Guild Wars 2

Hey all!

After looking at the conjure changes, I was beginning to get hopeful about them, but then I tried them, and… they still suck. The mechanics themselves aren’t terrible for the most part (note that I didn’t they were good either), but the way conjures function in combination with how elementalist functions has a clash. So in the tiny hope that Anet will actually listen to us, I’m starting this thread so we can post our suggestions for a conjures rework. They can be any suggestion, no matter how terrible, because one idea could get the ball rolling for someone else who can come up with a better idea. Also, posting lots will keep the thread from getting lost.

First, I’ll go over how they used to work and how the trait used to work, and then I’ll go over the new functionalities. Then I’ll call on everyone to make their own suggestions with reasons for them, which I’ll write down and compile into a future post.

Past functionality

You summon a weapon into your hands and onto the ground at a target area. These weapons lasted for 60 seconds in your hands and on the ground, but each had 15 charges. The trait would add 10 more charges to each weapon and also grant fire aura to ele and to anyone who picked up the ground one.

Current functionality

You summon a weapon into your hands and onto the ground at a target area. These weapons now only last for 30 seconds in your hands on the ground, but they no longer have charges, so the trait no longer adds charges. Now it reduces the CD of the conjure weapon skills.

So now I leave this thread for you to invent your own conjure functionalities. Ideally, they should work in all game modes reasonably well, and also work with base ele, Tempest and Weaver. Anet, I know you’re watching!

The conjure utility have 2 charges/ammo, with 30 sec charge/ammo recharge.
If used at your location (you are in the AoE), it summons one on your hands, otherwise it drops one at the designed location. This way you can choose to give to someone (and not use yourself) or have your it only for you (using 2 charges for 2 conjures over 60s, 120s for FGS), besides the current functionality

Conjurer trait needs to give you an aura based on conjured weapon to fit each role better.

Change Flaming Great Sword to Arcane Great Sword.
Aura on conjuring AGS is lesser arcane shield (less blocks, lower dmg).
– the AA shoots arcane missiles (lesser arcane blast, lower dgm +50% crit chance instead of 100);
– the #2 delivers a spell based on your current attunement; (spells same/similar to evasive arcana)
– the #4 activates lesser arcane wave (lower dmg, +50% crit chance instead of 100) when landing and leaves a field based on attunent (fire, ice, static, sandstorm)
– the #5 rains arcane bolts in the area;
change the looks to be something similar to chaos GS.

Ur suggestion sounds great. It would Be cool If they worked like kits… Op but cool

Honestly, they’re fantastic as is.

Allow switching attunements while using them do something.
For example.

You have an ice bow in hand you use fire atunement you fire a shot that applies might in the area and deals some damage..

For water you apply regen and and chill in the area.
For Air you apply vul and decent single target damage.
Earth you chill and and do moderate aoe.

You can change the effects for each conjured weapon and you would atleast give the illusion of not locking our selfs out of 90% of our kit for an okay weapon, i know it would have issue’s with things like overload i’m not sure how to balance around that.

But the biggest issue is that the pay of of using them for 5 skills vs the 20 u have outside that just isn’t going to happen with decent players even if you aren’t going to use those options is best to have them and not need them and need them and not have them.

Probably one of the few who enjoys camping ele

This suggestion is brilliant for doing such a thing!