Talk:Spear

Delete because all known weapons

Delete because we have been told that all the weapons planned to be in the initial release are known? - Giant Nuker 02:40, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Agree, nowhere have I seen spears mentioned as being usuable by players.

The info about the Norn guards using them would be better suited (not by much) on the Hoelbrak page. Abbess Katherine 03:18, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Agree(Xu Davella 03:28, 8 February 2011 (UTC))

^ - Lucian 4:46, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

This page is little more than a trivia note that should be on Hoelbrak instead of its own page. –~=Ϛρѧякγ (τѧιк) ←♥– 04:55, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

(Reset indent) The finalized weapon list was released months ago, the spear is not one of them. - Infinite - talk 11:59, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

yep, it's like saying that scythes were included on the Factions campaing just because Vetaura was on the game and wields one in concept art... maybe they will be playable on a future expansion, by right now, what we know is that we can't use spears on this game. Lokheit 18:04, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

""Yes they exist, but I doubt they will be a weapon"" This should be removed from the deletion tag as it itself is personal opinion/speculation, thus not viable grounds for deletion of an article. The fact that spears are still speculation is fine, however Darke 20:19, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I went ahead and clarified deletion reasons. Sides, this page can always be readded when and if spears are eventually added. - Lucian 3:49, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

So they made the cut!

Apparently they wasn't cut from the game, and the one used on the blog image reminds me to onw of the current designs. Lokheit 18:39, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Serrated Spear made it into gw2 it seems

was i the only one who noticed the quaggan holding one of these around the 12:30 min mark in this video: [1]?- Zesbeer 04:26, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

I saw it too I yelled it @ The Seraphim's Chat :D --The Holy Dragons 22:46, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

1hand or 2hand

So, spears, 1 handed or 2 handed. Do we know? --Briar AHOY! 09:14, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

It's a two-handed weapon, which is indicated by granting a full set of five skills. There's also been no indication that any of the underwater weapons are one-handed. -Yossitaru 09:22, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

That's correct, all aquatic weapons are equipped in both hands (so far). - Infinite - talk 13:23, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

yea but at this stage of the game's develpment who knows i am sure its still subject to change.- Zesbeer 23:16, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Hence infinite saying (so far) --The Holy Dragons 23:18, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

i have generally found that ass-u-me-ing things just turns out badly for everyone...- Zesbeer 06:53, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

i assume itll be 1 handed or 2 handed! Not gunna turn out bad for me. ;) --Angelkiss 06:55, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

"Two-handed weapons determine all five skill slots..." Mediggo 06:59, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Spear is gone now?

I have looked at several videos from the beta press weekend. I haven't seen spears and those that did have spears have the harpoon now. Raziah 05:55, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I noticed the same thing. At a guess, it's probably becuase they've considered they might use Spear as an additional land weapon type in an expansion pack sometime, which would make sense, as I could see, say, just an example that came up in my head, an Elona expansion which might add a profession such as "Sunspear" or something, which I could see having Spear as a 1H land weapon, and perhaps a Lance as 2H one being a possibility further down the line.

Come to think of it, GW1 expansions always added new skills to previously created classes...adding a new weapon type would be a good way to do this with GW2 (so a new land-based Spear weapon could become a way for a Warrior to gain some extra skills with an expansion, for example). 82.11.226.30 20:49, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) Speculation (placed on an incorrect medium and location) aside, the spear was simply renamed to harpoon. Speargun still has "spear" in its name for what it's worth. - Infinite - talk 20:52, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Where did Anet officially make the change to harpoon? - Zesbeer 21:43, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

This page never should have been renamed

as i brought up there was no official stance on this page being renamed until now http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User_talk:Stephane_Lo_Presti#Aquadic_weapons so please change it back to spear.- Zesbeer 23:22, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

All the press beta stuff has harpoon, trident, and speargun, so I think that's the current stance. --JonTheMon 03:25, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

The wiki documents the game, not the blog. A F K When Needed 03:44, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

ok but a direct source from anet? he is looking into it.- Zesbeer 03:58, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

If he responds here saying that they've since been changed, then yeah that's fine.

Otherwise it's a direct source from ArenaNet... telling us what exactly? A F K When Needed 04:01, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

if they have been changed and they havent so the move should be reverted "Looks like there's been a mixup with aquatic weapon names and I can now confirm that the names in the blogpost I quoted above are correct! Thanks for pointing us to this ^^ --Stephane Lo Presti talk 23:14, 28 February 2012 (UTC)"- Zesbeer 23:57, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Although Steven confirmed it several times, but what is really in game is still Harpoon/Speargun ever since skill panel was up. So let's put this aside for just a few more month, shall we? ^^ Glastium talk 00:43, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

I am fine with that what I wasn't fine with was there was the lack discussion on the matter, so I went and asked someone from anet to confirm the change and look at that it wasn't changed. and the appropriate action has been taken ie a revert.- Zesbeer 00:48, 29 February 2012 (UTC)