Guild Wars 2

Arcing Slice should be an animation that jumps at the target, dealing high damage and gaining stability.

So.. give the great sword more mobility, and make it so people can’t stop hundred blades other than dodging?

Arcing Slice should strip 1 boon per Adren level. And have a marginally faster/smoother animation while we’re at it.

I have better idea, -35% dmg from 100b, +35% dmg for Arcing Slice. Deal?

Venirto.4208:

I have better idea, -35% dmg from 100b, +35% dmg for Arcing Slice. Deal?

So,100b, GS auto and Arcing Slice should be equal in terms of dps?

Arcing Slice should instagib anybody on the map that isn’t on my team.

Arcing Slice should have it’s animation replaced for an actual uppercut and have an knockback/blow-out that scales with Adernaline.

“Swiiiing!”

Oglaf.1074:

Arcing Slice should have it’s animation replaced for an actual uppercut and have an knockback/blow-out that scales with Adernaline.

“Swiiiing!”

i like this idea, lets listen to this guy.

Any reasonable buff is pointless on it own. Berserkers Power and Heightened Focus needs to be reviewed otherwise you won’t use it anyway since you screw your HB dps

Trump.9803:

Any reasonable buff is pointless on it own. Berserkers Power and Heightened Focus needs to be reviewed otherwise you won’t use it anyway since you screw your HB dps

No disrespect, but eff you mate.

Leave those as it is, but make the F1 abilities worth using sounds much better than “reviewing” (read: nerf) those two Traits.

Oh, how cute of you, being condescending like that.

Sigh…. ok I’ll make one attempt at getting this back to something that resembles a constructive conversation after your idiotic derailment.

Oglaf.1074:

Arcing Slice should have it’s animation replaced for an actual uppercut and have an knockback/blow-out that scales with Adernaline.

“Swiiiing!”

1) Fixing the animation is a waste of time and effort, just fix the tooltip description instead.

2) A knockback. Could be useful, but you need to actually explain why. Simply stating “add XXXXX effect” with no reasoning or context is worthless input.

Why are you people asking for an Arcing Slice buff when Eviscerate, Hammer Shock, and Kill Shot doesn’t even compare to Flurry, Skull Crack, and Combustive shot? The 3 former skills that I mentioned are in dire need of buffs more than Arcing Slice ever will.

If anything, GS is the last weapon that should EVER have its burst skill get reworked. Take care of Kill Shot, Eviscerate, and Hammer Shot first before you ask for Arcing Slice buffs.

I agree that GS’s burst should be similar of a leap but DEFIANTLY not give it stability… there is no real way to say it would give it. That is just asking for unreasonable buffs. The reason I can agree with it being a leap is due to the fact its one of the few skills that is single target for the GS and as it stands it does moderate damage while only giving a short fury buff (the power buff doesn’t work atm). Now- I think we need to define “leap”… by leap- I’m meaning making it nearly similar to guardian’s GS #2 (i think that is the one). Give it a leap range of 300 and done. 600 it gives the GS too much ‘reach’.

Now I should add- GS burst isnt the only burst in need of redesign… ALL of their bursts need reworking. I can’t think of any burst that is really worthy of being called a “burst”… Eviscerate comes rather close to being good but, it has lacking features that should be there for something a warrior should blow.

How about something defensive? Like you block attacks for 1 second during the swing.

GS already has 2 mobility skills, a ranged cripple, good DPS, good burst. So mobility, CC, stability, or immobilize would create too much synergy within the weapon’s set of skills which would devalue your other build choices while overbuffing the weapon’s effectiveness. Just a really bad idea.

There aren’t many things left that are reasonable to give to the GS. A defensive ability at least would take a little skill and awareness to make use of, and it wouldn’t create a cheesy plug and play combo.