Guild Wars 2

I would like to see banners used in an offensive setting as I think there’s potential for this.. I’m not suggesting for a change in mechanic, just a few additions to what we have now. I don’t want to make it OP so please do tell if you feel like it is. Here’s what I got in mind.

Change in Banner Timers – make banners last for ~30-45 secs and make cooldown ~60 secs (except for elite ofc). So it wont be such a waste to cast a few banners and leave them on the ground. It’ll also synergize with the following suggestions

Powerful Banners – increase damage done by ~50- 75%. Increase the aoe radius to ~180-200. I kinda like the thought of dropping banners on foes and deal a good amount of damage… Would be good to see damage around ~50-75% of arcing arrow per banner.

Inspiring Banners – add an effect where banner cast time is reduced by half or make it instant. This is to synergize with the powerful banners trait.

Demoralizing Banners(new trait suggestion) – I’m thinking this can be a master trait in tactics. Banners cause a condition on nearby enemies ( ~600 range, 5 targets max) when summoned. Condition is unique per banner:
Banner of strength – weakness for 5 secs.
Banner of discipline – 5 stacks of vuln for ~5-10 secs
Banner of defense – cripple for ~3-5 secs
Banner of tactics – 4 stacks of bleed/confusion for 5secs
Battle standard – all of the above effects. Its not an elite for nothing right? Idk too OP?

What do you think?

I think we should have Demoralizing Banners. Sounds pretty cool but then again idk,i’m new to warriors.

I want banners I can wear on my back and use abilities from directly, like the engy toolbelt. Or easily and seamlessly switch to and from during combat, like engy weapon kits.

I’m sick and tired of using slow, clunky ground items that get stolen, left behind, and bug my weapon swapping timer.

it feels clunky because you’d have to pick it up to not waste the long cooldown for the effect. my idea of having it on lower duration but cooldowns so that it’s ok to leave it after you summon it. it’d be similar to guardian symbols but with an option of mobility should you choose to carry it.

i personally don’t find banners on my back visually appealing. it kinda makes me look like a mountain hiker and it would also look awkward dodge rolling with a big banner on my back (to each his own i guess).

thanks for the feedback!

This is actually a good idea. One of the main gripes with warriors is the lack of sustain. Then you tell them “Well spec Banners” to which the reply is “well banner builds sacrifice too much damage” which is true.

Instead of trying to buff the dps warriors’s sustain, why not just buff the banner warrior’s damage.