Guild Wars 2

The recent patch has added Lovestruck weapon skins to the game. Each of them has a prominent heart symbol. I can understand the desire to add seasonal or holiday-themed skins to the game. However, in this case, the specific symbolism and their placement seems very awkward. The red heart is typically a symbol for love. Placing this symbol on a weapon could thus be interpreted as “I love to kill” or “I kill those I love”. Yet I doubt ANet intended to support either viewpoint.

Cupid may be depicted using a bow, and a heart symbol on his weapon may be appropriate, but his arrows aren’t lethal. Thus, unless the lovestruck weapons are similarly non-lethal, that example doesn’t really apply here.

Things like the Harpy Love effect seem more in the spirit of how the heart symbol can be used appropriately within the game. Meanwhile, there are plenty of other symbols that would seem to be better choices for weapons.

I love these new weapon skins. One of the finest skins ArenaNet have ever added. Have one ticket, so bought the shield for my Male Sylvari Warrior. I look fabolous!

Grats Kal. You’re work here is done.

You’re looking for symbolism where none exists. You should get out a bit more.

I do not get those impressions at all. I have to agree with geo that perhaps some may be taking this game just a bit too seriously.

I simply viewed them as a nice skin introduced for valentine’s day. Many other games have valentine themed weapons, but they tend to be gaudy and overbearing more often than not. These are quite tasteful imo.

Kalendraf.9521:

The recent patch has added Lovestruck weapon skins to the game. Each of them has a prominent heart symbol. I can understand the desire to add seasonal or holiday-themed skins to the game. However, in this case, the specific symbolism and their placement seems very awkward. The red heart is typically a symbol for love. Placing this symbol on a weapon could thus be interpreted as “I love to kill” or “I kill those I love”. Yet I doubt ANet intended to support either viewpoint.

Cupid may be depicted using a bow, and a heart symbol on his weapon may be appropriate, but his arrows aren’t lethal. Thus, unless the lovestruck weapons are similarly non-lethal, that example doesn’t really apply here.

Things like the Harpy Love effect seem more in the spirit of how the heart symbol can be used appropriately within the game. Meanwhile, there are plenty of other symbols that would seem to be better choices for weapons.

Uh.. seriously? You’re going to worry about this?
When there are numerous other things in gameto ‘worry’ about?

Why not the mass genocide of a race (Ogres), or the encouragement of animal cruelty through the ambient creature kill daily. How about the dolyak abuse by using them as transports in WvW?

But no..you had to pick this.

I would have been more concerned about the unicorns a while back …
And what is the disco-balls message, dance or die?
Wintersday – candy is bad for you?

Rouven.7409:

I would have been more concerned about the unicorns a while back …
And what is the disco-balls message, dance or die?
Wintersday – candy is bad for you?

And let us not forget Anet teaching us that torture is good (locking away the Mad King’s son in a coffin for millenia)

But nooooo! hearts!!

Yeah and ANet is teaching kids to slaughter wildlife with Ambient Killer achievement.

On a more down to earth remark. I was glad it’s the first black lion set that actually includes a weapon that doesn’t look like a tumor on a stick, but then of course you had to slap a silly heart on it.

Hopefully ANet is gonna keep the functional-yet-elegant design for the coming weapons, and not slap silly stuff on them.

My Love for You is like a truck, Berserker!

I love you to death… till death us do part… and death is me! with this awesome weapon! mwahaha

Well obviously OP is not a fan of Tenderheart Bear.

Harbard.5738:

Yeah and ANet is teaching kids to slaughter wildlife with Ambient Killer achievement.

On a more down to earth remark. I was glad it’s the first black lion set that actually includes a weapon that doesn’t look like a tumor on a stick, but then of course you had to slap a silly heart on it.

Hopefully ANet is gonna keep the functional-yet-elegant design for the coming weapons, and not slap silly stuff on them.

I’m not big on the hearts either, honestly, but I have to admit that it could have been soooooo much worse. These are at least tasteful, and the weapon designs themselves are clean and delightfully simple.

I definitely agree that they should do more functional yet elegant sets.

BlackyWarsX.5384:

I love you to death… till death us do part… and death is me! with this awesome weapon! mwahaha

chuckle

My first thought, looking at the dagger was “hmmm thief, heart seeker. nifty”

Rouven.7409:

And what is the disco-balls message, dance or die?

To me that’s way more serious. Especially if those pants come back with the dancing.

Some people would say that ArenaNet are once again leaping on the commercialisation of a holiday with their gem store for unnecessary crap.

