Guild Wars 2

It’s a shame that in order to use a new weapon you’re forced into using the elite spec associated with it. For example as an Engi main I love the hammer and find it really fun, but don’t like the Scrapper spec as a whole. You already gain access to the skills and profession mechanic changes that flavour that spec, and I can see problems in the future where people have to decide between effectiveness and variety.

My suggestion is that Anet implement a dedicated ‘elite spec weapon slot’ as part of the build section. The first minor of a spec can remain the thing that gives initial access to the new weapon, but by fully completing an elite spec track you will be able to use it outside of the spec in this slot. You can only choose one that can be equipped at a time but they can be swapped out of combat like everything else.

For the sake of balance this could be PvE only, or implemented carefully like some rune sets and set stats have been in PvP.