Guild Wars 2

What if the Forceful Greatsword trait allowed for ANY melee weapon to grant a stack of might on crit not just greatsword?

Now, this would not affect the +% damage or recharge reduction greatsword receives from the Forceful Greatsword trait, just what if the might on crit component applied to all melee weapons.

I personally love running axe/mace or axe/shield but it’s just not fun being told that I have to use greatsword, not because other people say it but because anet made it the only weapon capable of reliably stacking might on warrior.

What are all of your thoughts on this? (This is not intended to be a QQ thread or a spot to complain, just an idea I have been mulling over and would like to hear other opinions on it.)

Yeah, it’s been mentioned several times over the past year. It’s probably the best tweak for people who want to use PS in pve but who have a general aversion to gs.

Do know that if anyone is pressuring you hard to use gs now, it probably wouldn’t stop even if the trait was changed as suggested because gs would still be the better might generating weapon.

It wouldn’t be a power creep for the class at all, so I can’t see anyone being against it really.

Choppy.4183:

Yeah, it’s been mentioned several times over the past year. It’s probably the best tweak for people who want to use PS in pve but who have a general aversion to gs.

Do know that if anyone is pressuring you hard to use gs now, it probably wouldn’t stop even if the trait was changed as suggested because gs would still be the better might generating weapon.

It wouldn’t be a power creep for the class at all, so I can’t see anyone being against it really.

Right, I started playing again just before HoT (before that last time I played was beta) and I am not against playing PS for the group support (in fact I like it because it makes me valuable to the group), I am just bored of greatsword and only greatsword being the weapon of choice for it. My thought process behind it was it doesn’t seem like there would be any power creep and it would give a little more freedom on weapon choice (increasing fun for me and possibly others) while still filling that group support role.

Another reason I was mulling this idea over is the fact that it wouldn’t penalize us (while being PS) for swapping weapons either so we could still swap for additional CC as needed (or any other reason we came up with / wanted) and still provide might stacks to the group.

I’ve been running a PS type of warrior in wvw only instead of GS, I run a MH axe with a sigil of strength and a OH shield traited. This along with For Great Justice and Signet of Rage does help stack might (8 off the bat and the others trickle in with blocks(shield) and crits from Marauders gear/Axe), and empower allies is up as well. I have rifle on swap because I find ranged very handy in wvw.
The shield allows for a stun—which sets up Eviscerate and it allows me to get into towers blocking and stacking might all along the way. GS doesn’t offer the personal DPS that MH axe does, nor the utility that shield offers in wvw IMO. This setup also works in pve well enough.

Hope this helps.

Mazdan.2071:

I’ve been running a PS type of warrior in wvw only instead of GS, I run a MH axe with a sigil of strength and a OH shield traited. This along with For Great Justice and Signet of Rage does help stack might (8 off the bat and the others trickle in with blocks(shield) and crits from Marauders gear/Axe), and empower allies is up as well. I have rifle on swap because I find ranged very handy in wvw.
The shield allows for a stun—which sets up Eviscerate and it allows me to get into towers blocking and stacking might all along the way. GS doesn’t offer the personal DPS that MH axe does, nor the utility that shield offers in wvw IMO. This setup also works in pve well enough.

Hope this helps.

Problem with that though is you will NEVER hit 25 might stacks, which greatsword can. Due to that greatsword will achieve higher DPS.

Additionally, I am NOT looking for a non-GS PS build. The thought was what if/should arenanet allow us to might stack reliably with every melee weapon, not just GS, to open up more build diversity while maintaining our role in groups.