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Thank you. Obviously you can all preview the new weapon from the TP to see the true effects that actually do it justice since a screenshot does not. Either way I am begging ArenaNet to apply the effect to Fellblades.

And no I am not referring to the pink runes or any sort of runes at all. The sword looks fine but lacks the proper effects.

For everyone’s information I put this topic in this forum because the item with the effect I’m referring to was released in this patch. I also feel like it being in this topic would also get it more views since nobody seems to check (players or Anet) any other threads except the current living story one.

And honestly I’d be fine if instead of the smoke off the new 1h versions we could get just the GW1 effect again. No smoke – just the blade effect. That’d be a great too instead of smoke. Really anything to update the look to make it look as good (particle-wise) as the new ones will be fine.

And once again I don’t mean anything regarding the runes, the rune color, or any color in general.

Over 200 views and no one else has replied? No one has any thoughts on this?

pls no!

why?? only mesmers can benefit from the ugly PURPLE sword.. WHY??
WHY PURPLE!! a warrior using a PURPLE SWORD?! WHAT? common.. dye it Black and white or yellow or maby Green..

Whats next? Pink? lol :-)

But yeah i understand your point..

please no, i don’t want some tacky purple glow on my fellblade.

gw1 effect is fine but that purple 1h fellblade is just…wrong

Mada.5319:

The op is not asking for the purple glow. He/she is asking for the smoke effect. Reading comprehension is hard!

And +1.

- I scan, I don’t fully read something trivial.

- It’s like you’re pointing a typo.

- It could have been summed up in a few lines; write an essay to make a minor point in any document and no one will read it. Anyone who has a decent job knows this.

Common sense is hard!

Bread.7516:

Mada.5319:

The op is not asking for the purple glow. He/she is asking for the smoke effect. Reading comprehension is hard!

And +1.

- I scan, I don’t fully read something trivial.

- It’s like you’re pointing a typo.

- It could have been summed up in a few lines; write an essay to make a minor point in any document and no one will read it. Anyone who has a decent job knows this.

Common sense is hard!

No. They failure is all yours. The smoke bit was in the opening, and your ‘points’ are all laughable.

Agreed. Seeing a reskin of a HoM supposedly unique design being introduced to the game is bad enough. Seeing that this reskin is actually done way better than the original is adding insult to the injury.

Astralporing.1957:

Agreed. Seeing a reskin of a HoM supposedly unique design being introduced to the game is bad enough. Seeing that this reskin is actually done way better than the original is adding insult to the injury.

I 100% agree! With both you and the OP

How do you get the purple sword anyway? It would look good for my Mesmer.

Please no. The original is bad and was a huge let down .. but that purple monstrosity is even worse ..

(it’s all just a matter of opinion)

Random Brit.7380:

Please no. The original is bad and was a huge let down .. but that purple monstrosity is even worse ..

(it’s all just a matter of opinion)

The OP’s just talking about using the same smoky effect from purple thing for the Fellblade. NOT making it purple.

I’m just considering getting “the purple monstrosity” for my Mesmer.

btw: you’re getting off-topic by talking about scanning.

Agreed, the shadowy effect should really be far more pronounced on the Fellblade…it’s even in the HoM concept art.

Fellblade is one of my favorite HoM skins but it’s unfortunate it doesn’t really have one of the main signatures of the weapon from GW1.

+1
Also it would be cool if we could also dye weapons like in GW1.

yes please, i was so excited to start the game with the fellblade skin…and now i barely use it because it doesnt look the same as the one in gw1

Once again folks I am not requesting that the Fellblade from HoM gets any colored effects. In fact I specifically say:

“And no I am not referring to the pink runes or any sort of runes at all. The sword looks fine but lacks the proper effects.”

I am referring to:
“…is there any chance we can update the Fellblades to share the same smoke effect or even get the old GW1 effect back?”

Astralporing.1957:

Agreed. Seeing a reskin of a HoM supposedly unique design being introduced to the game is bad enough. Seeing that this reskin is actually done way better than the original is adding insult to the injury.

That’s a great way of putting it. Because it really is. Let them have their pink sword, but the fact that the effects are 1000x better on the new one than the old one is pretty unfortunate.

On max settings you can hardly see the Fellblade “smoke” affect. This new weapon has obvious and awesome new smoke.

Caledore.6271:

Agreed, the shadowy effect should really be far more pronounced on the Fellblade…it’s even in the HoM concept art.

Fellblade is one of my favorite HoM skins but it’s unfortunate it doesn’t really have one of the main signatures of the weapon from GW1.

Yeah I posted the GW2 and GW1 wiki of both Fellblades. People would be able to see the affect of the concept art which accurately depicts a mix of the GW1 Fellblade with this new pink 1h (via smoke around it) and what we got shown in my screenshot is nothing even close to a mix of the two.

Agreed.

I always felt like the effect on the GW2 Fellblade was lacking in awesomeness.

WompaStompa.3705:

Agreed.

I always felt like the effect on the GW2 Fellblade was lacking in awesomeness.

