Guild Wars 2

Which would you take?

This isn’t a thread about effectiveness of racial skills, I’m just wondering which of these people prefer.

I initially took Artillery Barrage first, but found Warband Support much more entertaining after I got it.

Now, is this a hypothetical “take one, never receive the other”, the normal “Which do I get first before I inevitably have them all”, or just a discussion of “Which do you think is more fun?”

I definitely prefer Warband Support, personally, both for what it is and for function/usefulness. I only wish the actual NPCs that showed up at least somewhat reflected your personal story Warband, other than by Legion.

Hidden Pistol is still, imo, the best Charr racial though, particularly for Engineers who get double mileage from it…

Artillery Barrage is probably the worst elite in game currently. Less damage than Meteor shower for 8x recharge, terrible range, and wasted elite slot. Never tried Warband actually. Don’t forget Charrzooka, it has rediculous amount of knockback, a point blank AoE knockdown/retreat leap, and #5 deals considerable damage with decent hits and long burning. Unfortunately Charrzooka suffers the same problem as engi kits, you forfeit your weapon stats and sigil while you weild it. But I have also noticed I get rediculous amounts of crits with it, so may have a passive crit chance bonus that isn’t related or shown under precision and stats on hero panel.

Anyways, back on topic, even though I haven’t even used warband support, Im saying its better. Artillery is just so awful in every way possible, the only use for it is if your a tank and you cast it on yourself, then it is almost on par with MS.

I used all skills right now. Artillery barrage is not worth it imo. You’re better of using #5 on Charrzooka for that. So to answer the post: Warband support is definitely more fun.

Warband support. I just wish it was your actual warband that came, not some randoms.

I think I get more damage out of mesmer illusions.

Barrage is horrible, Warband is quite nice for levelling when you bump into a vet and need a stun/distraction for a bit.

I grabbed Artillary Barrage on my Charr Engineer as my first Elite because it seems fitting for an Engineer to have an artillary attack, and… my god its horrible. Long cast time (seriously, why? You’re calling for artillary support, not summoning bullets from space with magical powers), mediocre damage considering the random nature of the shots, no range whatsoever, and terrible cooldown (though thats par for the course with Elites).

My first Charr character was Blood Legion and there was one early quest where you got a backpack which allowed you to call for special skills from your warband members (a sniper shot and an artillary beacon) and those were actually good. The artillary beacon had you throw a glowing beacon onto the ground and then artillary fire rained down at the spot. It did good damage, was quick to cast (there was a delay before the shells started falling, but the actual throw of the beacon was quick), and it had something like 900 range I believe. THAT is what I was expecting from the Charr Elite skill.

Warband Support I haven’t used much, since I have it on my Charr Ranger and I prefer Rampage as One, but it seems decent enough. Two summons instead of one compared to most other racial summon elites, they don’t seem too fragile or anything, you get one ranged and one melee and they and some decent disable specials. I like that they’re based on your actual Legion, though like others I do wish it actually called in your story warband (would call your “partner” character chosen from character creation and 1 other random member) instead of generic Legion soldiers, but its still nice.

Either of them fit well with the idea of the Charr. Warband Support fits a bit better maybe and really hits on a unique aspect of the Charr, but they’re both fitting enough. But Barrage is garbage aside from fitting well with the image of the race. Warband Support is at least decent, so I definately prefer it.

Trick question, Charrzooka.

Of course, with the two choices you provided us, I would have to say Warband. Artillery Barrage takes the place as the worst elite skill in the game, for the fact that just about any other AoE skill ever does the job just as effective as it does.

Shadowdawn.7946:

Warband support. I just wish it was your actual warband that came, not some randoms.

In my opinion, I like the randoms better.

I am a Legionnaire and I order them around to do my work. It is better than seeing 10 Mavericks standing around.

If barrage worked with any of the engi traits I might use it on my engi, but otherwise I never use it. Warband all the way. In fact I still use my warband to this day in orr and many other places. Being a necro I actually get credit for their deaths to go towards my life force pool, which is pretty nice (you get this whether they’re killed or expire from the time limit, either way it’s win-win). Plus they make for good distractions. Would be pretty awesome if my minion traits would affect them though lol. Btw anyone ever seen these guys go apekitten in a time-warp bubble? Holy crap it’s fun to watch lol.

runeblade.7514:

Shadowdawn.7946:

Warband support. I just wish it was your actual warband that came, not some randoms.

In my opinion, I like the randoms better.

I am a Legionnaire and I order them around to do my work. It is better than seeing 10 Mavericks standing around.

Maverick is epic enough that reality has to create 10 of him to divide up all the epic awesomeness or Tyria would implode.

Still, Warband Support >>>>> Artillery Barrage.

Rhinzual.7861:

runeblade.7514:

Shadowdawn.7946:

Warband support. I just wish it was your actual warband that came, not some randoms.

In my opinion, I like the randoms better.

I am a Legionnaire and I order them around to do my work. It is better than seeing 10 Mavericks standing around.

Maverick is epic enough that reality has to create 10 of him to divide up all the epic awesomeness or Tyria would implode.

Still, Warband Support >>>>> Artillery Barrage.

Then what would we do with Dinky? An entire legion?

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

Rhinzual.7861:

runeblade.7514:

Shadowdawn.7946:

Warband support. I just wish it was your actual warband that came, not some randoms.

In my opinion, I like the randoms better.

I am a Legionnaire and I order them around to do my work. It is better than seeing 10 Mavericks standing around.

Maverick is epic enough that reality has to create 10 of him to divide up all the epic awesomeness or Tyria would implode.

Still, Warband Support >>>>> Artillery Barrage.

Then what would we do with Dinky? An entire legion?

Pretty much.