Guild Wars 2

Please add a little brainpower to the item compare function so that when I hover over a sword and I have a sword equipped on my alt set, it compares to the sword and not to an axe I currently have active.

I think it’s fair to say that the vast majority of comparisons that people care about are to similar weapons. If there’s going to be a default and you can’t add a more robust compare that can show all equipped weapons at once (there’s only a max of four—we have widescreens nowadays), then the default should always be to the same kind of equipped weapon, wielded or on swap, if one is present.

I second this. I would like it to compare a spear in my inventory to a spear I have equipped, not compare it to my harpoon gun. Or a harpoon gun to my spear. It never seems to compare similar items with each other.

I definitely agree! It is a little annoying that it doesn’t do this. I have to switch weapons or mouse over them one at a time, which defeats the purpose.