Guild Wars 2

What if Zealot’s Speed in Zeal was changed to something along the lines of:

Zealot’s Speed:

Grants 2 seconds of Haste on Weapon Swap. 8 second cooldown

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Thoughts? Then it’d make sense to call it Zealot’s Speed!

Or they could just make the name “Zealot’s Wrath” (or make it a symbol of swiftness). :p

While they’re at it, they can change the Symbol of Swiftness icon from a shield to something swift-looking. The amount of stuff they haven’t cleaned up yet from the beta is actually pretty surprising. >_>;

It’s called Zealot’s Speed because it originally was the Symbol of Swiftness, however they changed it to Wrath after the beta.

But yes I’d like it to be something along those lines. Gain five seconds of swiftness on weapon swap.

Harbinger.8637:

It’s called Zealot’s Speed because it originally was the Symbol of Swiftness, however they changed it to Wrath after the beta.

But yes I’d like it to be something along those lines. Gain five seconds of swiftness on weapon swap.

I played Paladin in WoW and they had a similar way to get in people’s faces as the one I just proposed: it was a 50% speed increase for 5 seconds triggered by a spell on an 8 second cooldown and it really helped the class actually deliver damage.

Not having to stand in something and just gaining a burst of speed would definitely be a quality change – and it wouldn’t be op since only DPS specs could make any real use out of it. Everyone complains about overall Guardian mobility, I think this would be a way to help fix it in combat.

Because you want to ensure the top DPS status of swapping sword & GS? It really doesn’t need any help there. I have to say no thanks.

Obtena.7952:

Because you want to ensure the top DPS status of swapping sword & GS? It really doesn’t need any help there. I have to say no thanks.

Were talking about pvp here

So I have to use a sword if I wish to actually land my attacks? And yes I’m talking about PvP more than anything. I mean, I don’t see how haste would overpower DPS Guards in PvE.

I run Hammer/GS in tPvP just for the sheer amount of AoE damage this combo can land on point, though it can be difficult to actually run up to someone’s face in order to attack (i.e. in larger nodes especially).

Darek.1836:

Obtena.7952:

Because you want to ensure the top DPS status of swapping sword & GS? It really doesn’t need any help there. I have to say no thanks.

Were talking about pvp here

Perhaps you are but the impact of the suggestion still affects PVE. Any idea will affect both aspects of the game.

I had toyed with the suggestion of a 4th virtue that would give us a small increase to our attack speed, but could be activated for a decent buff to the party.

Figured it could help out with our weapons like hammer or mace. Or even increase the DPS of a glass cannon Sword/focus.

However I gave up on this because I figured it might be to overpowered.

Another offensive virtue is desirable but it would need some trait support. Hey, let’s kill two birds with one stone here Anet …