Should there be a legendary of Caladbolg?

Should there be a legendary of Caladbolg?

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Posted by: Iristrismegistus.1293

Iristrismegistus.1293

Q:

As the title says.

While there was a delay in the new HoT legendaries, the solution that the developers went with for the remaining Set 2 legendaries was pretty genius – have the player collect shards related to specific Living World content. Granted, it removes some of the story/roleplay element of making your own legendary, but that was msotly fluff/lore.

But then I thought about the Shining Blade. And that jumped to Caladbolg. Even though the Shining Blade is a “shard” legendary, the story of the weapon does tie itself to the Living Story chapter that features it. In a way, the player is trying to recreate the sword that he/she used temporarily.

And while adding new content/journeys to make new legendaries would seem feasible, the steps for making the Caladbolg weapons are there. As in, a story exists for it. Not to mention that, like lgenedary weapons, they have a substantial difficulty/gating to them. The only limitation, perhaps, may be the cost of making the “precursor”, but that, I think, could be replaced with a similar expensive “Gift”. Perhaps add in another quest that allows the player to remake Caladbolg. But with the fairly epic nature of reforging and remaking Caladbolg, and considering that Set 2 hasn’t been finished yet, I do think there should be an option to make Caladbolg a legendary.

I mean, think about all the effects it could have – it could be similar to Kudzu, the way the Predator is similar to H.O.P.E. as an “energy” weapon. It could be a weapon that has a “purifying” effect on its enemies.

Also, and with the recent option to make legendary versios of PvP/WvW armor, I think a similar step could implemented for Caladbolg weapons.

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Posted by: Amaimon.7823

Amaimon.7823

Originally, i think yes, the legendary weapons should have been relics of the past that are real and known to be legendary. But i think it’s too late for caladbolg to still work

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Posted by: Iristrismegistus.1293

Iristrismegistus.1293

I don’t think its too late because, I think they already set up a fairly epic quest in order to reforge Caladbolg. The only thing they need to add, I feel, would be a new quest to make Caladbolg a legendary. Like, make a particular Gift that could transcend the reforged Caladbolg even further, like how Anduril was an improvement over Narsil.

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

I would agree that by now it’s too late to make Caladbolg a legendary. It not only has a new greatsword look, but it can be made into other weapons too. And that’s the major crux of the issue. It would be weird to turn an ascended scepter back into a greatsword just to make it legendary.

The reforging quest would have been a perfect chance to reforge into a precursor or something but it’s said and done.

Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.