Guild Wars 2

cheshirefox.7026:

i want my elementalist to have a car
that drives under water, where i can use my ‘stealth’

LOL! If only :/, but yeah, that stealth is indeed pretty lame and took me a water fractal to discover.

But how about we all coexist and let everyone choose their weapon? I want GS because obviously: eye candy. It can be made interesting by adding interesting skills. Dagger does not fit the class yet is popular because sadly it has been one of the few viable weapons for eles it has some interesting skills, but Im not interested in being melee, and rifles, gonna be honest here, I feel do not fit a fantasy game all that much, including engineers, but Anet introduced them for a more “modern” Tyria world and some people do like it so w/e. The day we have a staff as good or better than Sunrise is the day I will stop this, until then, I want Sunrise AND Bifrost!

cheshirefox.7026:

rifles no
stealth no
greatsword no

remember Anet, every time you avoid doing something dumb it’s like doing something right

inb4 you find out eles DO have stealth

in case you dont know then you dont have enough experience playing one (hint, underwater combat, self combo)

anywyas, on topic, like I said, I have nothing agaisnt other weapon sets, in fact, I support them AS LONG AS GS IS THE FIRST ONE TO BE IMPLEMENTED, because, lets face it, Anet will take their sweet time with this IF they ever do it, so it might be a new weapon set every 6months to 1 year, and thats wishful thinking.

I want GS because obvious reasons, Anet has proven they dont give much thoughts about “lore-friendly” stuff or “fitting” , look at the AP radiant shoulders, thanks to that and CoF legs and chest along with the Zephir helmet I finally reached my favorite combination; bulky metallic heavy looking, with “bright lights” particles and raggy but metallic pants, it is PERFECT, and all that from “light” armor. Im sure GS will fit JUST FINE.

Yes, despite being so technically challenged the class is fun in almost all aspects of the game, though knowing that you are gimping your team is not fun. I have played staff ele almost exclusively due to me always being staff mage/healer in all games if available, it fits my aesthetic playstyle, but having some efficience on top of that wouldnt hurt, specially since I know a lot of people share this playstyle choice with me, it saddens me that ANet recognizes this as well but does nothing about it, almost forcing all eles to be D/D or S/D in order to attain some sort of efficiency. That, is NOT ok, Anet.

Bashing aside, I really dislike doing that because it is unnecessarily mean but after a year I think it is definitely acceptable and even justificable to be upset about having such an obvious issue still in the game. Cmon ANet, I know you are better than this! Step up your game, bring some love to the weapon, not just the class, play test it, see its flaws for yourself, realize, reflect upon it and improve!

I want both Sunrise and Bifrost bacause Iactually like both; I believe Sunrise is one of the best GS i have seen in many games (and believe me, I ave played a LOT of games) as far as effects are concerned, it has a beautiful palete that goes from calm blue to a feisty fiery yellow-red, the aura, after effects and steps are beautiful (conceptually speaking, a window into another dimension of awesomeness). That been said, I believe Sunrise has one of the ugliest hilts in existence though.

I want Bifrost because it is the only staff that meets most of my pretty basic requirements; it isnt an fugly old looking stick with something that has barely visible effect and because I play exclusively staff ele, so I got nothing else to go to really.

That being said, I dont believe having seen it so many times has decreased their aesthetic value to me, for all I care everyone might be waering one that I still wouldnt care, I want them because I like them and because they fit my theme; light goody sylvari boy

Daecollo.9578:

Poison / Weakness would have to be buffed.

a lot of stuff would have to be tweaked not only that, maybe not straight up buffs but rather a rework. and some counterplay around that (something this game have failed to do with some mechanics, namely stealth), but that apart, something that have made green numbers appealing even more appealing is BIG GREEN NUMBERS, i like green more than I like red, but I prefer flashiness over anything else in the game, including weapons and armor looks, hence why I play zerker, because I feel important (to myself) to have all this flashy stuff in my screen.

simple solution that everyone has adopted, keybind AoE loot to Y (or any other convinient key), no need to finish up PvE mobs if you dont want to.

No more random ressing, no more random talks, no more random finishing, no more random actions, no more random quest stuff, after a day you will get used to the new key

/thread

I dont want healers (though personally it is my favorite roll, was r*sto dru*d in W*W and reached 2k rating with it) because that would implement an informal healer, but imagine if certain skills (namely direct healing or regen) that based on your % chance applied a critical heal.

I will admit it, I like seeing flashy big numbers in my screen, critical damage is currently the only thing that can do the flashy thing, even if its hitting like 10 (mesmers clones lol), but imagine, if balanced, allow for critical heals, it would bring FLASHINESS to healing and make it even more appealing. I know thats the reason I rolled a tree before(I also play sylvari, fav race).

Thoughts?

