Guild Wars 2

Realy need to make these instant and indestructible to be viable at a start. Mor ethings is needed but I think that would be a start…

And why should they do this?

I have no idea, but how about making turrets for engineers and clones/phantasms for mesmers indestructible too.

They don’t need to be indestructible. They were at one point and that was way to over powered for sPvP. They just need to be useful, which in the current state of the game only the shield is, and then only in very rare instances. Its whatever though, I have no idea how to actually change it, although there are enough ideas being thrown about on the forums.

the only one that ever feels like it is worth a utility slot to me is the shield, and even then it is only at a few places and situations:

a few PVE champions where you can’t see what you need to evade/block over the spell effects and hordes of players, pets and mobs. dungeons, and in WvW/sPVP if you pull it out at the exact right time. (think defending a lord’s room, spawning it the instant before a huge zerg rushes you)

the thing is so weak though if you spawn it at the wrong time or place and expose it to an AOE or sword strike it will be dead before it can be of much use. it also only creates stationary absorption bubbles and then roots itself. so, too much micro-management and uselessness for fights that make you move make it very situational.

the other ones.. i don’t know.. their active moves you can make them perform also destroy them, they have low survivability, they have low uptime, unreliable AI, ect. ect.

imagine if they were built into the guardian traitlines like necro pets. had 100% uptime to make up for loosing a very important utility slot. survived like proper pets should and had effects and active moves that were balanced around that playstyle.

as it is the asura golem racial elites are usually better.

Well i agree that it may be a big problem in spvp. But i should have stated that were i like to play (WvWvW) spiritweapons are usless. First of all it is to long to spawn them. Second is the hp is way to low. So easy to burst down and in a bigger fight 10+ they are destroyd in seconds.