Guild Wars 2

So, you ever walked out of say, walmart, and a kid had a new plastic sword, and he’s spazzing out swinging it every which way?

It looked so familiar, when i saw it the other day, went to log on to my neglected charr warrior to play him, lo and behold.

Charr are supposed to be trained from cubs to fight with skill and ferocity….

supposed to be.

INSTEAD we get flailing and flopping of the sword. The ONLY skill that looks half decent is the Mainhand sword 2. The leaping strike. After that the charr goes seizure mode on his enemies.

I doubt it will ever change now, but Charr warrior was what I wanted to play since GW1… and now i gotta play a norn, and they arent that much better.

I’m glad someone besides me finally acknowledges this!

I’ve said, over and over, Charr using swords (mostly Greatswords) looks rather goofy. The way they swing it just doesn’t look strong, savage or well trained.

This is why I use Axes instead. They actually look very brutal and their spins look fast and balanced compared to other races using axes spinning like ballerinas.

Yeah the greatsword is the worst offender, I put alot of thought into what weapons My characters use, I tend to write backstories for them, and well if 3 to 4 of my characters are all using swords or axes, it ruins it. So axes were a no go.

Different strokes, I guess. I actually like the Sword animations a lot and the Greatsword animations are alright besides the wierd “half bend over backwards” 1st strike. Although my Charr who uses those two weapon types is a Ranger, and I have no idea if the animations are actually different between the professions.

Also, the Greatsword charge animation where you run on 3 legs while holding the sword in the 4th is awesome.

Electro.4173:

Also, the Greatsword charge animation where you run on 3 legs while holding the sword in the 4th is awesome.

Granted.

But to fulfill that, my Charr Warrior is a banner warrior and he does the 3-legged run when using its charge.

And yes, I believe the animations are different across different professions to a degree.

I do agree. The sword 1 attack isn’t the most graceful and composed thing ive ever seen.

What really creeps me out is the way the tail like jiggles about on the 1st and 2nd parts of the sword 1 chain.

I main a Charr Guardian, but I like the auto 1 animations pretty well, but I do wish there was a flashy spin move in one of the skills’ animations, and no I don’t mean the Tornado-like WhirlWind of #2 or #5. What I’m talking about is like a Norn Ranger’s Greatsword rushing leap attack (#3?) or I’ve seen some of the humans perform a similar technique. The #3 on a Charr Guardian GS looks awkward too. And #5 is just a copy of #2 with only one full rotation. At least make it a half rotation or something. Gesh.

Claw weapons:
Skill 1: Brutal Slash. Brutal Bite. Brutal Kick.
Slash your foes with your sharp claws. Bite your foe, poisoning them for 1 sec. Kick your foe.

Skill 2: Savage Attack.
Repeatidly attack your foe with melee attacks, causing bleeding

Skill 3: Improvised Weapon.
Pick up a random weapon of the ground (bar / shovel / wooden stick) and break it on your foe’s head stunning them.

Skill 4: Legionares Call
Roar out to your fellow war band. Gain fury, might and Swiftness (short fury and might, reasonable swiftness)

Skill 5: CHARRGE!!!
Advance quickly toward your foe, performing a jumping slash on arrival.

Just an idea, made up moves on the spot. This could replace the GS or be a new skill

Pugilism, i love the sound of that.