Guild Wars 2

I play a charr necro and I hate the axe animation skills.

Skill #1: bleh, the animation should more aggressive. It feels like my char is just waiving aimlessly in the air.

Skill #2: is so crap. Is it a placeholder anim that was never switched out? Seriously arena, you have an amazing art team and this is what everybody agreed on? Really?

I realize it’s entirely subjective but does anybody else feels the same?

I completely disagree about axe 2, I love the animation. it feels like im ripping into my opponents.

axe 1 however has a horrible feel to it but it is an auto attack and alot of auto attacks are the same. I rarely use axe 1 as im generally using 3 then 2 and switching between sets and death shroud.

I’d rather they fixed some bugs and made the class competitive instead of mess around with some animations.

I rly wish axe 2 dealt frontal cone damage without the need of a target

Axe1: feels (and looks) like I’m cutting grass with a slow scythe, the animation is alright IMO, but the speed is terribly slow.
Axe2: I agree with Mindx here, although it can hit for decent damage on a single target, it need something more.
Axe3: This skill is the only reason I main an axe, when in the kitten, you can hit this to cripple/reflect in an AOE, enter DS and hope there is a furry bunny or similar around to dark path too while running. Also comes in handy for slowing down anything chasing a teammate; the only well rounded skill on this weapon IMO.

edit: all in all it’s not the animations I have a problem with using an axe.

I definitely prefer the axe animation on my Asura necro over my Charr necro, especially axe1. With the the Asura, you spin around when performing axe1. Axe2 is kinda dumb on both, but at least on the Asura, the glow animation is proportionally larger than on the Charr.

My only issue is how slow the axe 1 animation is