Guild Wars 2

the 2h hammer is probably the most overlooked of weapon types amongst the heavy classes that can wield it. this is primarily because their are no attributes to benefit them at all really (directly anyway). this has resulted in basically every WvW, and PvE heavy class (guardian, warrior) favoring another weapon. they dont hit as fast as an axe, mace, or a sword, they dont have many benefitial attributes , and as a result of problem 2 they dont end up being as useful in these environments versus the greatsword.

i wish to bring to light some good solutions:

1) hammers are for smashing stuff give them a damage bonus vs doors in WvW, objects in general and make them deal bonus dmg vs unbuffed light armor wearers. hammers smash things its what they do. cloth wont be savin you from a blunt instrument. and since before we can remember the hammer has been the universal tool for breaking doors. it only makes sense

2) give hammers additional stats at lower levels. from 0-40 lets say that it has one more stat bonus off the bat versus the other heavy classes weapon options (single 1h or a dual wield) this would encourage more people to experiment with what is considered the most neglected weapon in guildwars’s franchise history at the lower levels and that would probably lead to more folks trying to make it work at higher levels

3) bring back ranger /w warhammer at some point. this was a very compelling combo in PvP and rampage as one would do wonders to compliment her awesome brute strength

4) more of an imo sort of thing rather than a general concensus thing but better skins/revised skins; beyond some select cases most of the hammers are rather boring looking whereas a majority of other weapons by far look better from level 0 all the way to 80.

5) add attributes. im placing this in my list of suggestions mostly just to appease those who have whined about this already. not because i feel this is the only way to improve it. as noted above id imagine a lot more folks would have a trusty mallet if even one of these changes took place

I don’t know about warrior so much but there are a fair number of guardians that use hammer. My guardian uses hammer and mace and there are a couple of hammer builds for them.
1) altruistic hammer build
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-Hammer-and-Altruistic-Healing-gameplay
2) tanky hammer build
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/78632-unselfikittenanky-hammer-build/

Guardians who want to give hammer a try should look into these builds.

Astral Projections.7320:

I don’t know about warrior so much but there are a fair number of guardians that use hammer. My guardian uses hammer and mace and there are a couple of hammer builds for them.
1) altruistic hammer build
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-Hammer-and-Altruistic-Healing-gameplay
2) tanky hammer build
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/78632-unselfikittenanky-hammer-build/

Guardians who want to give hammer a try should look into these builds.

anyone who wants to not be creative with their character and stand apart from folks who like cookie-cutters should click those links.. you mean. and lets face it the hammer has never been a big seller in terms of community. after a couple of good generic build it ran aground and became dead for about 3 game expansions. why? because there wasn’t enough to bother experimenting either a lack of insentive to do so or a lack of tools to be creative with

Oops, sorry for adding anything at all to your rant. Please continue uninterrupted by others input. ^^