Guild Wars 2

I just finished crafting Frostfang and I’m slightly disappointed by it compared to other legendaries. The footfalls are great, but the color and texture of the axe itself is rather cartoonish. The ice that forms on your hand isn’t really noticeable enough. And the trail it leaves when you attack is very easy to miss—probably because it’s white and quite thin.

I think giving the wielder an ice aura akin to that of The Predator would go a long way. But I’d like to see the overall textures improved on Frostfang to have the kind of depth we’re used to seeing on legendaries like Bolt.

Yeah, I also crafted Frostfang about a month ago, and I agree with you 100%.
I think a nice Ice aura or an attack trail like you see on Twilight, smaller of course but the same idea, with a white/blue tint on it would make it feel much more “legendary”.

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Belzebu.3912:

Yeah, I also crafted Frostfang about a month ago, and I agree with you 100%.
I think a nice Ice aura or an attack trail like you see on Twilight, smaller of course but the same idea, with a white/blue tint on it would make it feel much more “legendary”.

It’s too bad because it’s such an awesome idea for a legendary—an ice dragon head as an axe? Yes please. But the execution was really quite poor on this one.

I’m still going to get it for my Necro, but I agree it is lackluster.

I don’t much care for the axe in general. I was going to forge Frostfang, but then I got The Legend drop, so I sold the Frostfang precursor to pay for the Bifrost mats instead. Much happier.

still wonder why some legendaries have full body glow effects but others dont.

<—- owns incinerator.

mtpelion.4562:

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^^this hehe

Sororita.3465:

still wonder why some legendaries have full body glow effects but others dont.

<—- owns incinerator.

<—-owns Flame Seeker Prophecies no body glow or footsteps. and yes I agree all should have these things (believe minstrel is the same way as FSP)

This is the entire reason that although I use an axe a lot I will not make this legendary. I’m going for Bolt instead. Personally, I like the look of maybe 2 or 3 legendaries. The rest are pretty hideous or just not good enough for me to say they LOOK legendary. The moot… need I say more?? I would love a great mace but decided to spend my gold on the TA mace since it looks 1000 times better than the legendary.

Yeah, there are a few good-looking legendaries, but most of them are either unattractive or just ridiculous. Moot? Dreamer? No-never-not-ever-forever.

I think Incinerator is a cool-looking dagger, but it doesn’t go with anything I have. Can you imagine my necro running around with Incinerator? Ridiculous.

Personally, I think I’m done with legendaries until new ones come out. We sure could use some variety in that department.

I’m going for Frostfang now. I love it, I love the subtlety of having to kind of look for the features. It’s much better than some of the outrageous skins.

jsduke.6537:

Yeah, there are a few good-looking legendaries, but most of them are either unattractive or just ridiculous. Moot? Dreamer? No-never-not-ever-forever.

I think Incinerator is a cool-looking dagger, but it doesn’t go with anything I have. Can you imagine my necro running around with Incinerator? Ridiculous.

Personally, I think I’m done with legendaries until new ones come out. We sure could use some variety in that department.

My fear is that when new legendaries are introduced, the current legendaries will be forever left unimproved.

I like the idea of all the legendaries currently available, but I don’t like the execution on all of them. Compare Bolt to Frostfang for instance: Bolt is awesome, is gives a unique aura, has a nice lightning trail when you swing it, and the sword itself is highly textured; Frostfang, on the other hand, has no aura, has a very feeble trail when you swing it, and the textures on the axe are dull and cartoonish. Incinerator too suffers from most of these problems—minus the textures, which are quite good.

It seems to be that most of the one-handed legendaries simply aren’t given the same amount of time and effort. That’s unfortunate, given they require just as much work and only cover 50% of your equipped weapons.

I can’t understand these posts that start with ‘I just crafting [legendary] and I’m disappointed.’ Didn’t you preview it? Read about the effects/footfalls/auras on the wiki and look at screenshots and videos of people wielding them? I’m not attacking you, I just don’t get how any visual aspect of a legendary could be a surprise to you.

As a necro I find that virtually every legendary available to me is terrible. Virtually none fit the theme.

I actually leveled a warrior based solely on the fact that their aesthetic is so much better when it comes to weapons. We have some awesome looking armor, but the weapons lag so far behind.

bLind.6278:

As a necro I find that virtually every legendary available to me is terrible. Virtually none fit the theme.

I actually leveled a warrior based solely on the fact that their aesthetic is so much better when it comes to weapons. We have some awesome looking armor, but the weapons lag so far behind.

I think all the legendary weapons are made for mesmers, elementals and thieves. Unicorns, rainbows, lightning, sparkles, flames… and… disco balls….oh my.

Facepunch.5710:

I can’t understand these posts that start with ‘I just crafting [legendary] and I’m disappointed.’ Didn’t you preview it? Read about the effects/footfalls/auras on the wiki and look at screenshots and videos of people wielding them? I’m not attacking you, I just don’t get how any visual aspect of a legendary could be a surprise to you.

I knew exactly how Frostfang looked like before I crafted, and among the ranger weapons I usually use, the axe was the best looking one, and I actually like how it looks, but you need to agree that many legendaries, Frostfang included, can be improved visually.

ozmaniandevil.6805:

I think all the legendary weapons are made for mesmers, elementals and thieves. Unicorns, rainbows, lightning, sparkles, flames… and… disco balls….oh my.

Don’t forget about our favorite toy gun Quip! Who doesn’t love blasts of confetti and honking noises a la Pinkey Pie?

Facepunch.5710:

I can’t understand these posts that start with ‘I just crafting [legendary] and I’m disappointed.’ Didn’t you preview it? Read about the effects/footfalls/auras on the wiki and look at screenshots and videos of people wielding them? I’m not attacking you, I just don’t get how any visual aspect of a legendary could be a surprise to you.

We’re not asking for our money back—we’re suggesting improvements. You seem confused.

Kilandros.2098:

We’re not asking for our money back—we’re suggesting improvements. You seem confused.

I didn’t say “why are you asking for your money back?”
I said I don’t understand how visual aspects could be a surprise to you.

You said:

Kilandros.2098:

I just finished crafting Frostfang and I’m slightly disappointed by it compared to other legendaries.

You said disappointed, which implies that your expectations were higher than the reality that met you.

Facepunch.5710:

Kilandros.2098:

We’re not asking for our money back—we’re suggesting improvements. You seem confused.

I didn’t say “why are you asking for your money back?”
I said I don’t understand how visual aspects could be a surprise to you.

You said:

Kilandros.2098:

I just finished crafting Frostfang and I’m slightly disappointed by it compared to other legendaries.

You said disappointed, which implies that your expectations were higher than the reality that met you.

I don’t know what to tell you; sometimes you just can’t become fully acquainted with something until you own it for a little while. Anyway, there’s never any harm in trying to improve the game or even minute aspect of the game. I don’t regret making Frostfang, I only wish to see it made better as I’ve come to realize some of my other legendaries feel more “legendary.”

I’ll not have anyone bad mouthing my Frosty. He suffers from arthritis which makes his motions seem stiff at times but if he keeps taking his medicine and keeps exercising his mouth I’m sure he will get nice fluid motion just like big brother Claw.

Saw a necro rolling with frostfang + incerator. Looked bad as. Lackluster, to each and their own, I think it looks sweet. Best looking axe for sure by far.

Forstfang also has alot of bugs right now:

-No Sound animation on Necromancer (like on Ranger)
-No frozen animation for your wrist if you equip Frostfang in offhand (the reason why i switched it to my necro)
-No Aura