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Muscle Wizard
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I wish we could have armor and gear like that.
You will take your pony bows and you will enjoy it.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Welp, Tree of Savior is greenlit in Steam.
Bye GW2!
Bye GW2!
Nemesis121
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Guild Wars 1 best armor designs...
Vigilant Walrus
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You think so? I think the palette was way too weak for most GW1 armors. Worst offender was always Ranger which was basically variations of a H&M trenchcoat spring collection.
Best armors? Monk? Remember the naked tattoo-loin cloth armor? Vulnberable, yet dignified.
The amazing Faction martial arts armor with sandals sans white socks? Yup.
Nemesis121
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Dat Max Drunk title for GW1..
Gotta login and sell it one day..
Gotta login and sell it one day..
True story, mine dropped the first kill SBI ever did of Tequatl
Also human heavy t3?
You're just gonna be jealous when me and Ike are running around in it being cuties.
Muscle Wizard
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I liked GW1 because there were different armors that were stylized but not like you were cosplaying another person or race.
Welp, Tree of Savior is greenlit in Steam.
Bye GW2!
DAT RAGNAROK FEEL
shysaursoft
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Considering who's making it, that's not unintentional.
Kos Luftar
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An hour from now we should know a lot more about the Necromancer specilization.
Meet the Reaper: Necromancer’s Elite Specialization
Necro shouts like many people predicted. I do like the emphasis on chill though. Necros finally have some group support.
Necro shouts like many people predicted. I do like the emphasis on chill though. Necros finally have some group support.
appletoasty
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For our working friends:
Meet the Reaper: Necromancers Elite Specialization
Greetings, mortals and immortals alike. Today well be talking about the highly anticipated greatsword-wielding necromancer elite specialization, the reaper. This devastating melee brawler is at home in battle when surrounded by as many enemies as possible, cleaving through hapless foes for life-force sustainment. Once the reaper has enough life force, they can transform into a devastating avatar of destruction that leaves enemies frozen in terror.
The Horror
The reapers thematic roots come from classic movie monsters and survival horror games. We pulled elements from slow but seemingly unstoppable horror monsters like Pyramid Head and Jason Voorhees to try to craft the feeling of a relentless pursuer who becomes extremely deadly once they close the distance to their prey. The greatsword is the ideal weapon for expressing this sense of dread due to its size and weight, but there was one thing that was missingwhats a reaper without a scythe?
The reapers first minor trait is called Shroud Knight, and it gives the necromancer a completely new set of melee-focused skills while in Death Shroud. Additionally, when activating the new Reapers Shroud, they also equip a giant shadowy scythe and gain some additional particle effects to signify to opponents to watch out. The skills available while in Reapers Shroud share some similarities with their Death Shroud counterparts andwhere applicableinherit traits that are normally applied to them. Because Reapers Shroud is focused on melee combat, it centers much more on skills that allow reapers to get close, stay close, and cleave enemies. Heres one example:
Deaths ChargeSpin your scythe and dash forward a moderate distance, damaging foes in your path. When the dash ends, release an explosive poison cloud.
Deaths Charge replaces Death Shrouds Dark Path, which is a movement skill that allows a necromancer to close distances to opponents. Deaths Charge also closes distances, but uses slightly different properties. Both of these skills also benefit from the trait Path of Corruption, which causes Dark Path to convert boons on struck foes to conditions. If youre wondering where the chill effect on the original Dark Path went, dont be alarmedit just moved to a different skill. In fact, the reaper is quite adept at utilizing this particular condition.
Chilling Victory
The chill condition has always been thematically tied to the deathly feel of the necromancer, and the reaper takes this a step further. Many of the reapers traits gain benefits from chill or chill effects in some way. With any elite specialization, we try to build a theme using the minor traits and expand on different aspects of that theme using the major traits. Besides Shroud Knight, here are the other two reaper minor traits:
Shivers of DreadWhen you inflict fear on an opponent, you also inflict chill.
Since the reapers special weapon is melee focused, we wanted to make sure that players wouldnt feel bad about using the necromancers iconic fear condition. Its no fun to inflict fear on an enemy only to have them run away from your attacks. By adding chill to fear, the reaper can easily close the gap on a helpless victim. Reapers may not be light on their feet, but that doesnt mean their enemies will be able to escape!
Cold ShoulderChill lasts longer, and chilled foes deal less damage to you.
By extending the duration of chill effects, the reaper is able to stay in close where their threat is the most potent. Chilled foes also have a harder time dealing damage to the reaper, making the reaper an imposing foe for enemies without proper condition removal.
Both of these traits work together with the reapers other chilling skills to wear down foes until they succumb to the cold touch of death.
