Guild Wars 2

Are there any players out there that you would like To see some traits that allow you to use only one to hander I really don’t like the idea of having to switch out of the big heavy two hander in the middle of the fight.

So can we just played a warrior dedicated two only using one weapon? And I don’t mean swapping from great sword two hammer. I just want to specialize an only a great sword or only a hammer.

whats stopping you? just dont equip anything in the other set.

why dont you… you know… not switch weapons?

Because like I said in my post it severely kittens my dps. I said I’d like some traits that’s gives buff two only using one set. Even if it’s not a big buff it’s OK

Even if I’m a slight disadvantage it’s OK. Right now I am severely kittened.

I realize I can just not switch but I don’t want to be kittened

kittened = weak

First, the forum autocorrects “gi mp ed” to “kittened”….
Furthermore I am specifically referring to cutting my special abilities in half if I only dedicate to one weapon set and also its lessens my DPS

I suggest cutting cool downs by ¾ if I choose two only use one weapon. And two allow this only for hammer and great sword

It just doesn’t feel right to swap big two hander weapons midfight.

2 sec cd on hundred blades, goodbye dual axes in sPvP, hello OPness!
PvP: Bulls charge -> hundred blades, bolas -> hundred blades, stomp -> hundred blades. That guy lived somehow, chase him into the ground with rush on 5sec cd.

PvE: Rush with 5 sec cd, mounts no longer requested by players, greatsword warrior is now most selected class to play.

Seriously though, I assume your using GS for the damage. Have you tried dual axes, i believe they are more damage overall and the 5 skill is the bomb. Greatsword was much more powerful in the betas but i think that the axes trumps it now. I know that swapping weapons is annoying, especially when you like the look or power of one. This happens to my ranger, I just auto attack things to death while I wait for my skills to cool down.

Re reads OP and realizes that most of what I said is irrelevant lol.

I do believe your making yourself more of a kitten if you don’t take advantage of weapons swaps as there are sigils you can get that give you good bonuses on weapons swap

No. Same reason you don’t use 1 atunement on ele. It’s how the class is designed and meant to be played.

By the way, if it’s not too obvious, there are greatsword only traits in the Arms trait line. Drops GS cooldowns by 20% and another one that grants might on critical hits with GS.

Just equip two GS’s if you really need to.

Or, equip a ranged weapon just for having a ranged option. If you spec for GS with the 20% ability cooldown it’s not like you can’t already use the abilities often enough without weapon swapping.

The swapping adds depth and skill to the gameplay. Nobody HAS to weapon swap, but they are rewarded for doing so since it make’s their gameplay more complex and skill based.

Can’t you just equip two greatswords and switch them? Doesn’t that reset the cooldowns? I play ele main so I don’t remember offhand.

Now you cannot just swap weapons and have both weapons be great sword. It does nothing to call downs remained the same. It’s the same with any other weapon if I equip main handed axe in both weapons sets even when I switch sets the cool downs for the axe remain the same.

Yes I know there are some traits that benefit the great sword but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t still kittened to play with only the great sword. I would just like to see a bit more of a buff. I don’t want to be overpowered I just want to p on par or at least close to on par with other players.

When you say no that’s not have the class is designed my reply is that is why I am suggesting a change. My change is requested due to the fact that I think a warrior should be dedicated to using a single weapon if he chooses and secondly that I view it is extremely awkward two imagine a furious two hander wielding warrior stowaway his big weapon and pull out another big weapon.

The bonus to only using one weapon is not having to worry about speccing traits into that weapon and it being a waste while you’re on swap I guess. But seriously, at least you can equip another one of whatever you are using in your other weapon slot to take advantage of weapon swap buffs and bonuses, engineers can’t even do that.

Wow if you only ever use 1 weapon then unfortunately you are placing yourself at a massive disadvantage, I hope to god i dont ever find you in a dungeon group with me.

Did your even read my post? My whole point was saying that right now if I choose two only equip a one weapon I am severely hindered in terms of dps and abilities. That’s why I’m asking 40 bulk in traits for warriors and possibly Guardians if they choose to specialize in only one two hander weapon.

The current trait of which reduces great sword cool downs by 20% is a good start but it’s not enough.

Although I don’t really see this happening, I feel for the OP. To be honest, I’m starting to really dislike how they did weapons and swapping in GW2. Shocking, I know.

When you first hear about it, it sounds awesome. You get 2 weapon sets to switch between freely? And a load of weapons to choose from? Woo!

But… it doesn’t really become a choice save for maybe pure solo PVE. If you don’t swap, you’re forgoing a huge chunk of effectiveness. But maybe only one weapon really fits your style. Doesn’t matter. Since we can swap, we’ll be expected to swap. For example, you’ll be expected to have some kind of ranged option for many situations.

I guess it all wouldn’t be so bad if weapons didn’t just feel like skins for a different set of skills. To me it doesn’t really feel like you’re a swordsman when you wield a greatsword. It just feels like you’re using high DPS skills with good mobility. It certainly never feels like you’re deftly and expertly dual wielding anything, be it swords or axes or maces or some mix. You’re just deciding which skills you want in your 1-3 and 4-5 slots, be it for condition damage, direct damage, or CC.

All in all, weapons just feel like “skins” for different sets of skills to me.

I dunno if that’s even a good explanation but I think it’s sort of along the lines of the OP’s issue with swapping. He has to swap to another weapon not because the Warrior is a master of weapons, but because if he doesn’t he’s simply missing out on half of his weapon skills. At that point you could care less about the weapon itself, just what skills or playstyle it brings to the table. It makes for a weird way to do weapons.