Guild Wars 2

With raids coming it would be a great time for build templates since we’ll be switching specs and gear.

I was thinking about this when it was “officially” announced yesterday.

We’ll have: Raids, WvW, PvP, PvP Stronghold, Standard PvE, Dungeons, World Boss PvE.

And each of these might require different builds, or at least a “tweak” on your standard build.

Did I miss anything?

Not everyone likes using the same build for all of the above (I know I don’t) but switching isn’t exactly tricky. That being said: Build templates would enable people to play around with more builds “on the fly” than they can now.

I for one would love to see build templates, even if it meant I had to use a bag slot for all my “extra equipment.”

Gear is the biggest thing. Remebering to switch out each piece and then switch back.

uhohhotdog.3598:

Gear is the biggest thing. Remebering to switch out each piece and then switch back.

They could make two separate systems. One is the build templates, and the other is the gear sets. Gear sets is the improved version of weapon sets in Guild Wars 1, where you can set certain weapons in your inventory to one of four keybindings. For example, you can have a two-handed scythe as your first weapon set, and a sword and shield as your second weapon set. In gear sets, not only can you swap weapons, you can swap other armor and trinkets as well. To reduce abuse, there could be a “cast time” of sorts, when changing from one gear set to another. You have to complete this cast time in order to change to your desired gears, ie. do not get attacked while changing, stay out of combat, etc.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Weapon_set