Same. I couldn’t tell you how excited I was to see returning GW1 weapons (being a 7 year player of the game) into GW2. So naturally the first BWE that HoM was available I raced over to it and snagged one of everything and was extremely disappointed at the Fellblade and assured myself that “It’s BWE 1 they’ll fix it before launch.”

It’s the same today. And it’s disappointing. For arguably one of the coolest swords (in my opinion) in GW1, they did not do it proper justice in GW2 – especially with this new 1h that shows off smoke effects that SHOULD have been on the Fellblade to begin with.

Heading out to work. I look forward to see what more of you think when I get back!

Woo, nice suggestion, I totally agree. Would also have been nice for that darkness effect to be what we got paired with the Radiant Skins (light effect and dark effect makes more sense to me than light effect and yet another skin with flames), but I digress.

Also: Laughing at all the people who fail at reading the OP.

kimeekat.2548:

Woo, nice suggestion, I totally agree. Would also have been nice for that darkness effect to be what we got paired with the Radiant Skins (light effect and dark effect makes more sense to me than light effect and yet another skin with flames), but I digress.

Also: Laughing at all the people who fail at reading the OP.

Thanks for your support. I’m thinking I should have maybe posted this in a different forum… It keeps getting dumped down off the front page by nerf posts about Queen’s Gauntlet X__x…

And yeah I’m not sure what about the OP made it confusing. I’m guessing some people just didn’t read it.

Agreed. Or at least give Fellblade its GW1 animation with shadowy black clouds.

I was VERY disappointed when I first saw the GW2 Fellblade upon release, since it was my favorite sword in GW1.

PLZ Anet, show some appreciation to your grassroots GW1 supporters!

Kain Francois.4328:

Agreed. Or at least give Fellblade its GW1 animation with shadowy black clouds.

I was VERY disappointed when I first saw the GW2 Fellblade upon release, since it was my favorite sword in GW1.

PLZ Anet, show some appreciation to your grassroots GW1 supporters!

Thanks for the support. It seems that over 1000 views only gets a few replies so please tell your friends to show support. We forum-goers are the vocal minority so for ArenaNet do anything about this they’ll need a good amount of support from a good number of users.
Thanks!

A thousand times yes, and the fellblade could be a lot more black as well

I’d definitely like to get the gw1 animation back or the shadows from this. I’d even be glad if it was the shadows on this but toned down. The effect on the current fellblade is just so disappointing you know?

Agreed Navzar. It is really upsetting how dull the Fellblade is compared to the GW1 equivalent or even this new one handed reskin in terms of effects.

I think making improvements to this HoM weapon (and maybe a few others…) would be quite welcome. The fellblade was bland, but the model definitely has promise. The HoM fiery dragon sword is great throwback to a gw1 weapon; it would be nice if the fellblade got the same treatment. It would also be nice if it were a bit bigger on Asura.

I have all HoM skins unlocked. And it honestly wouldn’t bother me if those skins, or something similar, were available to all players. Let people get the skins they like, you would know you got those skins earlier by playing through the original Guild Wars.

About the Fellblade, I actually enjoy the GW1 effect more than the GW2 one. In the original game, the sword didn’t make smoke; it had a very nice pattern in its blade that made it look like shadows were moving over the sword’s surface. The GW2 variant looks rather less interesting (it’s just a smoke effect), and IMO the purple variant is also a missed opportunity. The first time I saw a screenshot, I thought the purple symbols would move through the weapon’s blade, like the text at the banners in the Holdings of Chokhin.

Is there anyone who wasn’t disappointed with the GW2 fellblade?

Compare with GW1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFDHyyMPmoc

(Someone please upload a better video…)

Kain Francois.4328:

Is there anyone who wasn’t disappointed with the GW2 fellblade?

Compare with GW1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFDHyyMPmoc

(Someone please upload a better video…)

I’ll upload one this weekend comparing the GW2 version and GW1 version with my in-game characters and post it up here when I have time. I’ll likely just add it to the OP though.

Erasculio.2914:

I have all HoM skins unlocked. And it honestly wouldn’t bother me if those skins, or something similar, were available to all players. Let people get the skins they like, you would know you got those skins earlier by playing through the original Guild Wars.

About the Fellblade, I actually enjoy the GW1 effect more than the GW2 one. In the original game, the sword didn’t make smoke; it had a very nice pattern in its blade that made it look like shadows were moving over the sword’s surface. The GW2 variant looks rather less interesting (it’s just a smoke effect), and IMO the purple variant is also a missed opportunity. The first time I saw a screenshot, I thought the purple symbols would move through the weapon’s blade, like the text at the banners in the Holdings of Chokhin.

Yeah this thread was a way to call attention to this and hopefully get the developers to update the visual appearance of the Fellblade in GW2. My vote is make it have the same effect as GW1 but if they instead just replaced the current smoke with the smoke of the new 1h version, I’d be all for that.

Bread.7516:

Avatara.1042:

Bread.7516:

Mada.5319:

The op is not asking for the purple glow. He/she is asking for the smoke effect. Reading comprehension is hard!

