Guild Wars 2

Not sure if this has been brought up before. Or even if it’s a bug. But my elementalist has no weapon swap capability or button….My lvl 63 reward was a dagger, and I thought I would put it in my secondary slot because I use a staff. And found no spot to put it in.

Has this always been the case for elementalists? If so, why?

Yes, Elementalists don’t get weapon swap. They already have 4 attunements. Allowing them twice as many skills as other classes with 2 weapon sets.

yes, engineer and ele always lacked weapon swap.

why? because they have kits and 4 attunements

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Made my day, No Elementalists, Engineers, and Revenants can not swap weapons to make up for the plethora of skills they can have at one time.

Ok, I guess I get that. Would have been nice if my reward had been similar to what I had been using though.

Aphrael.2478:

Ok, I guess I get that. Would have been nice if my reward had been similar to what I had been using though.

They give you other weapons so you can try them out. You might try out the dagger/(other weapon) and find you like it better, or that it’s better in certain types of combat.

Who needs to weapon swap when you can element swap

D/D Ele is master race.

Aphrael.2478:

Ok, I guess I get that. Would have been nice if my reward had been similar to what I had been using though.

You can still change your equipment easily out of combat. Don’t feel bound to one weapon just because you don’t get a ~ button. Learning to play D/D alongside Sc/F and Staff will only help you in the long run.

Aphrael.2478:

Ok, I guess I get that. Would have been nice if my reward had been similar to what I had been using though.

I leveled my ele up to 80 using only the staff. After awhile I equipped two daggers just to try it out, and I realized I had been playing wrong the entire time! It is so much fun.

Actually weapon swap would be a good thing for all classes. All they need to do is put a longer cooldown on classes like the elementalist, the revenant and the engi.

It would certainly help when roaming to be able to switch to d/d if a thief backstab you from nowhere, or swap to staff if you come face to face with a zerg.

It could be on a 30-45 seconds cooldown.

Elementalists have the equivalent of 4 weapon sets through attunements. Each attunement gives you a completely different set of 5 weapon skills.

Engineers even more so since they have several different device and weapon kits that change their weapon skills. The difference is if an engineer doesn’t want to take a kit of any kind you’re stuck with only 1 weapon set. All kits are useful though and it’s probably a good idea to have at least 1.

I’d say allow out of combat weapon swap for all profs. disabled in combat for eles & engies if they have any kits equipped in utility.

I was gonna say that engies have the most available action bars but an ele running a full line of conjured weapons has what, 8?