Guild Wars 2

Well, Like many, i was very excited to log in one day and see new heal skills! it made me happy to see new content for not just gear/world/cosmetic/story. I loved the idea of building our characters as the story went on, as if we where growing stronger and adapting. So, i had an idea! With a new dragon and a new HUGE hurdle to jump over since Zaitan, i thought it would be a great idea to introduce new elite skills!

I have one idea:

Elementalist: Elemental Infused Weapons! Causes certain conditions and a little extra damage based on your attunement (Example, 5-10% Damage increase and causes burning for 1-2sec as fire, or maybe a chance at a fire burst like the Sigil of Fire?) Lasts around 10sec? Has a 120sec CD? (Add a cool effect like cloaked in fire or larger burning on the hands than normal to show its active?)

Idea for engineer:

A new turret? Possible “Gatling Turret” Does large amounts of burst similar to a thief “Unload” ability, but only does it twice and cannot be overcharged? Have a 3-5 sec pause in between bursts and lasts 13-15 sec?

I would like to see them first balance the ones that exist. A few are very good, the majority are mediocre or just subpar.

An Elite should be Elite, not just some fluff utility you have to use cause you can’t put a decent utility in the Elite skill slot.

I would really like to see something like warriors signet of rage for all classes.

Simply an elite skill that gives you a benefit most of the time and not just those
that do something for 3 seconds and then have 120-180s cooldown.

Or like Flesh Golem from Necro
(btw.: ANet please fix it finally, bugged now for 8 months i think)

I suggested many times to let us switch elite for normal skill because 99% elite skills are useless .Mostly every class has one elite per one game type and people take it only becasue it is the smallest harm .

Racial skill:

Charr: Charr Machinegun.
As it’s racial-type, it’ll never be that useful tho, like

It’s also possible that ANet will reduce the cooldowns of the existing elites, should it be not game breaking…

Im not sure if there is a serious inbalance of elite skills, while some might seem useless, the addition of more could possibly benefit and prove to have more usefull ones in the future for those who arent comfortable with the few they have to choose from. I know as an elementalist i hated choosing between Elemental and Tornado, given a non WvW setting for tornado, most of it is just useless. So thats why i started this forum. A-Net has already mentioned in previous threads that ideas should flow and possibilities are endless. Even sylvari kids!

So lets toss some ideas shall we

How about a “Dark Dagger” of sorts. Thrown like the normal dagger throw with Dagger offhand, however this marks the target and you my shadowstep to the target 2-3 times before the CD begins again.

My guardian has been bugging me for an elite spirit weapon skill since i started playing him.

I’m with Volt. The Elites are almost 100% crap with little utility thanks to mediocre power, short durations and long cooldowns. They also synergize poorly with the rest of the bar. I barely use any of them outside of my Ele, who needs it to survive. There are a few outliers, but not enough that I’d really consider speccing most of them.

There also needs to be better variety for underwater elites, because those are uniformly kitten.

Sariel V.7024:

I’m with Volt. The Elites are almost 100% crap with little utility thanks to mediocre power, short durations and long cooldowns. They also synergize poorly with the rest of the bar. I barely use any of them outside of my Ele, who needs it to survive. There are a few outliers, but not enough that I’d really consider speccing most of them.

There also needs to be better variety for underwater elites, because those are uniformly kitten.

underwater 1 elite skill this should be enough for your entire build

Sariel V.7024:

I’m with Volt. The Elites are almost 100% crap with little utility thanks to mediocre power, short durations and long cooldowns. They also synergize poorly with the rest of the bar. In GW1, they were the anchor, and you built your skills around them. Here, trait combinations are the anchor, and few boost any elite. I barely use any of them outside of my Ele, who needs it to survive. There are a few outliers, but not enough that I’d really consider speccing most of them.

There also needs to be better variety for underwater elites, because those are uniformly kitten.

CboStL.4965:

My guardian has been bugging me for an elite spirit weapon skill since i started playing him.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.

I would like my necro to have an underwater minion on elite.

Most of the elites are kitten? I’m sorry, are we playing the same game? The only elite (outside of most racial ones) that I can’t find a possible usage for would be the engineer mortar..
Apart from mortar the only niche ones would be warrior rampage and engineer elixir x, both of which are highly situational for any game mode.

That being said, I’d love to see more elites that synergize with utilities/traits more (I’d love to see previously mentioned underwater minion or spirit weapon elite).

Warriors elite, this should be example how elite skills should look like .

Always wanted to see a martyr skill for my guardian, something I could use in WvW or sPvP. It would cause damage from my team to be re-directed at me, but negate a portion or possibly all of it for x amount of time either on its own or through combination with Shelter.

shurgs Not exactly certain it could work, but it would be fun to try.

All great ideas
I love the idea of a spirit weapon elite!

Any ideas for necro?

Freeelancer.2860:

Most of the elites are kitten? I’m sorry, are we playing the same game? The only elite (outside of most racial ones) that I can’t find a possible usage for would be the engineer mortar..
Apart from mortar the only niche ones would be warrior rampage and engineer elixir x, both of which are highly situational for any game mode.

That being said, I’d love to see more elites that synergize with utilities/traits more (I’d love to see previously mentioned underwater minion or spirit weapon elite).

Avatar of Melandru is a joke.

Avatar of Grenth is way under powered.

The Asura golem are pretty meh.

Engineer mortar can be useful in WvW sometimes, but otherwise it’s pretty useless.

The Norn ones are useless, except for leopard form in WvW, and only as an escape.