Guild Wars 2

I just tested something out. Although I’m sure many know of this already. I equipped the same weapon set twice. I’m leveling a mesmer and I put sword/torch as both sets (I find this set really fun). Unfortunately when you switch after using the skill, the timer remains. Having both sets the same is no different than having just the one set.

Would it be too much to change this? For most of the professions I’ve played I tend to favor a particular two hander or one hander set. I think it would be great if the CD wasn’t shared.

So as it is now…

You use a skill with a 30 sec CD. You switch to the other identical set (two seconds pass by the time you press the button and you switch), now there are 28 seconds remaining on the skill and now you have an 8 second (is it 8?) CD on your swap.

How I’d like it….

You use a skill with a 30 sec CD. You take two seconds to swap and you now have an 8 second CD on your swap. Within that 8 seconds, you use that same skill but with the other set. Once the 8 seconds is over, you take another 2 seconds to switch again. Since it took two seconds to switch, wait 8 seconds for the swap CD to be over, and take 2 seconds to swap again, 12 seconds in total has passed since you cast the first skill. So that fist skill would still have 18 seconds remaining on the CD.

As it is now, if you just go with one set and only use one set, you are playing a handicapped game. You are handicapping yourself plain and simple. You don’t want the handicap, then you take on two sets that you can work with. This gives you two sets of skills to use in combat. But why not allow people to use the one set without the handicap? They will still be required to purchase/make a second weapon set (same as everyone else) and they’ll be required to throw in sigils (same as everyone else). They too should get the same number of weapon skills to work with (even if it’s just the same set twice).