Guild Wars 2

I dont know where else to go, so I will put it here.

First let me state I love the game, despite the fact that sometimes I get frustrated at the balance of classes (specifically the poor staff ele which keeps suffering indirect nerfs after nerfs). But that aside, I would like to propose the inclusion of a new weapon to elementalists.

A while ago I made a threat which I recently bumped and to my surprise it got upvoted quite the bit, earning the (+1*) and several people agreeing with it, only a very vocal minority was opposed to it and they received no upvotes, so it is safe to assume this option is quite popular.

Why:

First I will start with the game’s sake: Many people LOVE the greatswords skins, they are by far the most aesthetically beautiful and variated, with even 2 legendaries. Another big reason $$$, BELIEVE ME , happy customers are spending costumers. Take me for example, college broken student who recently lost his job. Usually Im quite tight with video games, bought the game cuz not subscription fee, yet I have spent more money on it than I care to admit, but that on ly happens when Im happy. I bought gems when I beat Liadri, havent used it. I bought gems with the staff buffs, bought the perma gathering tools. I bought gems with the the Zephir. If I, broken guy care to spend money to support a game I enjoy, other people who spend it just because will spend even more! Money aside, eye candy works, If Im having fun while enjoying what I see then I will be a happier gamer.

Possible problem; Elite

Lets face it, other than killing Subject Alpha in CoE or escaping (badly since it has a casting time) in WvW, that sword has no significant buff and more often than not you tend to get angry when someone picks up the other sword if you were planning to use it in combat. So I will throw a stupid suggestion; replace the elite with another that increases the “effectivity” of the ele based on the element currently tuned, ex Fire is massive amount of power, water is healing, lighting is % crit, earth is defense or something around that style, be creative.

Please Anet, Im sure you know whats best fot your company and I have trusted it for years, Im sure you can see how one of the most popular classes (gameplay wise) who have bit the dust for so long could use some boost!

/Cheers

-Fortus

lupercaleb.6041:

kind of a weird place to put a suggestion

anyway if i were to expect a new weapon for ele, it’d be mace or sword. no conjured weapons of them

Here is the thing, other than the skin, most people would rather be able to pick the “skin” of the weapon, we already have Volcanus in game! If someone decided to have the same look then they can get the sword (which isnt too hard to get now) Basically it is a win-win situation for everyone!

I mean, in a game where aesthetics are all we can conclude that looking good while having fun is a major plus!

Firey Great sword is awesome and you shall speak ill of it no further.

It is a good skill on dungeons indeed, in PvP its questionale except for running with your tails between the legs, in which case it is as effective as warriors. But imagine if suddenly you were able to use those skills AND also new skills on water, lighting and earth! Imagine all the neat combinations, wouldnt you like that?! I know I would, and thats we would get if instead of an elite limited to fire we were to get GS as a 2H weapon!