Guild Wars 2

I have heard that you will be bringing new legendary items to the game this year and am hoping that the state the current legendary items are in is not going to stay the same. Some legendary items are just not worth the time and effort because they lack luster.

I put much effort into gaining the legendary I currently own, the minstrel, because I am a musician and that legendary fit me the best at the time. The minstrel seemed very unfinished to me so I just made a costly gamble to get it in hopes that the developers would make the minstrel actually “legendary”. Every patch I have been waiting for this fix and it never came. Now I am hearing that you are going to add new legendary weapons. Are weapons such as the minstrel and meteorlogicus ever going to be majorly polished? They are in dire need of it.

If it doesn’t change, my legendary weapon is useless to me….nobody ever notices it anyway.

The minstrel is the worst legendary and majorly lacks effects. Please change this and make me proud of what I had to work so hard for.

Thank you!

I think you’re looking for this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILcBuUjmsJI

lol….nope…no thanks :p. It took me long enough to get that out of my head before and now you have to do it again.

Actually what I am looking for is a more noticeable glow effect or maybe even a redesign of the harp. Footsteps or an aura would also be nice. Right now though it is pretty much an ordinary, bland, weapon that makes a little noise when I switch to it in combat.

“It took me long enough to get that out of my head before and now you have to do it again.”

Well there’s literally like 2 seconds before the “lalaling” :P

We have a sign posted at work: We reserve the right to order only the material that you tell us to order, and not the material that you intended to order.

Maybe next time you won’t work so hard for something that isn’t what you want in the hopes that someday it will become what you desire.

Frankly, I wish there were more Legendaries without all the particle effects. (The “footsteps” are especially hideous to me). I LOVE the effect of seeing a starscape inside of Twilight. But as soon as you pull it out and start leaving a trail of black all over the place, I lose interest completely.

i think you leave the trail even with the weapon stowed…
my bifrost does it anyway

I do understand what you are saying and agree to it to an extent….but shouldn’t legendary weapons be noticeable? If nobody notices them then why are they legendary and so hard to get?

Yes, I get what I worked for and not what I was hoping for and that is totally fair. I am not saying that it is unfair. My suggestion is, though, that EVERY legendary should have something that makes it stand out and should not be able be easily overlooked.

I’m a sylvari and my skin and dress is glowy. When I hold the minstrel it is dark and dull in comparison to the rest of me.

Hardly anyone wants the minstrel as it is….it is a wasted legendary I think. It may even be better for Anet to take the minstrel completely out and replace it with something else….something people actually want and think is worth working for. Why put in NEW legendary weapons when some of the old ones are hardly existent because of how unpopular they are?

I’m not necessarily here to complain but I think my suggestion is very reasonable.

I think there’s a difference between making a legendary noticeable and having a legendary blot out the sun with it’s brightness/particle effects (exaggeration of course).

Having the legendaries create pathways that make a player trackable isn’t a good way of making a legendary unique, it makes legendaries seem like an ineffective way of trying to play ‘follow the leader’, which we have commander tags for anyway. It’s extra unnecessary effects that could be removed without dulling the legendary aspect of a legendary weapon.

so you guys are saying that the minstrel is just fine the way it is? I’m still not saying that it has to blot out the sun with crazy particle effects but there are plenty of exotic weapons that are more noticeable that’s all. Those exotic weapons do not necessarily shine as crazy as sunrise yet an exotic weapon should not be more desirable than a legendary.

Do you guys think the anomaly is too flashy?….whisper weapons? or what about the corrupted weapons?…those are even more noticeable than the minstrel. Right? Do you not think that the minstrel will easily just work for a rare or exotic weapon?

What about the fact that hardly anyone even wants the minstrel? You see someone with that stand next to someone with sunrise and the sunrise gets ooos and aaahs…but sunrise only required a little bit more work. Not that the minstrel should be as elaborate and flashy as sunrise….just….not as dull as a rare item that you can buy with 4g.

Since everyone so far seems to disagree with me then I close my case. I am surprised. If most everyone else is content with this then there is no purpose here I suppose.