Big Windup, Big Payoff
One of the most immediate things youll notice when you take charge of the reaper in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is that the greatsword attacks are slow. In fact, most of the reapers attacks have a fairly sizeable cast time. Drawing on the themes of horror monsters, we wanted to express a sense of dread and weight behind each blow. This means that while the reaper doesnt swing a greatsword as fast as other professions do, the damage modifiers and effects for each blow are much more pronounced.
A core skill for the reapers greatsword is the Gravedigger execution skill. When activated, the reaper draws upon dark energy to deliver a slow but devastating blow to all the foes around them. This skill has a very high damage modifier and can easily take a huge chunk out of an unwary foe. If any of the foes struck by this skill are below 50% health, the skills recharge time is dramatically reduced. This skill fits with the overall feel of the reaper by allowing you to easily grind down groups of enemies that are already close to death.
Not all skills are single-hit powerhouses like Gravedigger. Some hit more than once, and others dont do as much damage, but they are all tuned to deliver a satisfying payoff for the wait.
Death Wail
To fit in with the area-of-effect theme of the greatsword, the reaper gets a full set of shout skills. All of these shout skills act as attacks that can hit up to five enemies and scale in effectiveness based on the number of targets struck (and yes, you read that rightreaper shouts deal damage!). In this way, the reaper is rewarded for diving into the thick of battle to engage as many foes as possible. Reaper shouts differ from warrior and guardian shouts in that they focus more on harming foes than they do on bolstering allies.
Rise! is an example of this new type of shout. When activated, it strikes up to five foes in a large radius, dealing a small amount of damage and summoning a jagged horror for each foe struck. While its not especially powerful when going toe-to-toe with a single enemy, it scales in power very quickly with more foes. Additionally, one of the reapers traits allows a tactical player to reduce the recharge of any shout based on the number of foes it strikes. Reapers with this trait and several shout skills can become dangerous powerhouses over prolonged encounters.
Fear the Reaper
Thats all for todays glimpse into the dreaded reaper specialization. If youre not scared off yet, tune in tomorrow for the Points of Interest livestream at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) on the official Guild Wars 2 Twitch channel, where well be going over more of this deathly specialization.
Sounds interesting, I'm not sure about the "slow but powerful" approach to attacks (like all things, I need to see it in action before I can even start to process it and it'll likely require playing it to appreciate it), but I'm willing to give it a chance.
I wonder if we'll be able to trait Reaper to be support-oriented. Trooper runes mean you can damage and heal at the same time with all of those shouts and I'm curious if the will be any traits that could support that.
I'm definitely glad I leveled a Necro. When HoT hits I'm going to be bouncing between characters checking them all out.
I wonder if we'll be able to trait Reaper to be support-oriented. Trooper runes mean you can damage and heal at the same time with all of those shouts and I'm curious if the will be any traits that could support that.
I'm definitely glad I leveled a Necro. When HoT hits I'm going to be bouncing between characters checking them all out.
That sounds interesting. I like that thematically they accented some of the weaknesses of the class (low mobility and speed) into the strengths. Cleave, chill and maybe the shouts could help allay some of the PvE concerns I've seen voiced. Mostly I just want to be some tall dark deathly creature wielding a huge scythe.
Well, it sounds like you're getting exactly that, at the very least.
Thinking on it, I wonder if the "slow attacks" thing is going to make Life Force generation tough to ramp up, and if so how hard will it be to get into Shroud Knight form to utilize things like their charge attack.
I'm just glad the profession is getting some melee and movement skills, all they've had is Dagger and even that was just the auto attack. I had trouble leveling mine because their weapons and abilities seem completely at odds with each other.
Kos Luftar
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Let's create Scythe Skills, Scythe animations but not add a new weapon...a waste imo.
Reaper looks interesting and will probably get me to play my Necro more often. Have to wait and see how the slow attacks will feel. Auto attack must do chill because none of thier attacks will hit.
Reaper looks interesting and will probably get me to play my Necro more often. Have to wait and see how the slow attacks will feel. Auto attack must do chill because none of thier attacks will hit.
Nemesis121
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That GS skin in the video looks great...
Necros got offensive Orders after all.
I wish we didn't get a new shroud, but instead got new skils to spend shroud. Still, by getting a new shroud it means we get 3 sets of skills instead of the 2 for other professions.
Both Greatsword and the new shroud look to be power focused. I could be surprised by the shroud though.
The new Spite trait that causes Vuln on Chill makes more sense now.
Current shroud is a mix of power and condi. If they do the same with reaper shroud there's a build I've been brainstorming over the past half week that might be possible.
First Order revealed helps minion masters feel like minion masters. Even though I don't want to use the slow sword, I'd have instant abilities for damage and effects besides wells, and they're harder to dodge!
Chill on Fear means I have another way to keep people in Wells. Nice.
Just before this came out, I was reading on reddit about how one of our weaknesses is a bunch of abilities with counter play that need to almost all land in order to win. One of those aspects is long cast times. So now we get even longer cast times in melee!
