Guild Wars 2

Ever since I made The Flameseeker prophecies over a year ago I have watched every other Legendary be updated and receive new effects whilst my shield remained relatively bland. I have also seen new shields enter the game that are as impressive or even better looking than the Flameseeker prophecies.

I say that the shield is comparatively bland compared to the other legendaries for the following reasons:

No skill specific animations – as a primarily Engineer player it’s really sad to see Predator and Quip effect grenades whilst my shield does nothing.

No Footprints

No Aura

Almost every other legendary in the game has an aura or footprints or even both. The underwater legendaries even have overall better looking effects and those weapons are arguably the least used legendaries in the game.

The Flameseeker prophecies glows and has a sort of force-field around it. Many other shields glow, arguably in a more impressive fashion. Examples being:

The super shields
Zodiac shield
Tormented shield
Fractal shield
Lovestruck shield

And many more.

I would really love to see The Flameseeker Prophecies brought up to the same level as other legendaries. Here are some suggestions:

An Aura – Blue would be the obvious choice.

Footprints – Blue ghostly footprints, or even blue ethereal pages from the book.

Skill effects – Blue grenades, Ghostly faces? Ghosts or Krytan text vent off the shield when a shield skill is used.

Leave a trail of blue ethereal pages that flutter off the shield as the player runs.

Am I the only person who has this opinion? Surely I can’t be alone?

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I’d love to know if the devs have thought about this or even have it already in the works.

Many legendaries could stand an improvement but the offhand ones are in the most dire need of it.

Meanwhile Eternity gets updated time and time again to make it a bigger goldsink.

to be honest with you, I would be happy if (and I have said this on forums at least 3 times since release) the flameseeker prophecies shield kept its glow while sheathed like all other weapons do.

No, NO, NO, N O ! ! !

Footprints and auras and trails are not “impressive”. They are stupid and ugly and totally destroy an otherwise beautiful shield. If you don’t want it, give it to me. I would LOVE to have it exactly as-is. As soon as you muck it up with all those dumb “special effects” it turns into a circus sideshow instead of an impressive piece of equipment.

I am sure many Prophecies owners would pitch a fit if their hard-earned item was changed. They got it because they liked it just the way it was. We need more Legendaries that aren’t from Las Vegas.

Hamfast.8719:

No, NO, NO, N O ! ! !

Footprints and auras and trails are not “impressive”. They are stupid and ugly and totally destroy an otherwise beautiful shield. If you don’t want it, give it to me. I would LOVE to have it exactly as-is. As soon as you muck it up with all those dumb “special effects” it turns into a circus sideshow instead of an impressive piece of equipment.

I am sure many Prophecies owners would pitch a fit if their hard-earned item was changed. They got it because they liked it just the way it was. We need more Legendaries that aren’t from Las Vegas.

Exactly this. I made my Flameseeker because it was a legendary that didn’t have all the garbage special effects. I knew this when I made it, just as any one does. If someone wants to look like Rainbow Bright, there are plenty of other legendary weapons with all the practicals and special effects. Leave this one alone.

My point is that there is little to make Flameseeker stand out from other shields.

The shield should keep it’s aura while sheathed that would be a nice addition to it. While sheathed it just looks like a gold book and doesn’t stand out at all.

XApocalypse.8739:

The shield should keep it’s aura while sheathed that would be a nice addition to it. While sheathed it just looks like a gold book and doesn’t stand out at all.

I love this shield. I would like to see the full effects all the time as well. They are not overpowering effects at all which makes this one of my favorites…..

WannabeHero.5489:

My point is that there is little to make Flameseeker stand out from other shields.

How about it’s unique shape? The neat little animation, those cool details on the shield?

I crafted it because I liked the way it looks. I don’t want footprints or huge auras.