Guild Wars 2

We got a lot of fancy weapons, some better than others but thats not the point. The point is why is only weapons so flashy? Would like to see more flashy armor, with particle effects, maybe some random effects. One example could be something like the COF light armor shoulders where the balls of flame glow brighter and maybe randoms sparks, they start floating around etc. :P There is really no hard to get armor atm, this is kinda sad since they got so much potential.
Would love some feedback, ideas w.e

One of the devs stated they are planning new legendary items, which could include both more weapons and armors. This was back in October/November.

forgot to add this in so i might as well do it now. Even if devs can do better the fractal capacitor is one example of cool armors in the game, its also something to work against that you don’t simply run a dungeon 4 times and you got it, it actually is pretty hard to get. Gonna leave a link for those who wanna see. I may not agree with the fact that you have to get it trough fractals, but i don’t mind.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Fractal_Capacitor_

Vol.5241:

One of the devs stated they are planning new legendary items, which could include both more weapons and armors. This was back in October/November.

got link to the post?

torbjorn.9642:

Vol.5241:

One of the devs stated they are planning new legendary items, which could include both more weapons and armors. This was back in October/November.

got link to the post?

It was in the blogpost with the ascended introduction

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/linsey-murdock-unveils-new-high-end-ascended-gear/

“You’ll also see more Legendary items in the future and an update to our existing Legendary weapons. Legendary items were always intended to be on par with other “best-in-slot” items. So fear not, all existing Legendary weapons, which are currently on par with Exotics, will be upgraded to be on par with Ascended weapons at the same time that we add Ascended weapons to the game. Thus Legendaries will remain “best-in-slot” items. All Legendary items going forward will be of Ascended power. We also have plans to add more fun ways to acquire Legendary precursor items with a more “scavenger hunt” feel than they are acquired currently”

There is also the Halloween back piece that is a flaming book that lights everything around you.

But I think they are trying to get away from the “WoW-esque” look. With WoW, you have these extravagant shoulders that have molten lava or glowing orbs floating about with lightining striking around your face. Just seems way more dangerous than practical to be wearing those. In actuality, they would offer less protection and provide a hazard to wearing them.

So they are trying to take a more natural approach to armor so it doesn’t seem like it would cause more harm to wear it than any actual protection.

At least, that’s my thought on it.