Guild Wars 2

Just made Rodgort and notice the animation for the skill Zealot’s Fire is bugged. instead of the normal animation its replaced with the torch its self.

I know some legendaries replace animations but I’m sure this one is isn’t intended because going from ripping off our veil of fire to throw at the enemies to chucking our torch seems like a huge downgrade.

I guess while on the subject of Rodgort I’ll just add here instead of making a new thread that I feel like the legendary effects for the weapon is pretty weak compared to others. The footsteps are very small and I can’t even see the fire aura around my arm with my armor in the way. I feel like I now understand why Rodgort is one of the least sought after legendary.

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I was also able to take a screenshot of the bug in case anyone wants to see what I’m talking about. My guess is that the animation for the ranger’s torch throw got mixed in with the guard’s fireball.

Not a bug. This is how it works and has always worked. Sorry you don’t like it. But, it isn’t a secret Rodgort replaces that skill animation. I made Rodgort expecting it to have that animation and don’t want it removed.

As for thinking the tiny footsteps and the arm flame are underwhelming, welcome to the club. But when they revamped and upgraded legendaries nine months ago, they said they didn’t change Rodgort because it is good enough already. Actually, they said “awesome” or “pretty rad” or something.

If they weren’t opposed to fixing the issues, it would be nice if they made it so Rodgort (and other offhand legendaries) interacted with Aegis somehow so it didn’t look so ugly.

Thelgar.7214:

Not a bug. This is how it works and has always worked. Sorry you don’t like it. But, it isn’t a secret Rodgort replaces that skill animation. I made Rodgort expecting it to have that animation and don’t want it removed.

I saw on the wiki it said it replaces torch throw abilities but I didn’t really consider the original as throwing the torch.

What would you think of instead of reverting it back they upgraded the animation to something more flashy? Like a large head of Rodgort or something? This is assuming they ever look back at Rodgort, which from what you said seems like a depressingly low chance.

Auvit.2970:

What would you think of instead of reverting it back they upgraded the animation to something more flashy? Like a large head of Rodgort or something? This is assuming they ever look back at Rodgort, which from what you said seems like a depressingly low chance.

I’m pretty sure you don’t want ArenaNet changing anything valuable you have if I have it on my account. So far, they’re three-for-three at downgrading valuable things – Greatsaw, Howler, Flamekissed Armor…

But, upgrading the effect to something flashy with sound, like the flames coalescing into a dragon that roars as it launches forward, would be awesome.

Unfortunately, it is more likely that any changes will be in the patch notes as stuff like:

Removed whooshing sound when drawn from Rodgort because some guy on the forums said it was too scary and made his gout act up.

Removed footprints from Rodgort to make people with Incinerator feel more special.

Changed base model of Rodgort to new art (that looks just like a Soft Wood Torch) so people who spent more gold on their precursor will stop complaining.

Fixed bug where Rodgort causes flames to circle a character’s arm when drawn. Flames now only circle a character’s arm for a fraction of a second when a skill is activated.

We can dream at least