Guild Wars 2

Hello Folks,

Been playing GW2 since release and I really like it. That said It has been a couple of years now and we can look back and take stock. The weapon swap of underwater combat feels like too much. So much so, that I avoid it, and when forced to engage in it for PVE, I always let out a sigh of frustration. I lose my weapons, some of my abilities are unavailable. I have a whole new hot bar to manage…It is not fun at all, at least for me. It was a nice idea, but in practice, I have no desire to explore these abilities, I want to use my regular abilities, perhaps those regular abilities could be modified underwater, but switching weapons…and on top of that, I have 2 underwater weapons…I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I am not into it.

My friends and wife who play all feel exactly the same way, which is a shame because the mechanics are getting in the way of enjoying some great scenery. Barring the one guy who comes on here raging about how great it is, and accusing me of being lazy (You are the guy who proves the rule) Don’t you all think this was a nice idea that doesn’t really work, or add anything to the game?

I just want to get an exotic aqua breather with the right stat combos.

They are likely phasing out the “underwater world.”
It was a good concept but probably ran into “issues” and was dumped altogether.

Heck even some of the newer skins don’t have underwater versions.
Also the majority of content is on the surface including all of the current LS (last few releases as well)

At the least we can say underwater will be limited to exploration or just taken out (with an convoluted explanation).

Morsus.5106:

I just want to get an exotic aqua breather with the right stat combos.

I wish they get rid of them and let us just use our normal headgear instead.

I don’t know what’s so awful about underwater combat. I personally find it very refreshing from all the land combat. And so what if you have to use underwater weapons and skills? Isn’t some diversity better? I sure wouldn’t like the underwater combat to get removed just because some players don’t like it.

And how would you fight Bubbles, the water Elder Dragon if not underwater? Do you expect it to get washed on the shore by a huge tsunami?

Morsus.5106:

I just want to get an exotic aqua breather with the right stat combos.

A – Freakin’ – Men, Brotha (or Sista)!

Arctinus, I am not suggesting removing underwater combat. Just the alternative weapons.

I understand how frustrating underwater combat can be for some players, especially since most of the time the combat is on land. That’s why most people can’t even get used to their trident/spear/harpoon gun skills. Especially if you have many alts you occasionally play with. Not to mention you usually have to change your utility/elite skills. My guardian, for example, has only one underwater elite skill.

So maybe they should start working on improving underwater skills in such a way, that they would make most land skill available underwater. Make a map with mostly underwater combat where players can get used to their underwater weapons and skills. I don’t see a problem with switching weapons when underwater the same way as when you switch between your weapon sets or when you adjust your skills according to the situation.

I still can’t see swords, maces, torches, shields and so on, to be used instead of current underwater weapons. :P

Underwater just needs a separate trait set, allow us to use our normal headgear and allow us to use way more utility/weapon skills.

There’s no compelling reason why we can’t use most of the normal weapons. Speargun instead of rifle/pistol makes sense, but since we can swim at full speed in water, why can’t we swing the other weapons through it just as easily?

Just say that the water in Tyria is oxygenated enough to breathe like air.

Well, atleast they could salvage Polearms out of the Spear weapons for land use.
Spearguns? Dunno if they load them with arrows instead or something…

Well, if they get something, perhaps Daggers and some other weapons could be used underwater, but I dunno what else tho.

FrostSpectre.4198:

Well, atleast they could salvage Polearms out of the Spear weapons for land use.
Spearguns? Dunno if they load them with arrows instead or something…

Well, if they get something, perhaps Daggers and some other weapons could be used underwater, but I dunno what else tho.

I see npcs using land weapons underwater, so there’s no excuse we can’t :p

emikochan.8504:

Just say that the water in Tyria is oxygenated enough to breathe like air.

Might as well use torch xD

I like my Kraitkin & soon to be Frenzy…don’t want them removed.

But I would like underwater combat to have a little more attention. Probably will once Bubbles rises.

Beldin.5498:

I wish they get rid of them and let us just use our normal headgear instead.

Thiiiis!

I like the underwater weapons/skills just fine. Trying to use an axe/sword/bow etc underwater would seem very strange to me. You do need to learn how the underwater weapons & skills work, but how is that different from figuring out how the different land weapons & skill work? Just more to learn. What’s wrong with that?