Guild Wars 2

Hello,

Banners are pretty sweet in this game, but i feel they are lacking in one perspective. wouldnt it be great if the banner had an active ability that gives a certain boon depending on the banner type?

for example, if i choose banner of discipline, and i press the active ability it would give me fury for 5 or 10 seconds. if i chose banner of tactics it would give me vigor for a few seconds. banner of defense would give protection. that sorta thing.

yes, i know i can pick up the banner and press one of the skills and it will give me a boon, but it just seems like in pvp thats a wasted motion. leme know what you guys think!

cheers!

It wouldn’t be a bad idea but banners r pretty storing as they r so I don’t see it happening

Banners are just way to overpowered already. They are, by far, the best support skills in the game. One-two clicks, constant AoE buff/support, no second thought to it, just constant support.

Not to mention the Inspiring Battle Standard trait for regen, constant regen for 94 secs. That’s a 36660 hp with no Healing Power investment.

I can only see them adding this if they nerf’d banners in some way.

ChoChoBo.6503:

Banners are just way to overpowered already. They are, by far, the best support skills in the game. One-two clicks, constant AoE buff/support, no second thought to it, just constant support.

Not to mention the Inspiring Battle Standard trait for regen, constant regen for 94 secs. That’s a 36660 hp with no Healing Power investment.

I can only see them adding this if they nerf’d banners in some way.

If they were that OP, they would be used outside PvE. But you won’t find them anywhere in WvW, and only very rarely in PvP (in custom non-meta builds). There are very good reasons for that: to truly shine, banners need to be used around many allies, which have then to stay under its area of influence. In other words, they’re impractical.

I wouldn’t mind a change, for sure – and would have no problem toning down their passive effect in exchange for active effects (without needing to equip the banner). One should still remain cautious, doing so, that banners do not end up being nerfed for PvE.