The Spear Appeal

[Percello]

Which class or classes appeal to you the most with this new spear update/expansion and why?
I'm finding it a bit difficult to find the spear appealing. I'd like to get your opinion and perspective. Let me know.

[Zethell]

More options, more good.

But, Elementalist for sure, big boom big better.

[Spirit]

weilding a tesla coil as a mechanic is something new
electrocuting hostiles left and right could be fun

[Teratus]

Ele's finally getting a good new ranged weapon is awesome, I would have preferred a magic bow though for aesthetic reasons.

Same for Warrior, I also like that Warrior is getting a new Pure Range weapon as it's options in this field have long been quite limited for the so called "master of weapons" class.

But the one i'm mostly looking forward to is the Ranger.
This hybrid Range/Melee weapon is something i've long wanted to see in Gw2 and I do hope Anet retroactively go back and add this capability to some of the older game weapons like Necro Axe, Ranger MH Axe, Mesmer GS etc.

I do like some of the visual effects too like Guardians and Necromancers Spear skills so overall i'm quite liking spear for a lot of professions atm.

That said though I am still disappointed that it's only Spear this time.
I would have loved to see Trident coming to land as well and having some classes get Spear and others getting Trident.
It would have at least mixed it up a little bit but no matter.

What I mainly hope for now that they've officially introduced a way for weapons to transcend their specified terrain mode, is to see some of the land weapons become usable underwater in the near future.
I've said for years that this is the best way for Anet to greatly expand the depressingly limiting build diversity issue that underwater content has.
Which is one of the biggest issues holding Underwater content back from reaching it's potential.

Gw2 has one of the best underwater system in any game, especially in the MMO sphere.
And it's a crying shame that it's been so horribly underutilised and neglected for all these years.
More weapons per class becoming available there would drastically improve this and open the door for something a lot of fans have been wanting for a very long time.
A largely underwater themed expansion pack.. and there's certainly some very interesting themes, concepts and story lore to be explored in such an expansion.

[RotherHans]

As Mukluk already noticed,
I cannot WAIT to try the new suicide gameplay with my ELE alt.
So far only my Firebrand main got away relatively unscathed,
as you can still see the red rings of death with his spear.

[DYSEQTA]

I loved Paragon in GW1 and would have preferred that as a class... but hey you can't have everything right? Mesmer spear skills look fancy at least.

[Percello]

Originally posted by DYSEQTA:

I loved Paragon in GW1 and would have preferred that as a class... but hey you can't have everything right? Mesmer spear skills look fancy at least.

The Sunspears. Yup. I enjoyed a lot of that as well.

[Teratus]

Paragon and Monk basically got merged into Guardian, but I also miss those classes as stand alone.
Monk being an original class too was probably the bigger loss.

I was hoping when Elite Specs first came in that they may return in that form but sadly that never happened.

[SinisterSlay]

I don't even want a weapon. I don't want to have to change our builds again. Instead I want content that encourages you to change builds for it. Worthwhile content. And most importantly, it has to actually be fun, not grindy and boring.

[Teratus]

Plenty of content encourages you to change your build in some ways, though it's never mandatory to do so.
That's one of the better things about Gw2, you can play however you want and succeed, though some groups will be far less likely to want you around if you're unwilling to play how they want you too.

It's up to you in that case to decide if you want to play with people like that.

[phonely]

As an ele player of 600hrs (mostly weaver) I'm so ready for spear. Tested in beta and am in love. I love sword dagger, but I'm ready for solid ranged option.

[unidrathegamer]

I've only tried it in elementalist (favorite class). It works really well. I like how its effects are consistent across the four elements so that the main thought is the element's effect. I also like that it has a good mix of AoE and regular attacks.

[$2 Hero]

More interested in the house tbh.

[Isseus]

From what I've tested and what the forums say:

Ele spear is a glass cannon without the cannon. And it only works for weaver.
Warrior spear is worse than warrior rifle... which shouldn't be possible.
Thief spear is fun and has a nice flow.
Mesmer spear is pretty and fun. Fits both chrono and mirage too.

[RotherHans]

keep in mind it's a beta,
the point is exactly to figure out what is OP and what's useless

[Tiberius]

Kinda wish they give other underwater wpn tbh.