Guild Wars 2

So.. I personally don’t like having to pick up and move banners, though their buffs n party wide benefits are great.

So what if, just an idea, banners were mobile, as in: you summon a little asura that carries a banner, and follows you, immune to dmg and what not, because we don’t condone killing progeny.

And maybe, one banner can also provide pulses of stability, perhaps banner of defense.

However, since they’d be mobile, maybe make the area of effect a little smaller?

I mostly just want a bunch of asura following me.

ooohh love this idea, this would be super cute!

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Ven Zehn.6573:

I mostly just want a bunch of asura following me.

Your ulterior motive has been noted. XD

Not too keen on the actual suggestion, though. Banner as designed pretty much forces you to discard it ASAP. One thing I’d like to see for banners is to be as useful in hand as some of the Elementalist weapons. That way, being a more mobile buff dispenser has its advantages.

Personally would just like banner CD trait and the old Forceful Banner trait I think. So the banner does damage when u cast it. But make it meaningful damage like 5k Damage.

Warlord.9074:

Personally would just like banner CD trait and the old Forceful Banner trait I think. So the banner does damage when u cast it. But make it meaningful damage like 5k Damage.

I’d love the CD reduction to return on the trait. Or have the cooldown reduced to 15 seconds after the banner expires (105 seconds).

Damage on cast is really lackluster, even if it’s fairly high. But, add in a traited Banner #5 that does the same damage, and we’d have something hilarious to use.

I guess my idea with making the banners mobile, and no longer an item you can interact with stems from the idea of engi drones, spirits unbound (don’t remember if that still exists for ranger) or a revenant’s buffs. Something you can summon, and kind of forget till cooldown is done and you can summon another. (only reason for having asura carry it is to make it something practical as far as looks, you could instead have the banner summon n attach to your back, like those Japanese standard bearers)

As it is, people generally don’t pick up a banner unless by accident, there just isn’t much reason to, except maybe the blast finisher. Damage on banner 5 + banner summon would be nice though.