And +1.

- I scan, I don’t fully read something trivial.

- It’s like you’re pointing a typo.

- It could have been summed up in a few lines; write an essay to make a minor point in any document and no one will read it. Anyone who has a decent job knows this.

Common sense is hard!

No. They failure is all yours. The smoke bit was in the opening, and your ‘points’ are all laughable.

Yet another less than educated individual.

Yes, I scanned the post as obviously stated.

My original response was “no to purple, gw1 effect is fine”. So I covered both grounds already.

There’s a reason why many people mistook OP’s point.

You reek of being average.

You cannot even read a simple post, yet you call others out? Just admit your failure already.

Bread and Avatara, a majority of the threads that get closed or overlooked by devs are ones that have people flaming each other and starting off topic or rude conversations that have nothing to do with the topic. So please keep things on track here so this can go on without getting locked or ignored, thanks!

I also admit to being disappointed by the Guild Wars 2 fellblade. The blade does have a mild smoking effect but is hard to see and the blade itself looks more battered and rusty than epic.

I am also asking for some of the HoM weapons to be relooked at. The Diamond shield is awful and the Stygian axe is bland. Not to mention that even though they redid the rainbow jellyfish, it looks nothing like the concept art.

Astral Projections.7320:

I also admit to being disappointed by the Guild Wars 2 fellblade. The blade does have a mild smoking effect but is hard to see and the blade itself looks more battered and rusty than epic.

I am also asking for some of the HoM weapons to be relooked at. The Diamond shield is awful and the Stygian axe is bland. Not to mention that even though they redid the rainbow jellyfish, it looks nothing like the concept art.

Agree all around, though I kind of like that the Fellblade is sort of battered and weathered. While I agree that the Rainbow Jellyfish is more of a blue/green Jellyfish and the Diamond Aegis is more dull than shiny, this thread is mostly about the Fellblade. One step at a time! =)

Bread.7516:

Mada.5319:

The op is not asking for the purple glow. He/she is asking for the smoke effect. Reading comprehension is hard!

And +1.

- I scan, I don’t fully read something trivial.

- It’s like you’re pointing a typo.

- It could have been summed up in a few lines; write an essay to make a minor point in any document and no one will read it. Anyone who has a decent job knows this.

Common sense is hard!

I’d ask that you read the post or at least the request. The request wasn’t “make it glow purple” it was “update the smoke effects.” I didn’t write an essay, I wrote what I wanted, why I wanted it, and gave comparisons – which I felt warranted more than “a few lines.”

I’m a game developer by the way. What were you saying about my decent job and common sense, now?

Back on topic:
Video is in the OP. While you’re watching it don’t forget to show your support in The Cantha Thread to help bring the beautiful region back to Guild Wars 2. Not sure why my sound wasn’t recording but it was just the in-game music anyway.

As a person who loves their Fellblade dearly, I very much support the idea of adding the better smoke animation! Please let this happen! It was like a kick in the sack to see this new /copy/ of my sword end up looking better than the one I have been carrying since headstart.

Karril Daltaya.4980:

As a person who loves their Fellblade dearly, I very much support the idea of adding the better smoke animation! Please let this happen! It was like a kick in the sack to see this new /copy/ of my sword end up looking better than the one I have been carrying since headstart.

Couldn’t agree more. I was excited reading the new patch features but when I got to the screenshots I was very disappointed. I was hoping that on patch day I’d log in to find that the Fellblade had been ninja updated but no luck.

I really do want that purple effect on my greatsword. So bummed they didn’t make it. :’(

Blackmoon.6837:

I really do want that purple effect on my greatsword. So bummed they didn’t make it. :’(

We haven’t been talking about making the Fellblade purple. We’ve been talking about re-working the smoke effect.

I’m aware of that. Just sayn’ so I don’t have to spam another thread.

Blackmoon.6837:

I’m aware of that. Just sayn’ so I don’t have to spam another thread.

Um… Ok then.

I agree with this message. I was so excited to see fellblade in guild wars 2 but it was a very disappointing greatsword. The effect is nothing compared to the original, and isnt the animation supposed to be improving? instead we got this old time fellblade that is worse than the original. Fix this ANet

I don’t want the purple glow on my Fellblade. The cloud effect from the GW1 version is really.

All they need to do is update the smoke on the hom version and then make a gs version of the new sword, voila. Ppl still have their hom and others can farm for the rune version.

This will NEVER happen for a variety of reasons.

1) Most users of Fellblade do NOT want a Mesmer looking effect on their GS (I know I don’t)
2) ANet will no doubt eventually sell this skin on the TP for gems and this would reduce their market.

On the improved animation, the original GW1 SWORD had a black glassy (reflective diagonal bands) effect on the blade in addition to increased smoke. The GW2 GS needs THAT effect add as well as improved smoke.

Ooh yes, can we please have that smoke effect on the actual Fellblades? I actually tend to forget that the current Fellblade has a smoke effect at all most days because it’s practically non-existent.