Guild Wars 2

Hey, love the changes today.

I have a lot of experience playing a defensive guardian.

The skills that are rarely ever seen, used, or considered are the guardian’s Spirit Weapons and I think they should be re-evaluated.

They have long cooldowns even when traited, the cast times make it difficult for situational use, Shield pops its bubble in unintentional locations, bow is kinda useable in a healer sense but the condition removal might as well be swapped with a better utility. Hammer/sword melee and die fast leaving the player with nothing special but a wasted cooldown.

The last time I remember anything happening with them was when they used to be invulnerable and they changed them so they could be killed…might have been 2 years ago now.

I have over 5 thousand hours playing a guardian for experience reference (proof attached). Thanks for reading.

Some suggestions -

have them radiate boons

spirit shield would be nice if it was a consistent bubble and mobile

hammer would be nice if it did the same as guardian hammer skill 5 – add some CC on the field.

sword…since its a greatsword, how about it does pulls or spins like guardian greatsword skills?

bow – i don’t know….its got a fast ticking healing field for a command skill, but if its clearing conditions for myself and party members its firing the arrows at a really slow and useless rate. Maybe if the arrows did healing on downed friendlies it would be a compliment to the rally changes?

Edit: Bow of truth only fires arrows once every 5 seconds according to the wiki…clears only 1 condition…lasts a whopping 20 seconds….Thats just 4 conditions cleared over 20 seconds…whut?

And that trait in Zeal trait line skill that only gives burning to 3 out of 4 of the spirit weapons?

This could be better.