7rA

I hope img is visible.

Why this icon?

• it has weapon in the icon, only warrior's both especs had weapon in the icons
• style is very the same, weapon in the middle, extra mechanics on the sides (zerker - fire, sb - protective barrier)

Ok, so it's bullet, because warrior profession has rifle already, I think it'll be a pistol.

About extra mechanics on sides:

• they're might be arrows - so maybe dashy spec
• broken walls, barrier - heavy dps, penetration shooter spec
• air, cantha's wind spec

Many proffesions in the past got support especs like chronomancer, scourge, firebrand.

So my last thought about it - it's gonna be supportive windy pistol spec for warrior.

 

 

Fully agree with your logic on why the bullet is the warrior spec.

What worries me though - considering how sad Warrior rifle is, I'm struggling to imagine Anet coming up with a good Warrior pistol.

 

[Kodama.6453]

I think the mempo (icon 5) is going to represent warrior for a samurai elite spec. Likely using staff as the weapon with spear skills and skin.

 

The bullet in my interpretation is going to necromancer, who is already confirmed to get pistol as their weapon. The parts on the side and swirl could represent dark magic infusing the bullet.

 

Fun fact: There has been a skill in the game called "cursed bullet", it was a deadeye skill originally, but got removed in favour of "death's judgement". It could be that Anet wants to bring the cursed bullet back thematically and necromancer would be the most fitting choice for this, since this is the one class which originally deals with curses.

[Verdict is Vengence.6912]

I want it to be pistol too so that I could play SWAT with rifle/pistols around WvW but most people are saying the correct symbol for warrior is the oni mask, not the bullet and that we'll have the staff as a weapon (booo).

[Grand Marshal.4098]

47 minutes ago, Verdict is Vengence.6912 said:

I want it to be pistol too so that I could play SWAT with rifle/pistols around WvW but most people are saying the correct symbol for warrior is the oni mask, not the bullet and that we'll have the staff as a weapon (booo).

Staff can be good if handled properly. 

 

With rifle I have 0 trust that pistols will be good on warrior. You thought PP thief may be subpar with all the projectile hate in WvW? Imagine a slower more sluggish warrior pistol trying to compete with 1500 range + foes. 

 

If melee is what's its gonna be, make it so we can reclaim our throne as top melee class. That's where we excell imo. 

 

Ofc they need to hit the mark with making our staff not similar to Daredevil or core Rev. In any case I want a mobile/swift duelist warrior with a good two handed weapon (staff can offer CC, block/evade and mobility if made correctly) to finally drop GS of I want. 

 

With pistol this doesn't get addressed and we still gonna get GS if we want to be roamers in any capacity. 

[Verdict is Vengence.6912]

6 minutes ago, Grand Marshal.4098 said:

Staff can be good if handled properly. 

 

With rifle I have 0 trust that pistols will be good on warrior. You thought PP thief may be subpar with all the projectile hate in WvW? Imagine a slower more sluggish warrior pistol trying to compete with 1500 range + foes. 

 

If melee is what's its gonna be, make it so we can reclaim our throne as top melee class. That's where we excell imo. 

 

Ofc they need to hit the mark with making our staff not similar to Daredevil or core Rev. In any case I want a mobile/swift duelist warrior with a good two handed weapon (staff can offer CC, block/evade and mobility if made correctly) to finally drop GS of I want. 

 

With pistol this doesn't get addressed and we still gonna get GS if we want to be roamers in any capacity. 

If staff lets us get back on top, anet won't let us shine for long. They never do. They ruined spellbreaker and berserker for no reason then never went back to those elite specs to review what they'd done.

 

With pistols, at least I'll be able to have fun. If I have to deal with melee staff that focuses around supporting, it'll suck. Not to mention if the staff has any CC then it'll already hit like cotton candy in pvp and wvw. It's not looking up for us warriors.

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

1 hour ago, Jzaku.9765 said:

Fully agree with your logic on why the bullet is the warrior spec.

What worries me though - considering how sad Warrior rifle is, I'm struggling to imagine Anet coming up with a good Warrior pistol.

 

They may have purposefully left Rifle by the wayside in order to create the space for pistol though.

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

27 minutes ago, Grand Marshal.4098 said:

Staff can be good if handled properly. 

 

With rifle I have 0 trust that pistols will be good on warrior. You thought PP thief may be subpar with all the projectile hate in WvW? Imagine a slower more sluggish warrior pistol trying to compete with 1500 range + foes. 

 

If melee is what's its gonna be, make it so we can reclaim our throne as top melee class. That's where we excell imo. 

 

Ofc they need to hit the mark with making our staff not similar to Daredevil or core Rev. In any case I want a mobile/swift duelist warrior with a good two handed weapon (staff can offer CC, block/evade and mobility if made correctly) to finally drop GS of I want. 

 

With pistol this doesn't get addressed and we still gonna get GS if we want to be roamers in any capacity. 

Hey, those pistols skills could all be non projectile AoE blasts and fields for all that we know.

[Grand Marshal.4098]

1 hour ago, Lan Deathrider.5910 said:

Hey, those pistols skills could all be non projectile AoE blasts and fields for all that we know.

🤔

 

1 hour ago, Verdict is Vengence.6912 said:

If staff lets us get back on top, anet won't let us shine for long. They never do. They ruined spellbreaker and berserker for no reason then never went back to those elite specs to review what they'd done.

 

With pistols, at least I'll be able to have fun. If I have to deal with melee staff that focuses around supporting, it'll suck. Not to mention if the staff has any CC then it'll already hit like cotton candy in pvp and wvw. It's not looking up for us warriors.

Nah, I don't want support staff. I want a selfish staff. No support to it whatsoever. A strong melee option with interesting mechanics. CC, like a single skill, I can tolerate. We got hammer with the 3 CC skills and GS with none. Staff would feel the gap with mobility, cc, dmg and utility in my mind. 

[Psycoprophet.8107]

Well the devs said in the vid the especs are heavily Cantha designed. Asian warrior = pistol warrior, sry don't see the logic if so. I'm betting oni mask is wars icon.

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

18 minutes ago, Psycoprophet.8107 said:

Well the devs said in the vid the especs are heavily Cantha designed. Asian warrior = pistol warrior, sry don't see the logic if so. I'm betting oni mask is wars icon.

And yet Cantha has apparently made large technological advances, so who is to say that pistol isn't it?

[artharon.9276]

I think that icon goes to necro since they'll be getting a pistol. And also blades beside the bullet seems like stylized sychtes.

Edited July 29, 2021 by artharon.9276

[Psycoprophet.8107]

2 hours ago, Lan Deathrider.5910 said:

And yet Cantha has apparently made large technological advances, so who is to say that pistol isn't it?

That's true as well, we'll have to wait and see.

[Lighter.5631]

bullet looks to be for necro

[Fueki.4753]

I think the icon with the massive arms and pauldrons/blade-looking things will be warrior.

The weapons it gets could be dual foci that are used as fist weapons.

 

I certainly hope it's not the bullet icon.

 

Edited July 29, 2021 by Fueki.4753