Guild Wars 2

I am not going to talk about the size of Asura Weapons as this has been widely discussed.

What I would like to see happen is all one handed weapons strapped on the backs of Asuras, this would eliminate any size issues and also make the Asura slightly different to the other races.

pretty much all weapons should be strapped on the back, unless you are wearing a (visible) backpack or something to that effect

smekras.8203:

pretty much all weapons should be strapped on the back, unless you are wearing a (visible) backpack or something to that effect

not really, i would look strange having daggers and one handed, horns and swords for example strapped to the back of a norn. Asuras would be a much better fit

ok, i’ll give you that… unless your warhorn is a trombone, it would be pointless to have it on your back and not on the belt/hip… but most other weapons would actually look better imo

smekras.8203:

ok, i’ll give you that… unless your warhorn is a trombone

lol

…and now i got the mental image of an Asura marching into battle with a war-trombone

smekras.8203:

…and now i got the mental image of an Asura marching into battle with a war-trombone

LMAO so have i, it has really taken the shine of my little toon, might create a Norn now.

of course knowing the asura, that trombone probably is a multidimensional mellodic transmutator with intra-fractal synchronisation (MMT-IFS 5000, pattent pending)

but yeah, back on topic. some weapons and races would benefit from alternate sheath positions

i completely support this – the size that asuran one-handers are now makes them almost invisible when dangling on the belt.

swords, daggers, scepters, pistols, maces, even focus would look so much better.

however, i see a lot of problems with this:
1) crisscrossing weapons is out of the question due to clipping issues
2) it would create a conflict between visible back item or a shield, meaning that special exceptions would have to be made so that weapons would appear as usual – at the side – if one of the two is true.

Twill.6217:

i completely support this – the size that asuran one-handers are now makes them almost invisible when dangling on the belt.

swords, daggers, scepters, pistols, maces, even focus would look so much better.

however, i see a lot of problems with this:
1) crisscrossing weapons is out of the question due to clipping issues
2) it would create a conflict between visible back item or a shield, meaning that special exceptions would have to be made so that weapons would appear as usual – at the side – if one of the two is true.

Not sure how crisscrossing would cause a problem, other game such as (you guessed it) WoW does this with no real issues.