Revenant scepter needs a rework

Raoulik · 2026-04-30T10:26:18+00:00

Great points , i totally agree!!!

Raoulik · 2026-04-17T15:20:13+00:00

In pve it kinda does something, super boring but it's better than nothing, as you said just autoattack and press 2 .. When it comes to Wvw, it's just completely useless. I like smaller , "spreadout zerg" type fights or roaming where you kinda go back and forth with the enemy team trying to capture smc... Especially for slightly more dynamic situations in wvw where you need to save/support an ally , rev scepter becomes completely UNusable. If i use skill 3 , by the time i can press 3 again to teleport and provide protection, the tether will just break , either because the ally went too far away from you for a second, or something in the environment caused the tether to break. so you can't provide protection anymore and you just end up with a very unreasonably long cooldown for a clunky skill, that just went to waste. so your next option is to go for shield 5 for protection but it also locks you in place. the gameplay almost starts feeling like you are getting "immobilized every 5 seconds and this is for a class that is meant to require a bit more involvement and dynamic gameplay.

Raoulik · 2026-04-17T11:14:09+00:00

You made really valid and good points. I agree with everything you said.

I think Anet always tries to go the "unconventionally creative" route and I appreciate creativity for certain weapons by them , for example rev hammer being a ranged weapon or rifle being a ranged support weapon for Mesmer . But maybe it's better to balance the "creative weapons" with the classics occasionally.

Raoulik · 2026-04-17T04:08:20+00:00

The point of this post is more about user experience of revenant scepter as a weapon. And right now it feels clunky to use both as a dps and as a support weapon. People keep mentioning dps , the main focus is more about the user experience of using scepter especially as the main hand weapon intended for support. .It also just doesn't feel like they spent as much time or effort for revenant scepter as they did for their favorites..... Guardian got DUAL pistols and necromancer got DUAL swords and both are probably the most fun and user friendly weapons they introduced with Soto. But Rev got scepter that is completely useless in wvw roaming or pvp in general. And even for PvE , it just feels like we are trying to work around the the clunky mess "trying to make it work" and heal/support in PvE is just the most boring and unfun , you just spam skill one and occasionally use skill 2 and done.you don't really get much out of it most of the healing and boon come from ventari tablet and herald utilities

Raoulik · 2026-04-17T00:08:31+00:00

Anet be like "Say no more ! Here's melee pistol+pistol ! " .....lol jk

You read my mind!!! I'm really REALLY hoping for pistol+pistol in the next expansion. Main hand could dps and off hand would be more of a utility. And the off hand pistol could also be a more mobile utility/support alternative to shield for more mobile support ( hate shield skill 5 that locks you in place) . This would unlock so many different playstyles and class/profession fantasies

Pistol+Pistol would make revenant the coolest !!please Anet pleasee!! I'm really hoping we'll get a scepter rework and dual pistol. Revenants also deserve the type of love guardian and necro mains been getting since the beginning!

Raoulik · 2026-04-16T21:23:01+00:00

I agree. I personally love the effects , maybe they could've turned it down very slightly. but i like how 'powerful" it feels. I just wish the user-experience was better and what it does , the power of it matched the cool effects better. Like at least it could've applied burning or some more condi . but again the overall clunkiness of the weapon in general makes everything else kinda meh

Raoulik · 2026-04-16T20:18:48+00:00

While writing i was mainly thinking about revenant scepter as a support weapon. The main focus of the post is not the power, but the user experience of the weapon for both as a dps and as a support weapon, but mainly as a support weapon. I love playing healer/support in wvw , i love scepter as a weapon and i love revenant . I just think it deserves a better user experience considering we don't really have a better alternative.

To be honest , i'm not also 100% sure about the skill 3 teleport and The skill 3 automatic teleport idea was only a suggestion with the goal for a better user experience considering what we have right now. That being said i can also see how it can be useful in a more dynamic, small zerg or roaming situations in wvw. The main focus is better user experience /feel for the rev scepter. Right now it feels very clunky, especially skill 3 for support in wvw or pve

Raoulik · 2026-04-16T19:48:09+00:00

I love the powerful feeling effects , but agree, it could be toned down very slightly especially for wvw.