Darnis.4056:

If anything balance looks more like the Ele’s staff rather then engi’s nade spam..

maybe thats what needs to happen, but think about it, nerf ALL the classes to be brought on par with staff ele or only buff staff ele to be brought on par with the rest? The answer is quite obvious, one takes ENORMOUS amount of resources while the other is a “simple” fix, though I admit thats the beginning of power creep, but at the current rate of things (quick knee jerk nerfs and very small if barely noticeable buffs) then it might take another years or 2 to bring stuff to certain level.

Im down for Ele buffs

oh well, hopefully in the next update we have some specific information regarding that, otherwise I pity the poor people who need te achievements still, unfortunately Im also subject to human nature and I will not sacrifice my time and gains to receive a thankless emptiness.

GoldenTruth.2853:

Check the store on August 31st.

how do you know what they are selling? Do they have a website or subforum for it?

edit: nvm, front page OP….

Why arent they selling the spooky mini? :/

BlackBeard.2873:

Like everything ele, staff just needs an auto-attack with some actual teeth (like mesmer GS) and it will be good. I don’t want the aoe’s to be buffed too much b/c they are mostly used to provide fields to your team, although things like air 3 are pathetically weak. Fire 5 could use a shorter cast time or more damage, b/c you really do have to expose yourself to cast it, and the hits are pretty random.

I will say there is a clear imbalance between ele staff skills and necro staff skills. Necro skills give persisting aoe circles that proc their ENTIRE effect at one time (like engineer nades), whereas staff requires you to sit in the field. I think it would be better if necro marks worked a little more like wells: triggered and created a lesser effect and then stacked over time. Similar with nades (create a field that slowly ticks up on a condi). That would bring those effects down to a good level and decrease the effect of spam to simply a zoning tool (which is still powerful).

GOOD! Great suggestion! I love it!

That or make damage upfront and field remain behind, like engi and necro. It is clear that AoE work great for these two, and just about everyone else for that mater but staff.

projectcedric.6951:

Stooperdale.3560:

Summoned mobs never have loot.

Really? Summoned wolves (by another wolf) gave me fangs.

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH you are gonna get them nerfed!

daily IS the way to go, you pretty much went all like " not this not that not this not that"……, but daily is the best way to pasively leveling, every day a level or two wasily from doing them, take me less than an hour for the most part.

Technically speaking not “failing”, but farming aether is way more profitable than portals ones because;

1. Aether are guaranteed champions, so guess where people go
2. Portals are a chocolate box except that when you open it there is more empty space than chocolate, aka, usually no guarantee of champions, you could go 4 events in a row and not a single champion.

Basically the event doesnt advance because of this.

Solution:

Quite simple really, make the portals have about the same amount of champions, and NO, the solution is not nerfing the aethers, they are ok now, but rather give an incentive for people to go for something other than them.

Darnis.4056:

You want staff fixes?.. staff removed from game. Anet’s work is done here.

Seriously though why ask for buffs to an aoe weapon? I get that it’s not viable but why would anet buff aoe when they’ve said they don’t want an aoe meta…

inb4 current AoE condition meta with engis/necros/rangers………………..

Dont give me the WvW or Pve excuse. PvE mobs are stupid, they dont move, WvW is zerg fest and anything with 900-1200 works, and small skirmishes is still dominated by guardians and warriors.

So, we buffed warriors, guardians, necros, rangers (ish). thieves are strong as always and mesmers too. Yet, is there a reason why staff ele is the most underwhelming 2H weapon in the game, still ?!

Here, let me point out the obvious flaws again; damage is low, not vs golems who stay in the red circles 24/7, but it is obvious that you didnt take into account that by now, 1 year into the game, people have learned that standing in red circles is a no-no. Can we now remove the learning wheels and give us a rewards for making them eat more than one tick? People dont even bother to even dodge, it is that sad. Damage should take into account the fact that most if not all of the damage can be walked/strafed/dodge/tanked away.

Air 3, it is a joke, it can go through units, but whats the point if i hits the air (sigh) most of the time, from people who werent even dodging, yes, you read that right, you move 1 cm to the left/right and the skill misses, it is THAT sad.

Long casting time, fire #5 still too long for the medium damage it offers, same for air #2, only 1 scape mechanism, “bunker” builds were never really viable because unlike D/D we lack 9999 healing skills, yet the water/arcana ners hit us harder than them nonetheless. We feel like the neglected child of Anet. Inb4 focus, most people dont even know that weapon exists for eles.

Anet, please, answers? Or do I have to put #warriors, #thieves, #nerfelementalistsmore

Im Fortus and I approve this message, along with Staff bufs and the addition of GS into the elementalist arsenal.

Because Dagger/dagger totally fit the mage theme right? Yet we “accept” it because it was there from the start and you dont question it. Heck I still remember a couple of threads about it on release. Now? People dont even bat an eye.

