Guild Wars 2

With the latest addition to story mode, the Brazier of Koda has allowed us to use this magnificent Staff-like torch to withstand the perils of the Bitterfrost Frontier.

While it is an incredibly useful tool and avery good looking one at that, I was curious to see if it could be possible as a future addition, to become a staff for the player to wield at anytime? as an unlit version, or lit (something to go along with Koda’s Warmth?) staff. I think it is a beautiful tool and it would be a terrible waste to leave it just as a torch.

Completely agree – in fact I added it as a suggestion to the BL thread a few weeks ago. It would def make a great staff skin.

Randulf.7614:

Completely agree – in fact I added it as a suggestion to the BL thread a few weeks ago. It would def make a great staff skin.

Oh my, I had not thought of the Black Lion, I would absolutely agree on it being the best course of action!

Would be an awesome staff skin. but honestly I’d be happy if we just get more use for this mastery period. Hopefully it will be incorporated in all future Shiverpeaks maps

OriOri.8724:

Would be an awesome staff skin. but honestly I’d be happy if we just get more use for this mastery period. Hopefully it will be incorporated in all future Shiverpeaks maps

Oh I am pretty sure it ll recieve more use on future maps ^^ it is a pretty interesting mechanic after all! with perhaps a different application… like using that throwable flame to activate mechanisms like in good ol platformers!

Corraidhin.3986:

OriOri.8724:

Would be an awesome staff skin. but honestly I’d be happy if we just get more use for this mastery period. Hopefully it will be incorporated in all future Shiverpeaks maps

Oh I am pretty sure it ll recieve more use on future maps ^^ it is a pretty interesting mechanic after all! with perhaps a different application… like using that throwable flame to activate mechanisms like in good ol platformers!

In the last AMA one of the devs said that Ancient Magicks masteries being incorporated into future maps is not guaranteed. They said that they evaluate each map individually and see if each mastery not only fits in (lore and aesthetics wise) but also if it makes sense to put it there in the first place. If, for instance, there are no kodans or quaggans in the next map then it wouldn’t make sense to have this mastery available. Or even if there were, but there were no braziers.

Hopefully that doesn’t happen, because I feel that right now this mastery is pretty lame. But if it is built upon and the next Shiverpeaks map we get has a new world boss, where we could use Kodas Flame to make it easier or something, that would be really cool (or even just in the claw of jormag fight if it is ever revamped. Have a brazier there).

OriOri.8724:

Corraidhin.3986:

OriOri.8724:

Would be an awesome staff skin. but honestly I’d be happy if we just get more use for this mastery period. Hopefully it will be incorporated in all future Shiverpeaks maps

Oh I am pretty sure it ll recieve more use on future maps ^^ it is a pretty interesting mechanic after all! with perhaps a different application… like using that throwable flame to activate mechanisms like in good ol platformers!

In the last AMA one of the devs said that Ancient Magicks masteries being incorporated into future maps is not guaranteed. They said that they evaluate each map individually and see if each mastery not only fits in (lore and aesthetics wise) but also if it makes sense to put it there in the first place. If, for instance, there are no kodans or quaggans in the next map then it wouldn’t make sense to have this mastery available. Or even if there were, but there were no braziers.

Hopefully that doesn’t happen, because I feel that right now this mastery is pretty lame. But if it is built upon and the next Shiverpeaks map we get has a new world boss, where we could use Kodas Flame to make it easier or something, that would be really cool (or even just in the claw of jormag fight if it is ever revamped. Have a brazier there).

Just like the masteries are of the Maguuma Branch and not of the Kryta branch. But they’re clearly worried about ‘important’ things

i actually really dislike the mechanic of kodas flame staff!

since you have to be ultra slow while using the staff because you arent allowed to use your mobility skills when using the staff….
which just makes it feel soooo slow and anti-fun to use

and on top of that staff is just mediocre dmg during combat … ofc you can drop it for combat but still annoying…

Maybe a good solution would be that interacting with kodas flame gives you access to a special action key that serves as a 2nd weaponswap button and it allows you to swap to kodas flame staff and back
so you can use your weapon & mobility skills and still get back to kodas flame staff after that by pressing the special action key again

EDIT:
on OPs actualy point:
Would be nice if anet gave players a way to get that skin as a staff i guess
1x with the flame effect and 1x without

Orangensaft.7139:

i actually really dislike the mechanic of kodas flame staff!

since you have to be ultra slow while using the staff because you arent allowed to use your mobility skills when using the staff….
which just makes it feel soooo slow and anti-fun to use

and on top of that staff is just mediocre dmg during combat … ofc you can drop it for combat but still annoying…

Maybe a good solution would be that interacting with kodas flame gives you access to a special action key that serves as a 2nd weaponswap button and it allows you to swap to kodas flame staff and back
so you can use your weapon & mobility skills and still get back to kodas flame staff after that by pressing the special action key again

Well thats an odd statement, the first skill of the staff is a sprint! and not a short or slow sprint whatsoever! the staff is infact, a very proper way to run around, unless of course you are using a shortbow thief, in which case that is the faster way to go around.

Regardless, I think we have strayed a bit from the actual point of this post, havent we?