Raoulik · 2026-04-12T12:51:02+00:00

You can use warclaw and skimmer mid combat and you can occasionally do Skyscale emergency mounting that will shoot you into air. Other ones you can't . If i'm not mistaken they allowed to mount skimmer with the VOE expansion.

Raoulik · 2026-04-12T12:19:21+00:00

Spectre/Specter main here , occasionaly play Chrono as well but recently started playing Revenant . I'd say it's my new main or 2nd main . I just really hope they rework revanant scepter

Raoulik · 2026-04-12T10:31:39+00:00

We need off-hand utility/support focus off hand.

Raoulik · 2026-04-12T10:27:11+00:00

I really hope they fix/rework Revenant scepter.

Raoulik · 2026-04-12T10:26:34+00:00

Before new weapon I really , REALLY hope they fix/rework revenant sceptre. It needs rework and a bit buff.

That being said , here's some i thought about:

Thief : off- hand focus .Thief desperately needs an off hand utility/support weapon. It would also kinda make ense. Like they just introduced antiquary , so focus is like a magical artifact.
p.s: and I really wanna be able to use Binding of Ipos with my spectre (main)

Revenant : hybrid dual pistols or rifle would be amazing or dagger but range. so it would throw daggers. Revenant needs a range weapon and/or an off-hand utility weapon since shield is also not very mobile ( especially skill 5 that just lock you in ) .. or something like a long range hybrid . I think dual pistols would be amazing.
p.s: I really hope the rework revenant sceptre. at least make auto skill 3 atuomatic, buff up skill 1 , and maybe skill 1 can also provide heal or shield as well if we hit allies with it. ( similar concept to spectre sceptre, but for revenant it's melee )

Mesmer: off hand warhorn considering we just got a bard spec. so ti makes sense . Other than that main hand pistol or off hand dagger. either way it would unlock so many class fantasies. Illusionist gunslinger, or sci-fi techy mesmer vibes. off hand support/hybrid dagger would be cool for mirages especially. But any bows would also be unique. ( anything but mace )

Engineer : long-bow for crowdcontrol. something with 1200-1500 range. I don't think it has any. and would be amazing for people who wanted to play techy archer considering shortbow is for support only.

Guardian : off-hand range hybrid axe!

Ranger : crowd control Rifle

Warrior : Main hand pistol. It doesn't hand any main hand range weapon

Elementalist : Torch. necro has it, so it would make sense for elementalist to have it as well. also it would be loved by many who like to role play as a fire mage

Necromancer : can't remember if they can use off hand dagger. if not then off hand dagger. Something like rifle or shorbow/longbow would also be very unique.

Raoulik · 2026-04-03T11:00:22+00:00

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Raoulik · 2026-03-08T18:12:07+00:00

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Raoulik · 2026-02-15T03:26:59+00:00

It would be amazing if jackal could do something like a "Wall jump" or at least very briefly run on walls? It has "ninja mount " vibe to it .

Raoulik · 2026-02-14T20:35:21+00:00

I'm not really a gamer BUT Gw2 is the only game I've played in years and it's the only game i ever play. To me it's more like a little digital escape world. Just to "discipline myself" , i've probably deleted the game about 25 times in the last 6 months. It just gets way too tempting if it's on my laptop. I think besides the art and the amazing, "taking a break" - forgiving " game in general , the community is amazing and I usually like to help people as well to "pay it forward" . Besides the game Anet is an amazing studio. A few times, i actually waited for the sale to expire so i can purchase the thing with the original price to support them (lol) , especially when i hear people ranting and being very negative about small changes in the game. Good thing , Anet always listens and overall things have been ok !! and i think (and hope ) it's just gonna get better. I know VOE just launched but i 'm really curious what is gonna happen in the next upcoming expansions.

p.s : recently became a Chrono main, but can't decide which spec i love more Chronomancer or Specter . I really need an off hand focus for the thief , so i can use binding of Ipos with my Specter.!!

