Guild Wars 2

Banners are probably the most hated ability type for warriors. The problem isn’t the bonuses from them being too weak, oh no, the problem is actually using them. They are environmental weapons we can spawn that no one ever wants to use as an environmental weapon. They’re used as a fire-and-forget buff during static fights.

Banners need to be easier to use and especially to reposition. Thus i propose two changes.

The first being changing all banners’ utilities to a sequence skill** with the second ability in the sequence being “pull banner” which pulls the banner to your hands from anywhere within XY range.

The second is a change to the ability Place Standard (banner #5) to Throw Banner within XY range.

What these changes would do would grant the warrior quick and easy access to their own banner’s abilities while also making them easy to reposition. I think that is the key to making banners more useful, making them easier to reposition.

**http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sequence_skill