You, however, go so far out there that you’re on par with condemning Ozzy Osbourne’s Suicide Solution without even hearing the lyrics.

Vol.7601:

How about the dolyak abuse by using them as transports in WvW?

Do I love to kill? Probably. If I didn’t I probably wouldn’t be playing a game where the majority of the activity involves killing something or someone or destroying things. There are plenty of other games where none of that occurs yet I am not playing them right now.

OP if you’re not joking, then the joke’s on you. Bloody hell. Also ban the muppets, they promote bullying of little green kids who look like frogs and I really find it offensive. Also Green Peace should be shut permanently down. They claim to help the environment, yet green of often associated with poison, sickess and disease. They may want to achieve peace through global death. Stop them before it’s too late.

Also those tin foil hats they sell everywhere, really don’t work – I want my money back!

Rouven.7409:

I would have been more concerned about the unicorns a while back …
And what is the disco-balls message, dance or die?
Wintersday – candy is bad for you?

Candy Cane Hammer – cavities will kill you.

The tin foil hats only work after you microwave them.

Fighting evil by moonlight,
winning love by daylight,
Never running from a real fight!

Wait… isn’t that why everyone bought the weapons? I mean I’m pretty sure you could fill an ocean with the blood of those i’ve killed in this game…

People will take offense in anything and everything when they are of the type who goes looking for it. Over-sensitivity is more of a problem in today’s society than anything that’s actually offensive.

The new hammer one is amazing.. Now if it didn’t have a heart on it lol. Why can’t they make hammers in this game more appealing. _

Wish they hearts came in different colors, that way you could be ironic. Maybe even turn the heart upside down…

Or maybe a riding crop I could use to spurr my dolyak into trampling ogres, especially ogres with pet rabbits…

Hey Kal, sup?

I think you are over thinking this time, it is just weapons with “love” theme at most, most like they are just “cute” weapons and no much more meaning into it.

GlowSticks.9734:

The new hammer one is amazing.. Now if it didn’t have a heart on it lol. Why can’t they make hammers in this game more appealing. _

Yeah, hammers and greatswords really suffer from the tumor-on-a-stick disease. When they make one that looks good, they slap a heart on it. I bet they have a competition agent infiltrated in their ranks telling them to make this stuff and not make gem money ever. (OR the great majority of GW2 players have crappy taste for gear :P)

This forum is just so wonderful, some comedian should just print out all the threads, sit down on stage and read.

Killing with the Power of Love, Sailormoon since 1992. Probably responsible for endless atrocities.

These are great for my girly girl mesmer with a healing bent. Had tickets, bought some. Pretty much the opposite of what the OP thinks.

I honestly came into this thread expecting one of the weapons to be a depiction of an obscene organ…

Eh… OP tries a little too hard to sound serious about this. Not nearly enough inflammatory language and cliche buzzwords to really sell the trolling attempt.

3 stars out of 5. Step up your game. You can do better.

pls remove this stupid heart. and ill buy 2 daggers, gs, pistol, maybe staff, sword. it’s great, but this stupid heart ruining everything

Forget the symbolism … what about the THEME … flashing hearts? I don’t mind weird stuff but how does this theme even fit into the game? I at least expect that much.

You guys are being trolled.

I wish Anet would make a broken-hearted Black Lion Weapon Skins set too, for those of us like myself who are #foreveralone :-(

Not worth my ticket, I’ll pass until such time when it’ll be worth it.

Darkobra.6439:

The tin foil hats only work after you microwave them.

We work just fine without microwaves on the Royal Terrace.

Zaoda.1653:

I wish Anet would make a broken-hearted Black Lion Weapon Skins set too, for those of us like myself who are #foreveralone :-(

Play a mesmer

iriyabran.6218:

Play a mesmer

Cue “Just an illusion” … and some inspiration for Anet Dev team for the next mesmer outfit.

Sapphire bullets.
Bullets of pure love.

I like the weapons and would have gladly bought most, if not all of them with real money too, if they weren’t in RNG chest. In fact, I wonder what idiot keeps buying keys. There has to be at least one with way too much disposable income for anet to keep doing this!

Ever since we wanted to be like this lovely queen <3

CeNedro.7560:

Ever since we wanted to be like this lovely queen <3

Fred Flintstone as the Queen of Hearts? shudder

Stark.1350:

You guys are being trolled.

Quoted for truth

Roda.7468:

I honestly came into this thread expecting one of the weapons to be a depiction of an obscene organ…

Zodiac warhorn already has that covered.