Guild Wars 2

What did i find out you say?
That they changed the projectile attack of Bifrost wearers to the rainbow attack.

So why does that horrify me?
It is simple, i main an elementalist.

Why is being an elementalist significant in this case, you say?
Well, elementalists have four different types of projectile auto attacks (The number one skill, is what i am refering to). One for each element.

So, the point?
Bifrost replaces every single projectile attack, to the same rainbow attack. This means the number one skills as well.

So what, you say?
The whole fun of being an elementalist is feeling the power of the elements, and seing your awesome elements crush your enemies to dust, ash and so on. It IS called “Elementalist” afterall..

So you mean to say that the legendary staff weapon is going against the fundamental ideas and the very core behind the Elementalist profession, you say? (I hope you sure do by this point, or this whole topic went past you)
Yes, that is exactly what i am trying to point out!

But why should the legendary staff Bifrost be designed for the elementalist profession, when there are other staff users?
I do not ask for the staff to be designed for the elementalist especially, but i do however want them to consider the elementalist profession. As it IS one of the four professions to be able to wield the staff.

Do you own a Bifrost?
No, absolutely not.

Then why do you care?
Because i would love to own Bifrost. But as it is in its current state, i can not even get my self to start farming for it. I do not wanna feel like i am playing a single element spellcaster, with a couple of spells of different element that i can use once in a while. The whole feeling of diversity is what i am fond of from the elementalist profession. So the whole weapon is off putting for me.

Why did i write this topic?
Because i hope that there are other individuals out there that has the same opinion in this matter. I would like to see for myself and maybe even show, how big of an issue this is.

I don’t play an elementalist, or i do not even use a staff. So why should this matter to me you say?
Well if you do not play an elementalist, or just don’t use a staff. This might not matter that much to you at all. Hell, maybe you do not care for the legendary weapons and think it is all a waste of time and resources. Then this might mean absolutely nothing to you.
But, i do however hope that you can understand the points i am making in this topic and show your support.

Well how would you fix it if it was up to you, you say?
I am not trying to convince you that i know how that it might be fixed. What i am trying to point out, is that it indeed does need a change.

As a closing remarks, i would like to thank those with patience and time to read through my topic. I hope that i was able to put my feelings and thoughts well into the topic. I hope that my points, or point, was solid and understandable. I hope that this topic does not come across as a whiny post about something which i dislike. I would love to hear what others think of this issue, or what i call an issue at least. You might not think that. But please voice your opinion, whether it be pro or against. But i ask of you, to do so in a civil manner please.

Best of regards,
ScPhantom

I did not say any of this.

You don’t like Bifrost’s autoattack change but you don’t own Bifrost? Great! Now you can pick up ANY OTHER STAFF! Considering Bifrost is one of the hardest legendaries to go for, you should be thanking Anet for saving you a LOT of blood, sweat and tears.

Personally, I feel it’s an ill fit for every class that can use it. I’d rather have a staff that swapped elemental effects along with my ele.

Crossplay.2067:

You don’t like Bifrost’s autoattack change but you don’t own Bifrost? Great! Now you can pick up ANY OTHER STAFF! Considering Bifrost is one of the hardest legendaries to go for, you should be thanking Anet for saving you a LOT of blood, sweat and tears.

Personally, I feel it’s an ill fit for every class that can use it. I’d rather have a staff that swapped elemental effects along with my ele.

I must say, i never thought of a staff which swapped elemental effects together with the user. THAT i would love to have. Congratulations mate, you just completely ruined any other staff i will ever pick up xD. Maybe something like necromancers scythe effect on staffs?

I can understand your feeling of ill placement of bifrost. This is actually a common thing among the legendary weapons in my opinion. I don’t really feel the urge to own any other legendary weapons though. Sunrise/Twillight/Eternity greatswords are the only legendary weapon i find somewhat spectacular, which seems to be the popular ones as well. I hope the new legendaries will make a difference in the feeling of “I need this no matter what”, which the first set of legendaries sadly are lacking in. But this is a completely different subject.

Bifrost is one of the few Legendaries I occasionally admire… but only when the wielder is standing there doing nothing. As soon as he draws it and a cloud appears around his body, it’s ruined for me. I want people to be able to see the nice armor I worked so hard to get. And when the player moves and those stoopid footprints appear, then I remember why I never even started to work on Bifrost.

Legendaries can change their stats at will. They also need to be able to toggle on/off the various special effects that the user wishes to display: Clouds, Weapon Trails, Footprints, etc. Either that, or give us more Legendaries to choose from with different effects. I’m so tired of every single one having the same special effects. Have the creative designers no creativity?

I think the topics/suggestions the Devs pay most attention to are the one that offer some kind of solution, rather than the ones that say, ‘I don’t like this, here’s why, change it, please’.

I, personally, don’t have the solution, either, so I really can’t offer much feedback on the problem you have with BiFrost. Sorry. I hope someone else does, though. =)