Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure if anyone has ever suggested this before, but here it goes. I would really love to be able to have more then one build at a time that I can easily switch to if need be (out of combat of course). Along with the ability to change builds while I’m out in the world, having an option for another armor set would be awesome.

Example : I’m an Elementalist and I’m out in the world doing dynamic events. Current build is more centered around damage along with the armor set I’m using. I want to change it up and move to some dungeons as a support build with an armor set more geared toward healing. Doing this without having to stop in town to re do my build or pick up my healing gear would be amazing.

We have a town clothes set that we can switch to. Why not make it so we can add our own custom sets on that hero panel for gear, enabling us to switch gear sets with a click of a button and without taking up more room in bags or banks. Add the option to the build section to add another build with the ability to switch back and forth when needed. I’m sure many pvpers would love this option as well being able to switch armor and builds before entering wvw or pvp would make things a lot easier.

As for the bag space I don’t mind that, if you want to have multiple armor sets, well you are going to need to devote bag space to that (to be fair, I got all my extra bag slots on my main last year when you could actually get some gems for gold). But a quick swap between equipped items and items in bags would be nice. People have been asking for this bit for a while now.

If you are just talking about swapping Armor ignore this next part.
Also, if this was last week. I’d say that it the point of a build to be limited while you’re out in the world but easily changed in town. You’d still be able to experiment with different trait lines while in town, but can’t change for each encounter. (Oh, one encounter you want to be a zerker gs war or a fire ele and the next a shout healer and water healing ele well you can’t because that would trivialize each encounter in a dungeon and you’d no longer need a “balanced” group).

But thanks to the new gem shop item, you can now reset your traits out in the field, so that argument went out the window. “At a final boss and just can’t beat it with your current set up, well just buy this item and switch your traits around!”

I wouldn’t mind having to use bag space for extra sets that’s not a problem but yes being able to switch between sets easier or quicker is what I was looking for.

As far as the builds go I do realize the new item is there to change your build out in the world but again it is just the same idea of it being more convenient instead of taking the time to put points in, it would be nice to just be able to switch over without added time of redoing a build. Most mmo’s have this option already and its one I’ve always appreciated. I understand that the company has to have some sort of income to cover maintenance so maybe have it use that consumable each time you switch the build so that they still have to be bought. Another option would be buying a consumable or using gems to unlock a 2nd and/or 3rd build just like we had to use for bank and bag slots.