Guild Wars 2

Ok, so I stumbled a while ago to a post on the Necro page about Legendary weapons and how they don’t look too… right in the hands of a Necro. Especially Bitfrost seemed most amusing thing ever to be wield by a Necromancer.

Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX378puQzgM
Just doesn’t… work.

So, I wanted to suggest that the Legendary weapons should have changing appearance depending on the profession of their current wielder. Like when a Necromancer holds his Bitfrost staff, his inner darkness starts to shine through the staff, making the rainbows and sparkles look sickly and distorted. Or instead of them, it spouts clouds of flies, dark matter ect… And when a Mesmer has it, it spouts out something else. Maybe making her look a bit more ethereal? I’m not going to suggest any particular looks, just the mechanics.

I have no idea how much work it would take from the devs, but this would be in my mind a realistically achievable thing in the future.

Edit: The appearance could also be affected by the wielder’s personality.

I like this. My Noble Dignified and oh so serious Warrior doesn’t much enjoy shooting flower petals with her longbow.

Genreninja.8516:

I like this. My Noble Dignified and oh so serious Warrior doesn’t much enjoy shooting flower petals with her longbow.

Actually, let’s go a bit further… Since you described your warrior to be serious and all… what if the appearance also was affected by your hero’s personality as well? Just a thought.

Duleshna.7430:

Genreninja.8516:

I like this. My Noble Dignified and oh so serious Warrior doesn’t much enjoy shooting flower petals with her longbow.

Actually, let’s go a bit further… Since you described your warrior to be serious and all… what if the appearance also was affected by your hero’s personality as well? Just a thought.

Oh I like that! Put that personality to use Anet!

I’m nearly certain that the effect on the bifrost has something to do with Norse mythology… not 100%, just about 99.99999999999999999999999999999…%… well you get the point (and if you know math you really get the point).

Now when it comes to the bow… that one I see no reason for other maybe they… yeah, I got nothin’.

BlueStoat.9157:

I’m nearly certain that the effect on the bifrost has something to do with Norse mythology… not 100%, just about 99.99999999999999999999999999999…%… well you get the point (and if you know math you really get the point).

Now when it comes to the bow… that one I see no reason for other maybe they… yeah, I got nothin’.

most definitely. seeing as the bifrost is a rainbow bridge to their kingdom and the weapon has rainbow sparkles all over :P

Honestly , i think it would depend on Anet approach.

Personally , i think it would be simple to add a few legendaries of each kind, so people could actually one that suits them.

I agree with you most, Nox. I expect more Legendaries to be added in the future, seeing as GS has 3 and other weapons get 1. I assume that there will be awesome and diverse skins so that everyone can find their thing.

Most of the names of Legendaries are steeped in Lore. You can’t really change what they look like. For example the Longbow, Kudzu, is a flower in some other language. Can’t really mess with it without changing the name. Same goes with Bifrost being the bridge that connects Asgard to Midgard in Norse mythology.