Guild Wars 2

I posted this in the guardian ranged weapon thread but also thought Id post here for a discussion

I would change the sceptres three abilities, change the slow tennis ball into a fast beam ability, change smite into an ability that repeatedly strikes a single target every few seconds for 10 seconds with a bolt of smiting goodness or whatever, chains of light is fine.

I would then change the focus to make it long ranged because it doesnt really fit any roles at the moment and seems pretty useless, and there are much better off hands to use, perhaps changing the first focus ability into a fairly long cooldown but powerfull instant cast long ranged attack to be used while moving, and making the second one either an AoE or defensive ability

Another change I would like to see is a skill chain for the staffs 1 attack, it seems a bit too weak at the moment and needs something to make it a bit more powerfull when orb and symbol arnet on cooldown, perhaps the first is the normal attack, the second causes burning and the third does a bit conal AoE but has a cast time

Any thoughts on this?

I’d leave sceptre alone, but I do admit that Staffs’ 2nd and 4th skills are USELESS.
The slow moving orb is not helping at all, either healing nor damage. Who really does use 4th skill? I’d complain about the damage of the Staff but, as if it is SUPPORT thingy it can be.

… Cerativ, you have no idea what you are talking about. Staff is an excelent weapon, just because YOU suck with it, doesnt mean its a bad choice. the 4th slot skill is the best skill on that bar and the orb has very high dps if you dont detonate.

i would love to see a septer rework, right now its just really akward to play. the staff i think does its job right but i wouldnt mind some buffs to healing or damage

I’d really like to see a shortbow, or longbow for Guardians. They’re lacking a ranged method of applying conditions and I believe one of those two weapons would be great for it. You could add some ghostly fire particles to one of the skills and call it a day.

The Focus is a great off-hand, leave it alone.

As for the Scepter, the main issues are that Smite doesn’t pulse and Orb of Wrath is just too slow.

Simply, fix the scepter so that #1 is more consistent and not easily LOS’d/Out Ranged.

To do this:
1. The orb needs to be considerably sped up (similar to a rangers arrow/shot)
2. The range needs to be consistent as some times when dealing with Z the range is shortened considerably.