I expect that the day Anet [hopefully] adds GS people will be very vocal about it, they will make WAAAHHHH threads about how it doesnt fit the class (because GS totally fits mesmers, a light class).

Please, get this right: Magic makes EVERYTHING possible, even casting fire and lighting underwater!!! Dont give me the “it doesnt fit the class” because if there is a totally magic based class that can totally pull this off is definitely elementalists.!

USE THY IMAGINATION

nice try, but I wont tell you how I make 4-6 gold an hour by just doing Scarlet and selling the mats and fliping some other stuff I get, nope, you wont get it out of me!

why is everyone so vocal agaisnt GS? Guys, if you dont want it its ok, dont wear it, just that we get GS doesnt mean we cant get the others.

It is a fact, more people like GS, its more likely to be implemented if it were based on popularity

in that case then im getting my hopes quite high! lets hope i (and many many other people) dont get majorly disappointed!

It is a good skill on dungeons indeed, in PvP its questionale except for running with your tails between the legs, in which case it is as effective as warriors. But imagine if suddenly you were able to use those skills AND also new skills on water, lighting and earth! Imagine all the neat combinations, wouldnt you like that?! I know I would, and thats we would get if instead of an elite limited to fire we were to get GS as a 2H weapon!

The happier I am. Until a couple of weeks ago i was going to sPvP for those 4 AP of the daily, as an staff ele main you can imagine how painful that was (staff ele being one of the most underpowered weapons in the game in PvP). As soon as I hit the 6000 AP and got the pauldrons I wanted I never visited PvP again and seldon visit WvW and my experience with the game has increased dramatically. Has anyone else experience this too?

Greatsword Ele, several threads about thsi get upvoted quite a bit!

g e o.2589:

Reihert.1509:

Please teach me.

How can I use transmutation stones to make it account bound?
I have a nice staff I got with Kharma in my main (back when Kharma was char related). If I transmute it into something else, the resulting item will not be soul bound?

If you transmutate it to a white item bought form a vendor, the junkiest thing of all the gear, it will become account-bound. As the white rarity gear has no soul binding it will become account bound, dunno how it is now but i have moved lot of stuff like that before.

problem is, it loses its “legendary” status when you transmute back into an exotic, when the new weapons are rolled out it will act as a “skin” and therefore it wont be upgraded to ascended!

I read that too but that was aound the time Colin said about new skills being introduced so i assumed the guy misunderstood that for new weapons, but I could be rong and I REALLY hope im wrong

F) All of the above.

People, its simple, I play for rewards, specifically shiniez, where the shiniez go so do I. Bifrost and Sunrise.

Elbegast.6970:

Fortus.6175:

Elbegast.6970:

Fortus.6175:

im afraid to look up the name of the voice actress since maybe it doesnt relate her voice

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/

nope, not clicking

Your loss. She’s really cute.

and I was not disappointed!

Elbegast.6970:

Fortus.6175:

im afraid to look up the name of the voice actress since maybe it doesnt relate her voice

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/

nope, not clicking

Dustfinger.9510:

Obligatory:

“Anet is currently working on giving all weapons to all classes”

oh man I hope! I (and may others) would be very happy if Greatsword was first!

I mean, in a game where aesthetics are all we can conclude that looking good while having fun is a major plus!

im afraid to look up the name of the voice actress since maybe it doesnt relate her voice

Azunai.5974:

Fortus.6175:

Melchior.2135:

Good news. That’s the current plan as explicitly revealed by the developers – to add more weapons to existing classes, both by expanding their selection of current weapons, and adding totally new weapons.

SARCE?!

I can’t shake off the feeling that I know you. Have you played since before Wintersday?

Since release, in fact 2 days before release as i was awaiting the game for nearly 2 years. Perhaps you have seen me around, I play in GoM, all my characters start with Fortus followed by something characteristic of the class or feeling of the class, main is Fortus Phoenix, a staff ele

Melchior.2135:

Good news. That’s the current plan as explicitly revealed by the developers – to add more weapons to existing classes, both by expanding their selection of current weapons, and adding totally new weapons.

SARCE?!

Introduce weapons to the professions.

No, Im not talking about giving warriors a scepter but I can derfinitely see a warrior wearing a staff, bo staff (look it up if you dont know what it is).

I can see elementalists wearing a ceremonial Greatsword in which they channel magic through it (as proven possible by the elite) and also Rifle/Longbow (arcane ranger).

Lets get people being able to play their favorite weapons on their favorite classes, specially since 4 classes lack the Greatsword which is the most popular weapon.

After that I think we can refocus the resources back into getting new stuff out there

well if you dont want to craft and dont want to do map completition (i assume since it is themost obvious one yet you didnt mention it) I guess you can get some WP in the major areas being affected by the new event and then wait until said map appear, go there before the map gets full. Other than that there is no other way to level up fast.