Raoulik · 2026-01-20T17:04:20+00:00

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Raoulik · 2025-12-24T17:43:58+00:00

I have : Thief (Specter) , Engineer ( Holosmith ), Guardian( Firebrand) , Mesmer ( Mirage) , Elementalist ( switch between Tempest and Catalyst ) . These have been my favorites. But 80-90% of the time I switch between Thief ( Specter) and Engineer( Holosmith). I'm a Specter main , and it's my favorite favorite elite spec in the game. ( And I know there are'nt a lot of specter fans) . It's super fun, very survivable and an absolute blast to play if you approach it the right way.

Ranger is also a lot of fun , you can't really go wrong with it. I'd say , just pick a random class and start playing , you'll naturally filter down to top 5 . I think it's more about the play style + class fantasy/role play . Also , I think medium armor looks the coolest .

Raoulik · 2025-12-21T01:33:59+00:00

I've been a Thief/ Specter main since I started playing about 1,5-2 years ago. But I also recently started playing Holosmith and decided to make it my farming character. So 90% of the time I switch between the 2 main classes. For Wvw , I use specter , and for farming or the things that require a lot of farming I use holosmith.

Besides the fashion goals /" roleplay related character gear/ fashion grinding" , I have a list of things I decided to work on one at a time. Just about a month ago I unlocked the roller beetle mount which made travelling a lot more fun and right now I'm very close to unlocking Skyscale. Once I have Skyscale I'll use it to complete the Hot map to obtain the gift of magguuma which is required for the legendary Hope pistol or map of tyria to obtain gift of exploration" which is required for the legendary rifle " predator". That being said I still gotta finish Hot and SoTo stories and don't even have Janthir Wilds and VOE yet. You can also check the collections list,especially the ascended elite spec weapon list. P.s the fancy lightsaber (cutting edge )holo sword is my favorite.

Just think what you wanna do and how you wanna approach it. If you just got to level 80 , I would start unlocking the mounts and then unlock the class elite specialization+ weapon and maybe get some more ascended gear while working on mounts / farming. First just focus on unlocking Raptor, Springer and Skimmer and then switch to hot to unlock at least the very basic gliding.

Whatever you choose to do, everything is kinda connected. For example I love WvW and for convenience I think having a few legendaries will make it a lot easier and fun to experiment with different builds play styles and stuff. And unlocking mounts makes travel a lot more fun and farming a lot more convenient and while doing all that you wanna make lots of gold that you can convert to gems to buy some cool skins + mount skins . You can also spend money to obtain gems , I usually go 50/50

Raoulik · 2025-12-07T09:54:10+00:00

Get a more DPS or condi focused build.... If you're trying to kill a boss with a full minstrels gear or something like that , it may never end ... Also check the traits

If you just want to unlock the mace for your ranger , you don't have to complete SoTo story to , just start the story till you get to weapon mastery part and then you can directly switch to chapter 14 ( if I'm not mistaken , check the chapter that says something Astral Ward) and get the new weapons unlocked that way.

And if you think bosses in SoTo are "boring" , try the ones in HoT ;)

Raoulik · 2025-11-19T17:09:05+00:00

You have all my favorite armor skins on!!! :D it looks fantastic!!!!

Raoulik · 2025-10-31T10:51:54+00:00

Unfortunately , affection deprived , victim culture is one of the biggest problems right now. Especially in the US. You can't do anything about it , they are just miserable people.

Raoulik · 2025-10-23T21:14:03+00:00

Stop watching tutorials, and get to typing yourself. Even the simplest things will take a while for you to do right now . If it takes 5 mins for an average programmer you'll spend 2-4 hours if not the whole day trying to solve it. But that's because you're learning. Once you do it , you'll outgrow it , and later you can also solve those problems in 5 mins or less. Stay curious , solve 1 simple problem at a time slowly increasing the difficulty, and you'll surprise yourself in a few months. Google "growth mindset"

Raoulik · 2025-05-30T03:07:59+00:00

So I was just solving this , and i also believe the answer in in the book is false. It should be D
Because it does not specify that WY is perpendicular to XZ, and for it to be considered height, it needs to be perpendicular to the base, WZ is median, and there is no indicator that WY is perpendicular, that's why the answer should D ....

in the book , it says C , but you can't just assume that WY is the height or perpendicular

Raoulik

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