Guild Wars 2

Back when I was using my warrior and using Banner of Discipline do more damage and get around and stuff. But as I drop it to kill mobs/do hearts etc. random kittens always comes along and makes off with it.

Then again this happened again recently while I’m map exploring. I want to kill mobs efficiently so I do not want to have to use sword/horn and greatsword to get around and have to forgo the banner, ’cause world exploration is boring the second time around as well as the rewards are outdated time vs reward wise.

Please make it so only party members can pick up your banners.

Yours sincerely,
Unhappy banner-thief victim

I second this. I get so annoyed after summoning a banner, to supply me its effects as well as passive health regeneration, only to have some random passerby stride in and take it away. Most of the time, I don’t even notice it’s gone until I no longer have the regeneration boon. Then, I look around a bit only to notice that it is, indeed, gone. I look at my utilities bar and see that I still have X seconds until the banner is off cool down. Until it’s up again, I don’t have my regeneration. It’s very frustrating.

I know banners are environmental weapons, and that they can be taken by any allies as soon as they’re summoned, but I really wish said weapons can only be picked up by the summoner or their party members. I don’t mind everyone getting the regeneration boon from my banner, that’s why it’s there, but having them take it and run off with it is what really gets to me.

Okay, maybe making it so that only party members/the summoner can take the summoned environmental weapon is unfair. All right, but at least tweak it so that the environmental weapon is somewhat tied to its summoner. Like, if some random person takes it and tries to run off with it, it returns to the summoner’s foot after a certain distance (400-600 units? I think that’s fair) is created between said weapon and the summoner.

And it’s not just banners. I’ve seen people run off with an elementalist’s fiery greatsword. I feel bad for those eles, really, unless they intended to summon that weapon so random people can actively use them.