Rifle

[White Kitsunee.4620]

Correct me if I'm wrong but is rifle the only weapon in the game that doesnt have a trait to buff it?

Rifle needs alot of tlc

 

Subtopic: Thoughts on making a rifle themed elite spec for cantha? I don't even want a new weapon, I just want to shoot stuff.

[Samug.6512]

There's plenty more weapons that have no directly corresponding traits - hammer, sword on engi, greatsword on reaper. I think I recall ANet saying they want to remove those, but then kinda stopped doing that? I might be wrong on that one.

Rifle went through a rocky path and unfortunately is next to useless at the moment - nerf of damage in general, LoS requirement for rifle3, the weird story of rifle2. It definitely needs a buff now, hopefully in a way to open some builds for core engineer too.

One of the buffs [that might be coming in a near future](https://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2/clip/AbstemiousKindCrabsTwitchRPG) is removal of self-CC on rifle4.

[Kodama.6453]

> @"Samug.6512" said:

> There's plenty more weapons that have no directly corresponding traits - hammer, sword on engi, greatsword on reaper. I think I recall ANet saying they want to remove those, but then kinda stopped doing that? I might be wrong on that one.

> Rifle went through a rocky path and unfortunately is next to useless at the moment - nerf of damage in general, LoS requirement for rifle3, the weird story of rifle2. It definitely needs a buff now, hopefully in a way to open some builds for core engineer too.

> One of the buffs [that might be coming in a near future](https://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2/clip/AbstemiousKindCrabsTwitchRPG) is removal of self-CC on rifle4.

 

Anet didn't exactly want to remove these traits, they stated that they want to change the traits so that they have value even without the associated weapon being used.

 

Like how our trait overshield works. The effect that protection gets enhanced to 40% damage reduction always applies, even if you are not using a shield, but using a shield additionally will give you the benefit of getting protection from it, too.

Or how the pistol trait (chemical rounds) gives us bonus condition damage always, but also increases the condition duration on pistol skills.

 

And technically, enhanced storage capacity unit serves as the weapon trait for holosmith's sword, since it gives all sword skills an additional heat tier, which is greatly enhancing the damage of this weapon.

[archmagus.7249]

It has an indirect synergy with controlled analysis.

[Taril.8619]

> @"White Kitsunee.4620" said:

> Correct me if I'm wrong but is rifle the only weapon in the game that doesnt have a trait to buff it?

 

Elementalist Staff

Elementalist Dagger

Elementalist Focus

Elementalist Sceptre

Tempest Warhorn

Warrior Sword

Reaper Greatsword

Dragonhunter Longbow

Thief Shortbow

Scrapper Hammer

Chronomancer Shield

Revenant Sword

Revenant Axe

Revenant Hammer

Revenant Staff

Revenant Mace

 

All do not have traits that boost these weapons specifically.

 

> @"White Kitsunee.4620" said:

> Rifle needs alot of tlc

 

Ehh... "A lot" is a bit strong. It competes with Sword for PvE DPS.

 

But then again... Engie's weapons are basically used for like 1-2 attacks and the rest of the time it's all about kits...

 

Rifle uses just Blunderbuss and Jump Shot.

 

Sword uses just Refraction Cutter and Blowtorch.

 

The other skills are just PvP ones really... For when that extra utility is needed. The rest of the time it's Grenade Kit/Bomb Kit/Elixir Gun with some Flamethrower memes sprinkled in.

 

Which is Engie in a nutshell really... Even if they do get a new weapon in EoD, they'll still be using the same 3(4) kits they've been using since day 1 for 90% of their combat...

[Virtuality.8351]

> @"Taril.8619" said:

> Warrior Sword

 

Features that improves swords on Warrior was added to Blademaster back in 2017, but yes, before then there was no trait that enhances it.

 

> Revenant Sword

 

Vicious Lacerations would beg to differ.

 

> Revenant Staff

 

Tranquil Benediction is meh but still.

[Taril.8619]

> @"Virtuality.8351" said:

> > @"Taril.8619" said:

> > Warrior Sword

>

> Features that improves swords on Warrior was added to Blademaster back in 2017, but yes, before then there were no trait that enhances it.

 

Ahh, yeah, my bad.

 

> @"Virtuality.8351" said:

> > Revenant Sword

>

> Vicious Lacerations would beg to differ.

 

Said trait has not existed for 7 months.

 

> @"Virtuality.8351" said:

> > Revenant Staff

>

> Tranquil Benediction is meh but still.

 

Said trait has not existed for over a year.

[Virtuality.8351]

> @"Taril.8619" said:

> > @"Virtuality.8351" said:

> > > @"Taril.8619" said:

> > > Warrior Sword

> >

> > Features that improves swords on Warrior was added to Blademaster back in 2017, but yes, before then there were no trait that enhances it.

>

> Ahh, yeah, my bad.

>

> > @"Virtuality.8351" said:

> > > Revenant Sword

> >

> > Vicious Lacerations would beg to differ.

>

> Said trait has not existed for 7 months.

>

> > @"Virtuality.8351" said:

> > > Revenant Staff

> >

> > Tranquil Benediction is meh but still.

>

> Said trait has not existed for over a year.

 

Damn you are right! Seems we both got screwed by patches lol