Instead of having, ‘bows’, ‘crossbows’, and ‘guns’, what if we have ‘bows’ and ‘guns’.
Combine crossbows and bows (crossbows are a type of bow) and then add dual wielding pistols and put that into the ‘guns’ category along with the 2h rifles we already have.
How about no.
Why reduce the number of categories when it really should be expanded. Bows, xbows, and guns are not the only kinds of range weapons.
I like my crossbow.
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you’d still have the bow/crossbow only change is they’ll be in the same mog tab.
Ok, so now we dual wield pistols, now what? What unique gameplay are you suggesting that dual wielding pistols could bring that 2h weapons could not?
(Except for the obvious Pistol Whip melee ranged stun)
I dunno, I think 2 weapon categories that is 100% unique to only 2 specs in the entire game seems kinda fair to me.
GLAD YOU ASKED! Now we change a Rogue spec to ranged and give them bows/DW pistols
I kinda wish Blizz had gone the GW2 route of skills tied to weapon type. I’m not sure how granular that should be, but I like the idea of a short bow being fast and nimble and long bow launching chonky nukes.
I’m also a fan of weapon characteristics in general, like swords doing more crit, axes bleed, maces stun, polearms increased reach (like +3 minimum), dual wield for flurry-esque play, etc. Weapon homogenization makes things kina boring, imho. I suppose you could argue that it makes it easier to balance, because CLEARLY Blizz is concerned with that [audible eye roll]
Not gunna lie. I been hoping for a dual wield “Gunslinger” style class to be added for a long time. Doubt it will ever happen but you can always hope.
You might be surprised. Look at 2H vs DW Frost DKs.
You don’t need to remove a group to add a group unless there is some incredibly, incredibly legacy code involved, and given that ranged weapons already behave differently from pre-Cata, that seems very unlikely.
If you want paired pistols, just add paired pistols.
One thing I think DCUO’s dual pistol do well is that they actually help with boss mechanics by flipping a pistol user out of most one-shot AOEs’ lethality range.
hands you a crossbow okay…you try operatin that thing like a bow… most crossbows are closer to clunkier guns using arrows than they are actual bows.
I was thinkin scythes and like pet companion…but that works too…
So a bow/Xbow would be PvP and Pistols be PvE?
I was thinking more like Bow being MM and BM and Pistols being a heavy DoT class so it has a clear identity.
They are probably saving dual wielding pistols in case they ever introduce a mechanical / engineering type hero class.