Guild Wars 2

Allow saving multiple weapon sets to be used outside of combat.

Typically, a lot of people use 3-4 sets of weapons:

1. For running. Includes more speed bursts or distractions for foes along the way.
2. For quick combat. Something to get the job done quickly, when the risk is low.
3. Boss or event combat. Something with more durability.
4. Special circumstances. A few skills that work great in one situation, but not another.

Right now, it’s tedious to switch repeatedly, especially when you have collected other, similar weapons along the way. Sure, some people would use this to add a few more slots to inventory, but in the long run, it’s not going to slow down the demand for runes of holding, extra bag slots, or storage toons.

Ideally, you could cycle each set (for the six professions that can run two during combat) via a key, but it would also be okay to go into the hero panel to swap; that would still be easier than the manual situation we have now.

Signed, +1 to this.

I don’t see the issue with freeing up a few slots in inventory. We already get to deposite collectables from anywhere in the world.

There was a forum post during the beta that brought up a good idea, but I’m not sure how much attention it got. Here is the gist of that post.

We would have some number of (lets go with four for this example) save slots for weapon sets. Each set allows for two weapon combinations (E.G. a weapon set consists of the main weapon such as a great sword, and the swap slot, like a mace and shield) The idea is that weapon swapping is not changed at all. It remains exactly how it is. The only thing weapon sets do is allow you to easy equip a new pair of weapons and off hands. While in combat, the easy switching is locked, so you cannot change your sets; however, you will still be able to swap between the two weapons in your current set.

The whole point of the set switching is that it doesn’t change the game at all, it just adds a convenient UI element that reduces the amount of time a player spends looking through their bags.

I hope this gets some attention because sometimes it takes a lot of sifting through items I’ve picked up while out doing events in order to find a specific weapon. This is especially difficult when all the swords in my inventory have the exact same icon!

Amen to this. It’s not so much saving inventory space but rather it’s saving time switching between sets. Especially when one keeps one of the normal weapon swap slots as a ranged weapon and the other as melee weapons — there are multiple melee weapon sets I’d like to be able to use and easily switch between.

I’d like to see something like this. I’d take it a step further and allow selecting major traits and skills as well: a loadout selection.