Guild Wars 2

I’ve always found the names of legendary weapons a bit too… common? (Or just plain funny, like Quip. Well, it’s a legendary bubble gun(!) after all) Actually some exotic weapons bear more legend-like names.

I think some names could be improved by looking at our actual real lore about weapons of legend.
Like The Howler, quite a common name in my opinion, which could be easily turned into Gjallarhorn, a mythical warhorn used by Heimdall in norse mythology.

For an existing example there already is Caladbolg, but it’s not really a legendary weapon since it’s tied to the personal storyline and not a permanent item itself.

So my idea is either a few renamings, or I could also see a second set of legendary weapons bearing mythological names, with of course, similar means to be obtained. (Maybe more serious looking ones… yes, I’m still ooking at you, Quip.)

They’ve actually got quite a few weapons referencing RL mythology (Bifrost [which given what the Bifrost is, the look actually makes sense], Mjolnir, Naegling to name a few)

I’d love to see Cultural Legendaries introduced, available only to that race (Pyre’s Bow, Devona’s Hammer, Vexx’s Stave, Jora’s Targe ect). I’d also love for Legendaries to be tied in with the lore (i.e. Twilight is actually Grenth’s blade as he done battle with Dwayna ect).