Guild Wars 2

I’m basically looking towards animation speeds. I’ve heard some of the tools are actually pretty slow and take up more time than the orichalcum versions.

The frost wasp is really slow, the other two have the same time as a regular ori axe.

Frost wasp has the best effect. The animation looks slow but the gathering rate is the same as the normal axe i have all three axes and they have the same rate of gathering (for wasp you dont have to wait for the wasp to go down after you get everything you can leave right away)

Thank you for the responses.

I have chop it all and frost wasp, and really don’t like frost wasp and regret buying it. It looks cool, but it has a bug or something where the character will get stuck for a second or two after the animation ends. You can end it sooner and avoid the bug, but it’s really annoying having to even think about it.

Lalocat.6793:

I have chop it all and frost wasp, and really don’t like frost wasp and regret buying it. It looks cool, but it has a bug or something where the character will get stuck for a second or two after the animation ends. You can end it sooner and avoid the bug, but it’s really annoying having to even think about it.

Same here, I wish there was an npc where you could change one axe for another :p

Lalocat.6793:

I have chop it all and frost wasp, and really don’t like frost wasp and regret buying it. It looks cool, but it has a bug or something where the character will get stuck for a second or two after the animation ends. You can end it sooner and avoid the bug, but it’s really annoying having to even think about it.

Yeah .. same here .. beside that i have some of all three, however only 1 frost wasp.

Personally i like the Dreamcleaver Axe the most for its look and animation.

Meh. I bought the frost one last night before I logged off. I guess I’ll test it out tonight and determine whether it’s a hassle to use. If it is, I’ll just ask for a refund so I can get one of the other ones.

It’s random. 33% op the time, frost wasp is as fast as the others. 33% of time it’s slightly slower (the time before you start getting wood is longer, so all 3 chops are delayd). 22% of time, it lags a bit (not sure if this slows you down or not). 10% of time you get a freeze at the end wich is quite annoying.

Sometimes it’s normal rate, but for sure not always. To bad cause it has the best effect. I urge Anet to fix it.

Ashandar.2570:

The frost wasp is really slow, the other two have the same time as a regular ori axe.

It’s not that the item is slow (overall it’s the same time as striking 3 times with any Axe), but it does lock you into a long animation and can be “difficult” in potential combat zones….(read ORR). Also, if you happen to get an extra gather beyond the standard 3, you are forced into that full animation to get one (maybe two) logs where you can ESC out of a standard Axe animation and move on quicker.

TLDR: I would never buy another Frost Wasp Axe and wish I could trade the one I have in for any other one.

NOTE: The Consortium Sickle is absolutely superior to the others (very fast harvest animation). and there is no doubt the Watchwork pick is the more profitable of the ore mining tools.

Yeah. I’m just going to ask for a refund for the reasons stated about why it’s flawed. I finally got to use it last night and the freezes were annoying.

I wish they would fix it so it’d be similar to the others (i.e. No flaws) but considering how long it’s been in the game in its current state, I don’t think it’s a high priority for them.

So Am I the only one who got the Frost Wasp because of the animation? :P

Eric.6109:

So Am I the only one who got the Frost Wasp because of the animation? :P

The animation is good .. the problem is the bug that freezes you if you not run away before the animation ends.

If theres a bug in frost wasp axe then nothjng to worry about.

By anet’s rate of fixing in game bugs, expect it to get fixed some time arounf 2nd quarter of 2015.

I got the frost wasp one and I don’t recommend it either. I wish now I had gotten one of the others.

Eric.6109:

So Am I the only one who got the Frost Wasp because of the animation? :P

I have plenty of chop-it-all-logging axes, and wanted something different, and after seeing all those malchor leaps farmers (so plenty of chopping item variations), i kinda started to like animation of frost wasp and bought one. However the bugs annoy me. If you interrupt the cast right after 3rd wood, you are good to go for 80% of time, now that i tested it more often. 10% of times, the chain will lag (delaying it all), 10% of time you will get a 1-2 sec freeze after receiving third wood. Luckely it’s rather rare, and i use lightning flash in attempts to remove the freeze faster.

I’m not so into the necro theme but it seems dreamcleaver atm has best animation (of the 100% fine working axes). But since the 3ple chop animation is so similar, i think it will still bore me fast. Not sure if i should buy one. Especially with living story probably producing new permanent harvesting items soon.

Btw at above poster: are you sure consortium sickle is faster then clown? I know clown for sure isn’t faster but it may be as fast, since you just don’t go true your knees (wich is what slows the normal one down), and you just hold your hand over the plant, summoning the clown.

Reports from a variety of sources claim the Consortium is 0.25-0.5 sec faster from time of click to time of leaving node…..haven’t timed it myself. I think much of the Jack-in-the-box appearance as fast(er) is that the animation is so…..errr….annoying it stands out when you have 4 or 5 of them going off in the same area.