Guild Wars 2

I tried posting this before on my phone at work but I guess it never got posted, so here it is again. As an old school tank I think it would be pretty epic if Guardians could dual wield shields. The first 3 abilities could be offensive/defensive in nature.

1) Could be a single target attack like Shield bash.
2) Could be a AOE attack like Shield Swipe.
3) Could be an Interrupt.

all the primary weapon abilities could passively increase damage absorption with a decrease to DPS.

Keep the 4 and 5 abilities the same.

Go with a self healing build to increase aggro.

lolwut?!

Tanking isn’t needed in this game.

dual shield would look super stupid. guardian needs dual sword and a longbow

VowOfCarnage.6927:

lolwut?!

Tanking isn’t needed in this game.

It may not be needed but we were given the impression that we could build any type of character that we wanted to be free of the Trinity, well I’m interested in building a character that is not needed because I enjoy that play style and Arenanet said that I could I have that freedom as well when this game was being developed.

Problem is that once harder content starts to roll out, a build that allows a player just to stand there and tank it will become mandatory.

I think you guys are forgetting that it is (almost) impossible to hold agro off your team 100% of the time with no provoke based skills. That being said, duel weilding shields not only looks silly, but is physically impossible; if you have two tower shields in your hands, they would both take took much space infront of you to be able to even move them freely. I respect your idea, but i believe there are much better possibilities than a mainhand shield. Its like giving warriors a mainhand warhorn.

That is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. Something that might be cool if they added was if you had 2 guardians who used the 5 ability for shield together while stacked on top of each other if it expanded the area. but other then that there is nothing wrong with the weapon combos and abilities of guardians. They are already amazing support alone and can make a huge difference in any group if played right.

Well admittedly the War Horn was supposedly OP by biblical standards if you take the Old Testament at face value :P

Rather than 2 shields, i’d like a weapon class like a halberd
Or even be able to equip spear on ground with a shield, and run around like Spartans
And yes a few of the spear skill should be throwing it at someone.

we had this discussion only a few days back on this forum…

going for a brass monkey from hellwith dual shields…

my suggestion back then was to make it optional 2h with 3 offensive and 2 defensive skills. increase the shield skin size to 150% and your good to go…

i’d rather have a completely new weapon though halberd sounds nice. 2h axe would get my vote as well as daul mace. i would kill for dual mace!

I agree, I have been wanting to see this in a game for a long time now.
And no one says it’s a tank, more like a class with less focus on damage and more on defensive buffs and blocks.

Oxstar.7643:

I agree, I have been wanting to see this in a game for a long time now.
And no one says it’s a tank, more like a class with less focus on damage and more on defensive buffs and blocks.

I gotcha so it’s all about the phrasing and the lingo, I want what he’s selling; and make it a build that’s a little bit kitten as well ( kitten is synonymous with noob am I right)

this is fantasy gaem dual wielding shields is magic

If we don’t take into account the fact that dual-wielding shields simply sounds wrong (at least for me) where would the character, for example, keep both shields? Both of them on the back? Surely not. And just trying to imagine my character running with two shields I cannot stop laughing. So a no from me. Dual swords would be better! :P

Apparently no one is familiar with Samurai Jack. He dual wields shields and kicks Spartan butt

Sandra Martino.3870:

Problem is that once harder content starts to roll out, a build that allows a player just to stand there and tank it will become mandatory.

Or you know, people could get better at timing dodges, blocks, evades, etc which is what the gameplay is all about: active user input.

OreoWolf.9564:

Its like giving warriors a mainhand warhorn.

I can just imagine, “Oh god here comes a warrior dual warhorn one-man-band build!”

:O

Mikemad.2495:

OreoWolf.9564:

Its like giving warriors a mainhand warhorn.

I can just imagine, “Oh god here comes a warrior dual warhorn one-man-band build!”

:O

Bard class is real!!!

It looks silly, (as I picture it on top of my head, and it is already using the legendary shield) but hey, it’s your build so who am I to judge? lol

Anyways, this build should have as few “offensive” skills as it can get, say: (I used google translate as I like the idea of putting the skill name to latin but I know so little latin so don’t go grammar kitten on me lol)

Skill 1 – Percutiat Defensus (3rd strike has chance to stun for 1s)
Skill 2 – Confortare Incurrens (Run towards a single target enemy, deal damage, Knockback)
Skill 3 – Benedictione Dei – Removes 1 random Condition and grants Stability and Protection to allies around in a small radius for 3s.
Skill 4 – Repercussa Spinis – Grants Retaliation and has a chance to Knockback enemies when they hit for 5s.
Skill 5 – Lex Defensio – Immovable – All allies in a small radius gains “Block 2 hits” for 5s.

Love how this thread is at the top of the guardian forum carry on