Guild Wars 2

Since GW2, we known that all weapon types were not going to be added to the game, but since there have been an array of different sets or skins, I thought it’ll be cool to have different skins of existing weapons modeled after desired or requested weapons.

I know that due to each class having a different play style or animation associated with each weapon that some suggestions might work well, but lets give it a try.

For example: Great Sword could be a Great Axe. I know it may not look well when holstered, but I think people wouldn’t mind.

1) Great Axe = Great Sword
2) Chakras/Shurikens= Daggers/Swords/Axes/Great Swords
3) Crossbows = Pistols/Rifles
4) Halberd/Javelin/Spear/Trident/Scythe = Staff
5) Whip = Scepter/Focus/Sword
6) Wand = Scepter
7) Scroll = Focus
8) Cestus = Dagger/Mace

They probably will add new weapon types in future expansions/updates for elite-specs. At least something like that was said before, with the current set they just wanted to spread out what was there already.

VocalThought.9835:

For example: Great Sword could be a Great Axe. I know it may not look well when holstered, but I think people wouldn’t mind.

Heh, people not mind a cosmetic clipping issue in GW2? There are tons of threads throughout the forums lamenting every minor cosmetic glitch.

My thought is that not only is this possible, they have already done it. There is a sling-shot skin for the short bow. Perhaps a bad example, but it may be possible.

Berelious.3290:

My thought is that not only is this possible, they have already done it. There is a sling-shot skin for the short bow. Perhaps a bad example, but it may be possible.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE JOKING.

Also:

Focus whip
Book skins
Kind of a scroll
If you go to he GW2 wiki you can find 14 scepters with the name ‘wand’ on them, one of them is the Princess Wand which may be more to your liking, but is only available during wintersday
Kama dagger because someone will eventually suggest that
Scythe Staff One more
This for all intents and purposes is a spear staff Another bladed staff

Crossbows wouldn’t work purely because of the “bang” sounds accompanied with every rifle/pistol ability and would need to be a new weapon in the game (unless they want to modify every ability sound effect for one skin which is too much to ask) (also some engineer abilities would not mesh with a crossbow like the small stream of fire from offhand pistol or the shotgun shot on engineer rifle)

Chakras? Do you mean Chakrams? Cause if so I’m totally on board with you. Shurikens would be more difficult to pass off.

Greataxes SHOULD be their own weapon style, but if anything it would work better as a hammer skin in my opinion.

Cestus would not work as a skin for any weapon. At all. If they were to implement it, it would have to be it’s own weapon (which I doubt they’d do as much as I’d like fist weapons).

castlemanic.3198:

Berelious.3290:

My thought is that not only is this possible, they have already done it. There is a sling-shot skin for the short bow. Perhaps a bad example, but it may be possible.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE JOKING.

Also:

Focus whip
Book skins
Kind of a scroll
If you go to he GW2 wiki you can find 14 scepters with the name ‘wand’ on them, one of them is the Princess Wand which may be more to your liking, but is only available during wintersday
Kama dagger because someone will eventually suggest that
Scythe Staff One more
This for all intents and purposes is a spear staff Another bladed staff

Crossbows wouldn’t work purely because of the “bang” sounds accompanied with every rifle/pistol ability and would need to be a new weapon in the game (unless they want to modify every ability sound effect for one skin which is too much to ask) (also some engineer abilities would not mesh with a crossbow like the small stream of fire from offhand pistol or the shotgun shot on engineer rifle)

Chakras? Do you mean Chakrams? Cause if so I’m totally on board with you. Shurikens would be more difficult to pass off.

Greataxes SHOULD be their own weapon style, but if anything it would work better as a hammer skin in my opinion.

Cestus would not work as a skin for any weapon. At all. If they were to implement it, it would have to be it’s own weapon (which I doubt they’d do as much as I’d like fist weapons).

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