Guild Wars 2

Legendary weapons are quite awesome, I’m sure most will agree with me on that. Most have cool effects on them when attacking, holding or just moving around with the weapon equipped. But, if you’re like me, you might feel like being left outside alone.

I play a Flamethrower engineer. I consider my flamethrower kit to be my primary weapon, and my rifle to be my sidearm, to be used when long range is needed. Were I to have the legendary rifle, The Predator, I’d hardly even use it in combat, leaving it just for prestige when standing around Lion’s Arch. That doesn’t motivate me to work my kitten off to get it.

This is where my suggestion comes in. Bundles do not occupy a weapon slot, so if you equip a flamethrower or grenade kit or a bunny, the weapon you had equipped stays equipped, you just can’t use it while you carry the bundle. So, why not make the legendary weapons apply their passive effects, such as an aura, or special footprints, even when the character is carrying a bundle? I’m sure many engineers would thank you of this.

No interest from anyone? And here I thought this would concern at least a couple of Engineers out there.

Could be a good idea, but I’m guessing it’d be hard to apply the same graphic effects to different shapes & different ‘weapons’. Footsteps would be easy enough but I wonder how, for instance the bullet effect from The Predator be applied to a flamethrower that… well… throws fire.

Another idea concerning legendaries… why not Legendary Sigils? I know, sounds crazy, but I’d be so incredibly motivated if there was such a thing as ‘Sigil of the Dreamer’ that had a very special effect!

I’m talking about just the passive effects that affect the character, not the weapon specifically. Of course, skill effects would be nice too, but that might be asking for too much. Auras and footsteps while holding a bundle would be enough for me to pursue a legendary.

Tuomir.1830:

I’m talking about just the passive effects that affect the character, not the weapon specifically. Of course, skill effects would be nice too, but that might be asking for too much. Auras and footsteps while holding a bundle would be enough for me to pursue a legendary.

+1 mate. You aren’t the only one.

I’m happy The Predator received some cool new effects, but between us engineers I am concerned about appearing to spontaneously combust every time we switch from our normal skills to a kit.

i would happily get a predator for my engineer if they meshed the flamethrower with the predator. suggestion would be the aura/footsteps however they could make a new skin for the flame-thrower that combines the predator and flame-thrower together. and also maybe when you fire the flame thrower it creates a purple smoke like the beams of the predator.

I, as a Kitmaster Engineer, would freaking love this. The fact that Legendary effects don’t work with our kits is the primary reason I have yet to really try for a Legendary. There is no point in getting one when I hang out in weapon kits 90% of the time.

Can we get an update? I’ve sometimes seen people do a bug where their legendary weapon’s effect applies even while they have another weapon equipped as long as it is in their second switch set. Can we just make the aura an official permanent thing even with bundles or a second set?