Guild Wars 2

So the current legendary items are great, but I feel like they were a huge missed opportunity to incorporate the Guild Wars 1 lore into the game. The current legendary shield, “The Flameseeker Prophecies” is brilliant.

When the next round of legendary items is introduced, I hope they take the chance they have to recall some awesome GW1 items, or at least recall them in their design. Some ideas:

Staff: Vizier’s Lament – Resemblance of Khilbron’s staff
Warhorn: Stormcaller – Mouthpiece used to blow Stormcaller, at the city of Rin
Axe: Chaos – Similar skin to the Chaos Axe
Dagger: Shiro’s Reckoning – A long dagger similar to the one used by Shiro of Cantha
Mace: Droknar’s Fist – A deldrimor weapon with icy effects
Sword: Rurik – An upgraded version of of the Fiery Dragon Sword with more effects and a footprint.
Shield: Northern Wall – An imbued fragment of the Great Wall of Ascalon
Torch: Flameseeker’s Brazier – Similar to the brazier carried in the GW1 missions
Hammer: Jalis’ Ironhammer – An exquisite dwarven weapon used by King jalis ironhammer

I saved my favorite idea for last:

Shortbow: Stormbow – Similar to the original Stormbow with effects similar to Aether (current) but with more lightning. When the weapon is stowed, it takes the form of swirling black clouds and lighting around the player. When the player wields it, the clouds and lightning converge at the players hands in the form of a bow. Lightning arrows are formed when the tendon is drawn, and the shoot effect is of lightning bolt arrows. Player trails leave thunderstorms, similar to the rainbows left by Bifrost when the player is mobile.

I left a lot of weapons out, I’d love to hear some ideas for future legendary weapons.

Short answer – NO.
I don’t want something that i’ve seen. I want something new. Not same item recycled 100 times.

Bone Dragon Staff, the Scepter of Orr… stuff like this could surely be embellished to become legendary weapons

I like your Idea, however I agree that renewing old content isn’t the right way to go. If they did use the older items, I think it would be better to change them up some how. A good example of this is Final Fantasy Summons/Espers . In every game they use the same basic creatures, and add or remove some others. But the key to it is the drastic changes from one game to the next. Ifrit and Sheva are the best examples because they are in almost every game. Point is, if they do bring back old items from GW1, they will be better off with a modernized reworking. Even then tho, the item could still be a hit or miss.

Personally I absolutely despise the current Legendary Pistol, and as a Dual wield Pistol Thief with a full build revolving around that premise, I am sort of SOL in this regard. In case you haven’t seen it, the Legendary Pistol called Quip is the ugliest looking clown gun ever, complete with popping sounds and colorful Twizzler bullets. That may be good for a Joker/clown type person, but myself, and many others are utterly repulsed by it. Personally I can’t help but compare the Pistol to the Rifle, a weapon we Thieves can’t even use, and much to my dismay, the rifle is amazing. The thing is an epic Laser Blaster!

So back to my point then. Legendary weapons currently stand with pretty much every thing else I have seen in GW2. Favoritism for the warrior class trumps all. That aside, there needs to be more legendary weapons period. The lack of variety is disheartening, especially in a case like mine where your favorite weapon is among the worst weapon designs EVER. Hell, I say why stop at new weapons? Add Legendary Armor as well Anet. How hard can it be to make 3 sets of armor (One of each Type) that have a unique feel and offer something a cut above the norm? If you need some Ideas, Just ask the community for some concept art, I would gladly design some for you if I knew you would take it seriously. Hell make a thing of it and offer rewards for the best designs. Then just sit back and watch the flood gates break open as tons of fan art comes flowing in.

So yeah…. New Legendary Weapons- This is a great Idea, regardless of how its done.
New Legendary Armor? This is a great idea that needs to happen.
Content with Historical Ties? -Also should be done, it helps with immersion.
Lastly if imagination is in short supply up there, simply ask the community for aid, I guarantee there is no shortage of willing/imaginative artists among us players.

the more the better.