Guild Wars 2

Why on earth did they make all the other legendary’s quite serious and good looking, yet make the short bow, the weapon i use most, so ridiculous. Link

I don’t mind that its pink, i wouldn’t even mind if it looked a bit girly, but it has a huge unicorn and tassels on it! There are 2 great swords, why didn’t they make 2 of each legendary? At least we would have a choice.

Also in this page it shows the Staff, Hammer, both Greatswords and the Shield . All look amazing. Why not make a video showing them all? I’m not gonna sink so much time into a pistol that nobodies even going to see, what kind of effects does it have?

And from what I heard, it shoots rainbows…

Could it be a deliberate reference to a certain irritating fad involving ponies? That’s the only logical explanation I can come up with, but if so I am bitterly disappointed since Arena Net promised not to go over the top with pop culture references.

Tastes certainly differ, though it looks ridiculously out of place compared to the rest of the legendary weapons and with no alternative legendary model available I can only grimace and vow never to get it on my thief despite being an avid short bow user.

Truth be told is the longbow really any better? It looks like it belongs in a garden or on a mantle for springtime fresh homes, not killing monsters in an epic and legendary setting. That said, my character is a girl so I guess it doesn’t matter much

Oh my god I forgot about that game! I wasted so much time jumping and running and ultimately crashing into a firy ball of unicorn doom…

Rainbow Ponybow and Flower-Power Bow are the best legendaries.
They’re fun and distinct without being too over-the-top.

Those were the only two I really wanted to get.

They are great if you want to troll people. Flower bow can be good for Sylvari. Maybe they will make thorn version like they did with greatswords (twilight/sunrise).
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Now imagine gloomy necromancer with rainbow making Bifrost

I actually really like the long bow, if the short bow was made of pink flowers i would get it no problem. I even don’t mind if it shoots rainbows.

I can see the funny side, it does look hilarious, but the novelty soon wares off when i think how much time goes into making it.

Can’t say I’m impressed with any of the legendary skins, and won’t be wasting the effort on obtaining one, particle effects or not.

I haven’t seen other Legendaries in action but I think that greatswords are worth their price.

Most of the legendaries do seem underwhelming, but you have to remember we haven’t seen any of the effects for them. Only Sunrise, and that looks great. So I’m sure Anet did something special for each one.

IMO Twilight its the best weapon on any MMORPG I’ve seen, especially with the particle effects.
Also when talking about unicorn weapons don’t forget the staff ! A white stick which has a rainbow glow and as you move it leaves a rainbow trail/footprints. Can’t wait to get that for my full abyss dyed mean looking necro. I will most likely have an easy time in WvW as most people will be absolutely mind-kittened at what the …. am I using as a necromancer. A full out death-magic life leaching beast is wielding a white glowy staff that shoots rainbows. Can’t wait.

You know I was about to just post get over it …or it just bow dude ….but for crying out loud it’s a MY LITTLE PONY’s Short bow …… Come on ANET this is ridiculous are you guys giggling in the back room every time you see a player with one of these equipped?

Seriously is this the best you could do ….. it shoots rainbows …..what does it use for ammunition Lollypops.

Rangers are going to be using this thing so let`s theme it appropriately, it should be carved out of Heart wood dark and green , replace the Unicorn with a wolfs head with wings of an eagle for the tips and it should shoot the spirits of the forest not rainbows.

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You know I was about to just post get over it …or it just bow dude ….but for crying out loud it’s a MY LITTLE PONY’s Short bow …… Come on ANET this is ridiculous are you guys giggling in the back room every time you see a player with one of these equipped?

Seriously is this the best you could do ….. it shoots rainbows …..what does it use for ammunition Lollypops.

Rangers are going to be using this thing so let`s theme it appropriately, it should be carved out of Heart wood dark and green , replace the Unicorn with a wolfs head with wings of an eagle for the tips and it should shoot the spirits of the forest not rainbows.

