Guild Wars 2

Out of all eight professions in Guild Wars 2, the only two have been deprived of the ability of weapon swapping are Elementalists and Engineers. As many of you may already know, the reasoning behind this is the fact that Elementalists can swap between attunements and Engineers can swap between kits. As an Elementalist though, I feel that during combat as soon as the enemy reaches you in sPvP, WvW or dungeons that all hope is lost.

A profession such as the Guardians, who can swap between weapons during combat like many others, they can swap between melee and ranged weapons. So at a distance they can fight, and when the enemy reaches them, they can swap to melee and defend themselves. Again with Warriors, who also can swap between weapons, they can have a greatsword in one slot and a rifle in another, so as with the Guardian they can fight from a distance and up close.

Even though Elementlists and Engineers can switch between attunements and weapon kits respectively, I feel as though I don’t stand a chance when the enemy gets close (at least as an Elementalist anyway). If Elementalists could swap between weapons, we could use staves from a distance and when the enemy gets close we could switch to something such as Dagger/Dagger to assist ourselves with up close combat. This wouldn’t put Elementalists at any more of an advantage, since we still would get hit just as easily, and do similar amounts of damage, though with close range skills we would have greater ability to move around, evade and deal close range attacks.

I am open to reasons for and against this and will enjoy the discussion if anybody has anything to say. If not, I hope this is taken into consideration as I genuinely feel that these two professions have a huge disadvantage without weapon swapping.

As an engineer, I’m against this. One of the reasons elementalist and engineers have such strong weapon slot skills is because of this limitation. Another is challenge and personal skill, knowing how to manage a foe who isn’t in your optimal range is an important ability to master and gives both professions some depth you wouldn’t otherwise experience. I’m always impressed by the dagger/dagger ele in my guild who’s mowing down everything in dungeons. Work around the limits, not against them.

Elementalist have conjured weapons. If you use ranged weapon, you can conjure the fire sword for close combat, and it MELT FACES.

I’d like an extra weapon swap slot for every profession, personally.