Guild Wars 2

This was brought up in another thread, but after seeing it, thought it would actually be a rather good change to banners.

When you place a banner, depending on the one you use, it would create a combo field akittens location (only while planted):

- Strenght = Fire
- Defence = Ice
- Discipline = Lighning
- Tactics = Water
- Battle = Dark

Perhaps even the banner skills themselves can be different depending on the banner you are holding, giving more diversity per situation.

Um… Are you suggesting that banners generate a permanent combo field?

That would be way OP.

Not permanet
When sumoned or planted, generate a specifc combo field for 2 or 3 seconds.
This could come via warriors (on summon or plant), but other players could do it with “plant”.

The trait “Powerfull Banner” could allow warriors to do it. But if the banner itself do it, allyes could beneficts and share responsability.

I actually like your idea.It will give more incentive to pick up the banner and buff with them and when you ’’plant’’ them after that as you said you will be rewarded with a combo field.
Why i like it?Because you stop dpsing or healing or reflecting or what ever you were doing and you are focusing to play with the banner.

I approve anything that makes more lightning fields. I mean come on only two skills in the whole game that make lightning fields is ridiculus

Question: banner’s combo finisher blast would be applied before or after the combo field?
If before, then it would make them interesting
The problem here is that ArenaNet cares a lot about class/skills coherency: you’ll never see a Warrior casting spells, so why should he has “magic” banners?