Guild Wars 2

Since traits/specializations seem to be separate for PvP, PvE, and WvW now, it only makes sense to have a separate skillbar for WvW, like how PvE and PvP have it.

I’m sure I’m not the first to notice this, but has Anet acknowledged this? Will they make this change soon?

Is that going to include traits, as well?

when is next release?

If past releases are anything to go by it will be a Tuesday at some indeterminate point in the future. Once upon a time we might have speculated it to be every other Tuesday, but right now there is no real basis for such speculation.

And what about dual gearing?

WvW uses different gear from PvE, and in WvW players have more than one build again with a different set of gear.

Would rather press one button than have to open up the equipment panel and drag each armour piece, then open up the traits panel and reset traits.

Gear swap: when is that happening?

Merlin Heir.9021:

Gear swap: when is that happening?

I don’t thing that is likely to happen any time soon, at least not done well… ie. they could probably do something akin to how PvP gear wast at launch, in other words require you to use separate gear not make it an option. Otherwise there are number of issues where items might get accidentally duplicated (unless they allow creation or conversion of special gear from existing items only applicable to WvW or something).

Either way it seems rather finicky to me. WvW uses the PvE ruleset for gear and stats and it has always had the benefit of being able to level up and gear a toon in WvW and then take it out to PvE if one wants to do so (my go to currency for exotics is still badges of honor or crafting for alts, depending on stats but often I still start off in WvW gear, I don’t want that to change if gear management for WvW were to change)-

I rather they do a proper management of builds that is applicable to both WvW and PvE (including gear), as well as templates for sPvP, than try and separate gear for WvW itself. So in other words, I would rather wait for a more comprehensive system than look for WvW specifc solution in the interim that could be more limiting in sense than what we have right now.

Please give us separate weapons as well. It’s so annoying to swap every time I wanna do pvp or leave it.

What about “just adding” a tab system in the gear and specialization panel, like the ones already present (weapon/utilities/traits) on the left of the specialization menu.

“Just duplicate” there, put them on top of the “right” section of the window, with appropriate icons (like the short-cuts ones) and it would be quite fine as is.

I would say, in case a piece of gear is missing in one panel, use “any” gear present in the other, if there is one. Like if you only want to replace your chest piece, you only that piece in the WvW panel, and all the other gear is taken from the PvE panel.
PvP would still use it’s own system.

You can use the same for skills too

Nice. All that’s left is some way to unlock and quickly switch between unlocked item-stats combinations, and we can have a proper template system even for PvE/WvW without having to carry an inordinate or even outright impossible amount of gear in the inventory.

I noticed the separate traits too. When I first logged in and set my traits in PvE then went to WvW they were reset. I was like what? It took until my 2nd toon to even realize lol.

Until we get the build templates, stuff like this really helps. Thanks!

BillFreist.1527:

Your guess is as good as mine if and when this will happen.

Hint: My guess is the next release.

Thanks for the hint <3

BillFreist.1527:

Your guess is as good as mine if and when this will happen.

Hint: My guess is the next release.

I just hope the skill usage will stay the same….. Conditions are interesting as is…

I hope this means I can enter WVW with my selected weapons, gear and traits and when leaving it will save me changing armor, redoing traits and changing rings as well.

last thing which would be awesome, have my wvw food keep it’s duration until I arrive back in wvw instead of me having to switch it each time. it tends to cost me a lot of food. each time being 5 minutes getting gear ok, upping food …

Thank you! 14 chars

Guild Wars had templates that allowed you to swap skills, etc without having to remember every skill or where your attributes were.

15 years later Guild Wars 2 promises to bring in some simplified version of it in the next release….and is that ‘next release’ mean the next expansion or next patch…

I forgot, which game came first?

So, is there a chance that skills will be balanced separately for each game mode?

Zero Day.2594:

So, is there a chance that skills will be balanced separately for each game mode?

I think Bill means just your skill template not actual balancing , still nice as i have totally diffrent builds for pvp/pve/wvw

That the best solution IMO. PvP and PvE both have elements that can be game breaking to one another when balancing comes into play.

I wanted to add that it was reassuring to see a developer post in WvW. Thank you for that. /salute