Guild Wars 2

Alright. We’ve all seen some legendaries by now. Obviously the most common are twilight and dawn. Why?

Well, there’s two reasons.

1) There’s a sheer majority of heavy armor class players that utilize the greatsword
2) They’re two of the best looking legendaries in game. The visual trail, the footsteps, the animations, they look great.

Then you have things like the Quip. Or the minstrel, or the predator. Now, these are legendary, but in terms of looks? They’re pretty subpar. They don’t have the cool footstep effects, or the trail, and they just don’t scream legendary like the greatswords or bolt or the juggernaut do. Hell, meteorlogicus doesn’t do anything, outside of being animated. It’s probably why you hardly see any of them around.

So, post your ideas about legendary weapon improvement here. My idea? Well, the moot already exists, but I think that changing the quip from firing little bubbles into firing either bottle rockets or, more hilariously, disco balls, would be a real improvement. And you gotta add those footstep effects to all legendaries, not just some.

Hell, maybe let people who acquire an underwater one still have the foostep effects. Kamohoali’i kotaki could leave some bloody footprints along. Kraitkin could leave a trail of snakes in your wake.

I mean, there’s a lot of missed opportunities for having some really cool weapons here, and the work involved when acquiring some of these doesn’t really equate getting a weapon that’s barely noticeable.

Make “The Minstrel” also act like an unbreakable choir bell, just add harp notes instead ^^

See? There’s an idea. Make that kitten harp actually good for something. I personally think it’d be rather hilarious for it to make the minstrel noises from when the mesmer was first announced for this game, like when you fire your scepter or mace or whatever at somebody. Maybe turn your projectiles into musical notes?

What about ideas for a legendary in general, though? Suggestions for straight-outta-your-head legendary weapons. I’m sure there’s some people out there who can come up with some better ideas then what we currently have accessible.

No offense to the developers or anything who came up with the legendaries, though.

I’ll take a crack at it, but this is probably going to be moved in to suggestions as soon as the devs get up the day after christmas. :P

How about a pair of legendary weapons, a sword and a dagger named Wailing and Weeping.

Wailing would be the sword, a blackish blue rapier with the crosspiece as a facade of a face screaming in anger. Distant cries can be heard whenever it strikes, as you walk with it equipped a single just visible ghost of a woman walks behind you screaming but making no sound, and disappearing whenever you turn to face her. Whenever you strike a humanoid enemy down with the blade equipped, they die while using the /threaten emote. (/scream would be better but as of yet there is no such emote)

Weaping would be the dagger. A light blue dagger with an ornate crosspiece, depicting a sorrowful face. Drops of water would run up the daggers blade and splash upwards as it strikes. As you walk with it equipped a barely visible ghost of a small girl follows in your footstep, sobbing lightly, only to disappear whenever you turn to face her. Whenever a humanoid enemy is killed by the blade it dies while using the /cry emote.

With both weapons equipped, the two ghosts appear together, holding hands as they follow behind you, neither wail nor weep. If you turn to face them, they will curtsey before disappearing. If you kill a humanoid enemy with both equipped, it will /cheer as it dies.

And give the burninator back his beefy arm.