Guild Wars 2

Wouldn’t it be great if anet held a contest for legendary Weapon designs. As good as some legendaries are lets face is most just seem to fall short of the title “legendary” in terms of apperence. So if you had the option of designing 1 weapon skin. What would it be, and what kinda effects would it have.

We need a set that has lots of blood splatter. They could have some dripping like Sclerite Weapons, but only temporary after a kill. And maybe a random fatality on certain mobs, like the last hit cuts head off, or slicing them into two pieces.

^ That would no doubt raise GW2’s rating to M/MA, reducing the potential pool of sales (not to mention getting it into trouble in countries like China and Germany that frown on overt violence in games), so it’s never going to happen.

A longbow that turned the skin of the user to be “on fire” where it was entirely made of fire- it would leave scorch marks as foot steps.

The bow itself could look like some living ember, or magma creature.

To spice things up it could have a blue flame at night.

That or some undead themed weapon- that changed the skin of the character to their skeletal structure.

There was a thread a while back in this subforum with a lot of design ideas for new legendaries.

I like the idea of player designed weapons, that would be a great way to engage creative players in the game.

Anyhow, I would love to see some new legendary skins, having only one option for your favorite tool of the trade is quite limitating, even more so when some of them are a matter of an acquired taste (pony shooting bow, disco ball mace, etc., I’m looking at you)

Yeah here’s my greatsword!

Legendaries can now switch stats…
Why not enable a mechanism that also allows them to switch skins? Allow all legendaries to be able to look like any exotic weapon. Perhaps even a set selection of exotic weapons only. Anyone wanting to flaunt their legendary can keep the original look. I honestly do not think this would cause a loss of money for Anet and I feel that it would provide the correct solution for a problem many people have. The resources required for legendaries merit this ability.

sigmataun.4103:

Legendaries can now switch stats…
Why not enable a mechanism that also allows them to switch skins? Allow all legendaries to be able to look like any exotic weapon. Perhaps even a set selection of exotic weapons only.

I think ANet is under the impression that the Legendary skins are better than all other skins, and making the skin optional would be a step backward.

The game needs more Legendary skins. Period. Supposedly we will be getting new Legendaries soon. I’ll wait and see what happens when that gets implemented. Perhaps all grievances will be addressed by that patch. We’ll see.

LOL. One word: Moot.

Frostfang needs a trail, spinning whirl of ice would look epic

I actually kind of wish I could turn off other people’s Dreamers. Those ponies absolutely WRECK immersion. It’s just awful and it needs to go away.

I personally would like some changes to Incinerator, including larger, longer lasting footsteps that look more like fire and less like a tiny splat of lava that must mean your foot is 600 degrees Celsius.

jsduke.6537:

I actually kind of wish I could turn off other people’s Dreamers. Those ponies absolutely WRECK immersion. It’s just awful and it needs to go away.

I think it improves immersion. It goes along the lines of rainbow staff, disco ball mace, and people throwing fireballs and lightning from their hands and plant based playable race.

Omnitek.3876:

jsduke.6537:

I actually kind of wish I could turn off other people’s Dreamers. Those ponies absolutely WRECK immersion. It’s just awful and it needs to go away.

I think it improves immersion. It goes along the lines of rainbow staff, disco ball mace, and people throwing fireballs and lightning from their hands and plant based playable race.

I gave it a lot of thought, and after careful consideration I’ve decided that you’re wrong.

Ponies gotta go.

Frayta.4816:

A longbow that turned the skin of the user to be “on fire” where it was entirely made of fire- it would leave scorch marks as foot steps.

The bow itself could look like some living ember, or magma creature.

To spice things up it could have a blue flame at night.

That or some undead themed weapon- that changed the skin of the character to their skeletal structure.

Yet another elemental weapon \o/ Besides, we have 2 icy longbows already and also one with “blue flames”. I want some dark themed longbow for a change!

sigmataun.4103:

Legendaries can now switch stats…
Why not enable a mechanism that also allows them to switch skins? Allow all legendaries to be able to look like any exotic weapon. Perhaps even a set selection of exotic weapons only. Anyone wanting to flaunt their legendary can keep the original look. I honestly do not think this would cause a loss of money for Anet and I feel that it would provide the correct solution for a problem many people have. The resources required for legendaries merit this ability.

I think switching skins would be a bad idea. It would make the cool ones be less amazing in my opinion, making them not to special to the eye. And it would probably even cause some confusion at first. One needs to attach the value of something to a “face”. If the face is everywhere around you, then there’s nothing special to that face anymore.

Husky.6018:

Frostfang needs a trail, spinning whirl of ice would look epic

Not sure if you’re referring to a player aura or weapon trail. Perhaps on other professions it may only have a short trail when swung, but on Rangers, each of the #1-3 MH and #4 OH skills are projectile-based; all leave long, swirling ice trails along with a unique sound effect akin to freezing breath. (Skill #2 shoots a fan of 5 blades with trails as well). It’s pretty noticeable even in wvw zergs, IMO.

sigmataun.4103:

Legendaries can now switch stats…
Why not enable a mechanism that also allows them to switch skins? Allow all legendaries to be able to look like any exotic weapon. Perhaps even a set selection of exotic weapons only. Anyone wanting to flaunt their legendary can keep the original look. I honestly do not think this would cause a loss of money for Anet and I feel that it would provide the correct solution for a problem many people have. The resources required for legendaries merit this ability.

I agree- let them keep all the footsteps and other effects, but be able to add skins to them- would require that you have a weapon or skin to add to he skin list, consumes that weapon/skin and makes in available on the legendary’s selectable list

Liquid Rhino.7192:

Husky.6018:

Frostfang needs a trail, spinning whirl of ice would look epic

Not sure if you’re referring to a player aura or weapon trail. Perhaps on other professions it may only have a short trail when swung, but on Rangers, each of the #1-3 MH and #4 OH skills are projectile-based; all leave long, swirling ice trails along with a unique sound effect akin to freezing breath. (Skill #2 shoots a fan of 5 blades with trails as well). It’s pretty noticeable even in wvw zergs, IMO.

Sorry if I came across unclear, I meant weapon trail. Haven’t seen Frostfang on a Ranger yet, but Warrior I know has no trail. Why is it bound to one profession? Warrior’s 5 OH could do with the effect.

jsduke.6537:

sigmataun.4103:

Legendaries can now switch stats…
Why not enable a mechanism that also allows them to switch skins? Allow all legendaries to be able to look like any exotic weapon. Perhaps even a set selection of exotic weapons only.

I think ANet is under the impression that the Legendary skins are better than all other skins, and making the skin optional would be a step backward.

sad but true, anyone here can list of at least half a dozen different skins that out do all the legendaries hands down.

I found these awsome swords in Soul Calibur

They held contests like that in GW1. The winners made really awesome looking weapons and at least one of those skins is still in GW2! (the dryad bow HoM reward)

Alternatives to quip, moot, and dreamer would be greatly appreciated. I’d rather not troll my friends with quip for the luxury of stat swapping on the fly.