Guild Wars 2

GoldenTruth.2853:

JPIMP.5236:

You realise how long that would take? That is arguably harder to achieve than a legendary atm due to it being purely RNG not to mention you can get repeat drops of the same item. And if you try hunting gold fractal relics to get the ones you want, good luck.

So…because the collection takes a while to get means that it shouldn’t exist?

Even of they didn’t add a new gold skin as a reward (which they should), it should still exist as as a collection.

Not saying it shouldn’t exist. My point was that people complained daily about how hard it was to get legendaries especially for casual players. Imagine the complaints around this, which is even harder. Sure it be a fun and great thing to do for long term active players and the reward would make you look great in fashion wars 2 but I can guarantee there will be a lot of crying which will eventually get Anet to make it easier to get golden fractal weapons thus diminishing their prestigious value.

The main reason I wrote this post is because of the common logic of anyone in pretty much any game running two handed axes being the “damage dealer” or “berserker” even Anet acknowledges this with their NPC’s. So because theyre purely melee and have 0 way of dodging and or closing gaps, they rely on heavy damage yet, when us warriors do the same thing, we don’t get the same results at all. I speak on behalf of both PvE AND PvP.

PvE wise, I run GS/Axe+Shield for the swap combo etc. but if I ran two axes, I would be laughed at since I’m not doing the best damage.
PvP wise, well…unless they’re glass cannons with no idea how to dodge, you’re dead.

tl;dr buff axe damage to the point that it’s a threat when they get close to you and not a complete joke.

You realise how long that would take? That is arguably harder to achieve than a legendary atm due to it being purely RNG not to mention you can get repeat drops of the same item. And if you try hunting gold fractal relics to get the ones you want, good luck.

Choppy.4183:

Why not leave the trait where it is, but add a boost to axe attack speed of 10% per axe? Then put a medium leap on axe 4 and call it a day.

EDIT: 10% per axe may be too high…

The 10% per axe would be nice and would make axe/axe ideal in PvE but it would still lack in pvp since you would still have to close the gap between you and said opponent and if you can’t hit them, even a 100% attack speed increase is pointless then.

As a GW2 Vet who’s only mained warrior, I can’t for the life of me stress how disspointing it is when as a full berserker warrior WITH quickness, using two of the most iconic weapons known for being pure damage, I get out DPS’d by almost everyone. This has to stop. Axe/Axe already has 2 major problems and that’s the absolute lack of mobility with also no block/evading skills. So why is it logically to reward a greatsword, which has good mobility and evasion, with more overall DPS?

Let me put it in simpler terms, if you trade mobility and defense for a weapon line up that doesn’t even hit as hard as other weapons which don’t have to make that trade off, why bother?
I’m currently holding a Frostfang in my bank, haven’t soulbound it for a long time because if I did, I would want to run double axe but the viability is so lack luster that I would regret it.

All I’m saying is that logically this makes no sense to make these weapons hit for mediocre damage based on what you’re giving up, not to mention Warrior’s can already be kitted easily so axe/axe is even more illogical to run.

I suggest, and I think I speak for the majority of Axe/Axe lovers
-Buff the overall damage on the weapons
-Make the Axe Mastery Trait tier 2/improve it
-Make eviscerate land…
-Make that kitten axe 5 reflect missiles…if a thief can do it why can’t the warrior?

Or, add in a specific trait or runes that directly increase the overall attack speed of axes to make up for the damage.

Thanks for your time.