That Greatsword attack with the executioner effect better not have the same animation as Arcing Slice or I'll be disappointed.
Necros join the Spin2Win crowd.
We desperately need more Weakness applications to cut down on dodges.
I wish we didn't get a new shroud, but instead got new skils to spend shroud. Still, by getting a new shroud it means we get 3 sets of skills instead of the 2 for other professions.
Both Greatsword and the new shroud look to be power focused. I could be surprised by the shroud though.
The new Spite trait that causes Vuln on Chill makes more sense now.
Current shroud is a mix of power and condi. If they do the same with reaper shroud there's a build I've been brainstorming over the past half week that might be possible.
First Order revealed helps minion masters feel like minion masters. Even though I don't want to use the slow sword, I'd have instant abilities for damage and effects besides wells, and they're harder to dodge!
Chill on Fear means I have another way to keep people in Wells. Nice.
Just before this came out, I was reading on reddit about how one of our weaknesses is a bunch of abilities with counter play that need to almost all land in order to win. One of those aspects is long cast times. So now we get even longer cast times in melee!
That Greatsword attack with the executioner effect better not have the same animation as Arcing Slice or I'll be disappointed.
Necros join the Spin2Win crowd.
We desperately need more Weakness applications to cut down on dodges.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
Queue Reaper Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg
I thought it looked really, really cool. I will get some more milage out of my necro with this! I think it's a great idea to slow down the attack speeds. Ranger, War and Guardian all attack fast with greatsword. Gravedigger sounds like one hell of a KO Puncher! And I agree that if the inspiration is things like Pyramid the attacks should be a bit slower.
The fact that the new Death Shroud is melee oriented skills is brilliant. Can't wait for that!
I understand what Kos is saying about the new weapon types, but they must really have had their reasons. Either logistics or extra work through adding the weapon types throughout the entire game and in all the different variants and styles. I dunno. Necro already has a scytche effect when using staff. I think it will be fine.
I thought it looked really, really cool. I will get some more milage out of my necro with this! I think it's a great idea to slow down the attack speeds. Ranger, War and Guardian all attack fast with greatsword. Gravedigger sounds like one hell of a KO Puncher! And I agree that if the inspiration is things like Pyramid the attacks should be a bit slower.
The fact that the new Death Shroud is melee oriented skills is brilliant. Can't wait for that!
I understand what Kos is saying about the new weapon types, but they must really have had their reasons. Either logistics or extra work through adding the weapon types throughout the entire game and in all the different variants and styles. I dunno. Necro already has a scytche effect when using staff. I think it will be fine.
Will probably be just as effective as them.
I have to agree, the "DarkBlackEvilDeathPlague" theme isn't particularly original and now the Grim Reaper imagery is completely unsubtle whereas before it was still fairly obvious but not so blatant.
I still think it would have been interesting to crib a lot of thematic elements from Vanguard's Blood Mage,the only MMO class that can give Mesmer a run for its money in the originality department. The idea of forming blood unions with enemies to harm them, using your own life force as fuel for spells and then life tapping it back, harvesting organs from enemies and creating horrible little symbiotes from them... at the very least it would give the class some non-green icons =p
As a guy who currently plays a power-based DS Necro... I'm pretty stoked. My Norn was born for this kind of action. Plus saying one of your primary thematic inspirations is classic monster/slasher iconography and you have my attention.
Still, I think I need to see some trait line changes beyond Reaper. The fact that Orders are less party-focused doesn't inspire too much confidence that they are actually helping our group image.
Still, I think I need to see some trait line changes beyond Reaper. The fact that Orders are less party-focused doesn't inspire too much confidence that they are actually helping our group image.
Kos Luftar
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Wonder if one of the shouts/orders does an AoE TAUNT.
Good point.
Also, when I get home, I'm going to formalize my number one complaint with Necro
Thread title: Blood Magic Grandmaster Minor
Body: Shadow Leech: Take double damage in Death Shroud. Life Leech effects heal you even in Death Shroud.
Edit:
Was just pointed out to me that Orders do not affect allies, but Trooper runes are dependent on allies affected. This can change though.
Edit again: Instantly corrected: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Trooper
so are you saying i should start stacking these and sell later ?
appletoasty
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Happy birthday Callunah
Greatswords seem to have that effect on you.
Someone there looking out for me. Or just has good taste.
On the Reaper topic, the last slow, big-hitter melee class I played in a game with action combat was the TERA Berserker, which was totally awesome. I just hope that they actually make good on the "high reward" part. If we're still going to be a largely "selfish" class - and now an even more melee-focused light armor job angle - it really needs to pay off.
So excited, though. I want to see all the details on these new Reaper shroud abilities. Let's go already. gooooooooooooooo
Edit - That hood has a pretty high chance of looking awesome on a lot of gear. I may actually get to look different. Since this game came out.
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