You’ve already got the Howler if you want that.
Lay of the ponybow. :-(

As a ranger, they basically ensured there was no way I’d ever want to equip any legendary in the game, which makes things easy for me, but now there’s nothing left to do. Sigh. I think most of the weapons in game are an afterthought/rush-job compared to everything else, art-wise, particularly since there are so few models. I really think it was a joke, or meant to be one of many, and they ran out of time and ran with it. There are so many brony references in the game and it’s players, though, that maybe that’s just what today’s young gamers want and expect. I’d like to believe they just ran out of time, I’ll stick with that.

The detail on the shortbow is neat with the tassels and what-not. It’s seemingly too close to the brony culture for it to be something that I’d work towards.

Since my ranger is sylvari, the longbow is a better fit and I’d rather work towards that.

I know there is usually references to other media in GW, but this weapon is over-the-top compared to the other legendaries. Which I did find disappointing as I do use the short-bow quite often on my ranger.

Other than the shield they ALL look stupid…wow.

I’m pretty sure each weapon has its own unique particle effects of some sort. Like for example, with bitfrost when you take it out and you start moving the staff-it creates a delayed-rainbow version of it (sort of like an after trail).

Some weapons were created how they were based on their name (bitfrost means rainbow bridge in some myth/language.). TBH i thought the bow’s looked kitten. Why? Because they look unique. I didn’t even notice the little pony thing on the short bow till i was done looking at all the other parts of it.

The weapons weren’t meant to look like the stupidly-gigantic-spikey-kitten weapons that most MMO’s (especially korean ones) make. They were just meant to be unique, if you don’t like it then don’t get it, there are plenty of other cool-looking weapons in the game.

hehe. As a main thief – I had seen the legendaries and quickly said “Well, looks like that saves me some time and effort”. :P

The Pop-Gun pistol, Little Pony Rainbow Shortbow and so on. O.o

But that said; I have found a few skins I do like and am attempting to get them instead. Legendaries just not gonna happen (for me) unless they release more.

I’ve come to realize (to my dismay) that considering the lack of stat progression on gear from exotic to legendary that this game is in essence: Barbie Dress Up: Tyria Edition.

That being said, why not go with unicorns and rainbows?

I do plan on making the shortbow eventually, just because of the ridiculousness of it.

I like that bow! :D

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Other than the shield they ALL look stupid…wow.

Even the cool lightning sword?

I’m sure there will be more legendary weapons eventually.

Maybe it’s for all the males who like to play as female characters?

Honestly the Twilight sword reminded me of Twilight Sparkle. It’s just a coincidence but still ^_^

It really is a shame because it eliminates one of the major things to play the game for day after day…I’m sure Anet is having a laugh over their pony bow, but it just makes me sad that they had to play a joke with something as important as this.

For now just saving mats in the hope that they’ll be more legendaries in the future that actually suit Ranger/Thieves because rainbows really don’t in any way…Are their even any horses in Tyria?

Lol I love this bow precisely for posts like this. Makes everyone go “Wait…what?”. The rest of them are serious enough to offset the lightheartedness of this one. It’s great.

Both bows looks cool, makes me wish I was a ranger.

Well, to each his own. It’s hard for me to understand how any ranger could seriously love a my little pony bow…..maybe as a joke.. okay.

Lore-wise it makes no sense since there aren’t any unicorns in Tyria. If ANET intended the bow to be some sort of joke, I’m not laughing.

Although there may be a few people who will want to craft this shortbow, most certainly will not. That takes away a huge piece of end game content for the majority of players.

that shortbow, my friends, is made of pure awesomeness and it will likely make me wanna try out shortbows

imagine black FC-gear in combination with that piece of art
LIKE A BOSS

and nopony can stop me from equipping it

Lol … you’ll have to post a pic for us afterwards. =)

it already exists
this pic gives me the motivation i need:

Ugh. Looking at some of the replies to this thread, I can only hope that we don’t see it becoming a tend with future attire.

Don’t be a parasprite!

Friendship is magic, bronies! It looks like Celestia!

I know a ton of people who would love this shortbow in the pony community!