Eleah.7431:

so you guys are saying that the minstrel is just fine the way it is? I’m still not saying that it has to blot out the sun with crazy particle effects but there are plenty of exotic weapons that are more noticeable that’s all. Those exotic weapons do not necessarily shine as crazy as sunrise yet an exotic weapon should not be more desirable than a legendary.

Do you guys think the anomaly is too flashy?….whisper weapons? or what about the corrupted weapons?…those are even more noticeable than the minstrel. Right? Do you not think that the minstrel will easily just work for a rare or exotic weapon?

What about the fact that hardly anyone even wants the minstrel? You see someone with that stand next to someone with sunrise and the sunrise gets ooos and aaahs…but sunrise only required a little bit more work. Not that the minstrel should be as elaborate and flashy as sunrise….just….not as dull as a rare item that you can buy with 4g.

Since everyone so far seems to disagree with me then I close my case. I am surprised. If most everyone else is content with this then there is no purpose here I suppose.

I have to agree that the Minstrel needs a major overhaul. You know something’s wrong when a non-legendary focus is far cooler (Anomaly) then the legendary. Personally I never, ever see the minstrel because almost no one crafts it.

Get the anomaly, better than the minstrel… I don’t even understand why you’re complaining, you knew exactly what effects the minstrel had, shouldn’t you have asked if there was going to be any new effects added to the minstrel and then started working for it (or not) depending on the answer, it’s you fault for wanting to get the easy to get and ugly legendary over the hard to get and awesome legendary…

Bismuth.3165:

Get the anomaly, better than the minstrel… I don’t even understand why you’re complaining, you knew exactly what effects the minstrel had, shouldn’t you have asked if there was going to be any new effects added to the minstrel and then started working for it (or not) depending on the answer, it’s you fault for wanting to get the easy to get and ugly legendary over the hard to get and awesome legendary…

stupid coment of the year minstrel looks pretty awesome flamer without life

GZ kitten guy

Yeah I do like the way the minstrel looks. It is a pretty neat skin for a focus as far as the carvings go. I like the music notes coming out of it though they are quite hard to see most of the time. The outer rimming of the harp is a nice design but it is dull in color…..Even though it is a nice skin it is very plain looking compared to many of the other legendaries and exotics.

If Anet would only add a soft glow to the gold around rimming of the harp…make it bright, maybe even have the music notes more prevalent and noticeable, then that would satisfy me I think.

I really am not complaining….at least I don’t think I am lol. Like I said before I think it is fair that I have what I have. My suggestion, though, is that the minstrel be more desirable than an exotic or rare. Like Entropy said, “You know something’s wrong when a non-legendary focus is far cooler than the legendary”.

Eleah.7431:

I really am not complaining….at least I don’t think I am lol. Like I said before I think it is fair that I have what I have. My suggestion, though, is that the minstrel be more desirable than an exotic or rare. Like Entropy said, “You know something’s wrong when a non-legendary focus is far cooler than the legendary”.

I like other skins (exotics or rares) better than 99% of the legendaries in the game. The only legendary I’d even consider getting would be Kudzu, and even then there are longbows I like just as well. Doesn’t mean the exotics are “better” or that the legendaries are terrible and something is wrong, just personal preference. I don’t think comparing the item to other focuses and saying “those are cooler” is much of an argument, because its all subjective what each person likes more.

Compared to other legendaries, though, Minstrel is a bit on the subdued side, and that’s the only real problem I can see. They all ought to be roughly equal to some degree, at least.

I agree with you Electro. Whether something is better looking or not is subjective and hard to argue. Yes, the Minstrel is a lot more subdued than the other legendary weapons. What I can argue is that the Minstrel is one of the least popular if not the least. Most people would choose an exotic over it because of it’s lack-luster. This really is my true argument.

When most of the community does not like a certain legendary skin over an exotic one then…even though the “like” is subjective….something should change.

The whole “working for skins” thing in guild wars 2 is reliant upon the subjective opinions of the player base on what looks good and what does not.