Guild Wars 2

Hi guys I have some ideas to make the Shield more interesting to use without making this OP. Considering that is a weapon with some sort of control and defense:

• On #4 – Shield of Judgment – make it apply 5 seconds of cripple on enemies as well. Also increase the Protection duration to 5 seconds on spvp;
• On #5 – Shield of Absorption – allow to cast while moving (the bubble will follow the Guardian), also make it apply 5 seconds of Aegis if not detoned and increase the Healing scaling on sequence. In that way you’ll have the option to get a block or heal (Fix the bug as well)

These changes will not make the shield OP in any mean, but will make it a viable weapon. What you guys think?

I think its good. Guard shield is so lackluster it hurts to look at it.
Also the #4 protection was 5 sec but for some reason anet bumped it down to 3.

Yeah. I don’t know why they did it. Right now the Guardian Shield is the weakest weapon in the game, in my opnion.

Mikau.6920:

Yeah. I don’t know why they did it. Right now the Guardian Shield is the weakest weapon in the game, in my opnion.

Number 4 would be quite nice, especially in PvP because for some reason they have never given guardian any cripples (which hurts the ability to stay on target, since immobilize requires a moderate-long CD in order to be balanced)

As far as number 5 goes. I don’t think the bubble should follow the guardian, however I believe it should be able to just be dropped allowing the guardian to get on with whatever he/she wants to do with either a heal or AEGIS coming at the end.
(having to sit there and channel it makes you a sitting duck to ground targeted attacks & melee.)

I’d like to see shield #4 be a knockdown. It would offer a ton of utility and really compete for the offhand slot. Shield #5 would be interesting if on along with the bubble the guardian did a duration block/invulnerability to give it more defense to AoE and melee.

Mikau.6920:

• On #4 – Shield of Judgment – make it apply 5 seconds of cripple on enemies as well. Also increase the Protection duration to 5 seconds on spvp;

Not sure that I agree that cripple is the way to go, but I am not against it, but it could use something of that nature. Anything defensive seems like a good idea.

Mikau.6920:

• On #5 – Shield of Absorption – allow to cast while moving (the bubble will follow the Guardian), also make it apply 5 seconds of Aegis if not detoned and increase the Healing scaling on sequence. In that way you’ll have the option to get a block or heal

I would agree with moving during/after cast, if the bubble was smaller. Seems a bit too strong to move it given its area of protection as it it. Perhaps have it natively reflect projectiles instead of absorbing them.

I don’t know why, but they never tried to fix the Guardian Shield. Its been since forever that everybody say the Shield is useless.

They should at least remove the root and channel on #5 (make similar to Swirling Winds #4 air focus ele) and improve the #4. The shield is lackluster.

I really want to use shield as guardian. This weapon is the one that better represent the class thematically, like LB is for Ranger.

Guardian master of defense and his blue domes that protect against range auto atack.

Balanced class.

Let me show an awesome vision of the guardian Shield 4 Im an ex neverwinter player was a guardian fighter the class has some insane resemblence with some skills from GW2
first of all or skill 4 from shield
,,Shield of Judgment-Create a shielding wave in front of you that damages foes and gives protection to yourself and up to five allies.,,
Possible vision (i pray each day for it to happen)
Frontline Assault is a cone AOE attack that can hit a maximum of 3 enemies, dealing damage, knocking them back a short distance, and sending them prone.
link and image (abit insane dream but …) http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/Frontline_Surge
GW2 guardian shield skill 5
,,Shield of Absorption-Create a dome around you that pushes foes back and absorbs projectiles.,,
some warr shield skill maybe (yes)
Threatening Rush-Threatening Rush a single target attack that quickly rushes to the enemy dealing damage and Marking the target, and the targets nearby.
link and image http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/Threatening_Rush
the devs will kill me for this im shure of it XD but i hope it will come true

gabriel those are interesting but not only will the devs not completely redesign weapon skills, the pvp guardian needs the current skills for defense.

Honestly, I think simply cutting the cooldowns by 5-10 seconds each would vastly improve the effectiveness of Guardian shield skills in PvP/WvW. As a support weapon, it is mostly pointless in PvE.

Stand The Wall.6987:

gabriel those are interesting but not only will the devs not completely redesign weapon skills, the pvp guardian needs the current skills for defense.

Defence what defence were walking pet food for rangers and a punching bag for the elementalist while we try to catch them Admit it

I like how people say “These changes will not make [ect] OP, but will make it viable”, as if they’ve done the large scale testing themselves with a proper demographic.

my 2c