Guild Wars 2

I just got The Moot last night and while I absolutely love it I’m a little saddened by the fact that you’re unable to use your legendary’s skin in sPvP. They’re supposed to be the “ultimate” versions of each weapon (hence why they’ll be upgraded if/when ascended weapons are released) so why do I have to downgrade when I want to play sPvP?

My first thought as to why you can’t use them in sPvP was possible concerns over balance because of their flashy/different effects. If anything though it would make fighting someone with a legendary simpler because you’d easily be able to read their animations. Asura are seen as OP in sPvP because their character and weapon models are so tiny that it’s difficult to judge what weapons/abilities/etc they’re using. Obviously being able to accurately read your animations is a very beneficial thing to the people fighting you. You’d also be able to instantly know what weapon an enemy is using, and as a result what skills they have access to, from across the map because of footsteps/aura’s/sounds/etc.

“Hmm, I wonder if that Greatsword Warrior is using Hundred Blades…”
- Oh, he’s using Sunrise/Twilight so I can see him rapidly trashing at the air from a mile away due to the super obvious trail that’s left behind whenever he swings.

“Hmm, I wonder if that Hammer Guardian is trying to use Banish on me…”
- Oh, he’s using Juggernaut so his drawn-out underhanded swing (Banish’s animation) is super obvious because it leaves behind a trail of quicksilver.

If this meant that using a legendary is too much of a “handicap” for some then they could simply chose not to use it; everyone wins.

It doesn’t seem like it would be hard to implement either. When you soulbind a Legendary it could just send you a PvP-only version in the mail or some other method of distribution could be used.

Because sPvP and Pve/WvWvW are two total different games, why cant i use my sPvP skins in PvE?

Im sure legendaries will be rewards of big tournaments on the future, which ofc, you wont be able to use in Pve

hharry.1967:

Because sPvP and Pve/WvWvW are two total different games, why cant i use my sPvP skins in PvE?

Im sure legendaries will be rewards of big tournaments on the future, which ofc, you wont be able to use in Pve

Like I said Legendaries are meant to be the “best” of each weapon type in the ENTIRE game including sPvP and WvW. Also, most PvP skins are available in PvE.

Legendaries are also available in sPvP, we just dont know how to get them yet. Max rank maybe? Big tourneys? As i said, they are two different games just because you farmed hours and hours in PvE doesnt mean you should have earned it for sPvP as well. Only people who is great at sPvP should get it.
Also why only legendaries? Why not every skin? After all they are just another item with shinny effects.

hharry.1967:

Legendaries are also available in sPvP, we just dont know how to get them yet. Max rank maybe? Big tourneys? As i said, they are two different games just because you farmed hours and hours in PvE doesnt mean you should have earned it for sPvP as well. Only people who is great at sPvP should get it.
Also why only legendaries? Why not every skin? After all they are just another item with shinny effects.

I don’t agree.

Also, the whole point of Legendaries is that they have more shiny effects so I don’t see how that has to do with anything.

Because you got your Legendary in PvE, PvE isn’t sPvP. As simple as that.

I would imagine having flashy and shiny weapons in PvP would be a distraction/effects covering on the screen when playing competitively, is that not the case? Don’t play much sPvP.

I’d love to see legendaries in sPvP so that when I kick there butt they can feel all embarrassed about it.

They’ll add a way to get the legendary skin in sPvP, but I since they have done their best to section off sPvP from the rest of the game, quarantining it into its own little world… I have to say that I don’t ever see them allowing the PvE legendaries to be used there.