Guild Wars 2

Since the suit is already a pretty lackluster elite, would it be possible for the duration of the golem to last 240 seconds as to be able to keep it up for role playing purposes? Just a thought, I don’t think this would disrupt any sort of balance.

Agreed. It’s sufficiently bad that this would have no impact whatsoever on game balance, but would be brilliant for RP / messing around in town.

I’d love golem elites to be like necro minions – once summoned remain in game till destroyed. After all there’s all kinds of golemancers out there and it’d be pretty lousy one to make his creation last so short…

NSKaneda.1026:

I’d love golem elites to be like necro minions – once summoned remain in game till destroyed. After all there’s all kinds of golemancers out there and it’d be pretty lousy one to make his creation last so short…

That’d be awesome. Nobody runs the golems due to the short duration and already lackluster AI skills and timing, so I don’t see the harm in making them like necro minions.

EDIT: they could even increase the cooldown on the defensive golem’s shield bubble and nerf the duration to accommodate. I still don’t think it would be worth running over normal elites for real gameplay.

If it’s just the look you’re after, there’s a tonic that turns you into a golem suit. I think it was this one: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Hazmat_Suit_Transformation_Tonic

Still, I’d prefer the real thing. Not only is the suit ridiculously weak, most of the time when using it in WvW your victim simply walks away, leaving you with the gigantic cooldown :P

Viking Jorun.5413:

NSKaneda.1026:

I’d love golem elites to be like necro minions – once summoned remain in game till destroyed. After all there’s all kinds of golemancers out there and it’d be pretty lousy one to make his creation last so short…

That’d be awesome. Nobody runs the golems due to the short duration and already lackluster AI skills and timing, so I don’t see the harm in making them like necro minions.

EDIT: they could even increase the cooldown on the defensive golem’s shield bubble and nerf the duration to accommodate. I still don’t think it would be worth running over normal elites for real gameplay.

That’s not entirely true. I run the Series D golem all the time.

first, it can manage some agro in pve. Not usually necessary, especially since I’m also a mesmer, lol, but the option is there.

However, secondly, it also generates a reflective anti projectile bubble, at least once. In, say, wvw when we are taking a fort defended by arrow carts, that bubble, short as it is,, can help deflect some of the attack and allow flame rams to survive longer.

Heck, the D series can generate that bubble up to 3 times if it survives it’s full lifespan.

I find it useful… sometimes.

NSKaneda.1026:

I’d love golem elites to be like necro minions – once summoned remain in game till destroyed. After all there’s all kinds of golemancers out there and it’d be pretty lousy one to make his creation last so short…

I was asking for this since Beta. Still no luck.