You want to levl up fast? you have to do sacrifices, either gold or tme.

HAWTNESS! No, seriously, she sounds so smexy.

Also like her craziness, though shame about the looks, I guess Barneys Hot Vs Crazy chart doesnt apply here.

arjeidi.2690:

The art team for Guild Wars 2 is incredibly focused on what they put most effort in. Everyone in GW2 is meant to be unique by wearing long coats and wielding greatswords. What’s your story?

Whatr if I tell you that most people dont care about what others are wearing and want themselves to look good, just for themselves and not to be unique to the rest

I would not be surprised if a “lightsaber” kind of skin (not the SAB one) is introduced soon with the new SAB release or later on, and of course, GS get to pick it. I will go further, you will be able to dye the color of said light blade and GS will be the first to be allowed this. Staves will be last, IF, they get it

infantrydiv.1620:

Rouven.7409:

This is pretty much useless feedback as there is a large variety of skins for all other weapons as well. Instead of blatantly stating that every dagger/mace/sword etc skin is – I quote – “crap” maybe suggest skins/styles you would like to see or feel are important for the particular kind of weapon.

As far as the legendary versions I sort of agree, then on the other hand it would have been a shame to dismiss the concept in favour of “fairness”.

“Generally” does not equal “every”. If you want to point out generalizations, please don’t make them yourself. Thinking about it again, I think sword skins are in a fairly good place compared to scepter and pistol

Infinite Light comes to mind, also the new purple one, Bolt is amazing on its own. Yes, Swords have good skins,.

Now, staves….. except crossing (for necros) or Bifrost (not really my thing, rainbows are pretty but…) we dont have many good stuff, just the bad ol’ fugly stick with something on top with some barely-noticeable effect

DOW Mageski.2097:

Yea GS is OP in this game. I would like to see more balance when it comes to other weapons such as Axe and Sword for classes in this game. A example might be Axe for Ranger and Sword for Guardian, both are out classed by the GS in these classes.

actually I disagree with guardians in this aspect, Swrod guardian in PvE is the highest damage of all weapons, specially with something like x/30/x/x/x, crit in almsot every hit, 5 attacks in 3 steps and each hit around 3-4k so thats a LOT of DPS, PvP it kinda sucks unless you have a focus for the burst.

lupercaleb.6041:

kind of a weird place to put a suggestion

anyway if i were to expect a new weapon for ele, it’d be mace or sword. no conjured weapons of them

Here is the thing, other than the skin, most people would rather be able to pick the “skin” of the weapon, we already have Volcanus in game! If someone decided to have the same look then they can get the sword (which isnt too hard to get now) Basically it is a win-win situation for everyone!

I dont know where else to go, so I will put it here.

First let me state I love the game, despite the fact that sometimes I get frustrated at the balance of classes (specifically the poor staff ele which keeps suffering indirect nerfs after nerfs). But that aside, I would like to propose the inclusion of a new weapon to elementalists.

A while ago I made a threat which I recently bumped and to my surprise it got upvoted quite the bit, earning the (+1*) and several people agreeing with it, only a very vocal minority was opposed to it and they received no upvotes, so it is safe to assume this option is quite popular.

Why:

First I will start with the game’s sake: Many people LOVE the greatswords skins, they are by far the most aesthetically beautiful and variated, with even 2 legendaries. Another big reason $$$, BELIEVE ME , happy customers are spending costumers. Take me for example, college broken student who recently lost his job. Usually Im quite tight with video games, bought the game cuz not subscription fee, yet I have spent more money on it than I care to admit, but that on ly happens when Im happy. I bought gems when I beat Liadri, havent used it. I bought gems with the staff buffs, bought the perma gathering tools. I bought gems with the the Zephir. If I, broken guy care to spend money to support a game I enjoy, other people who spend it just because will spend even more! Money aside, eye candy works, If Im having fun while enjoying what I see then I will be a happier gamer.

Possible problem; Elite

Lets face it, other than killing Subject Alpha in CoE or escaping (badly since it has a casting time) in WvW, that sword has no significant buff and more often than not you tend to get angry when someone picks up the other sword if you were planning to use it in combat. So I will throw a stupid suggestion; replace the elite with another that increases the “effectivity” of the ele based on the element currently tuned, ex Fire is massive amount of power, water is healing, lighting is % crit, earth is defense or something around that style, be creative.

Please Anet, Im sure you know whats best fot your company and I have trusted it for years, Im sure you can see how one of the most popular classes (gameplay wise) who have bit the dust for so long could use some boost!

/Cheers

-Fortus

Im going to quote the opening post for the popular threa in the ele’s forum about this:

“Please, give us greatsword, a long-range(1200-1500) , low control but strong single target CC, high single target with small collateral AoE damage!
Why? Because love the GS, and I want a weapon that emphasizes long range DPS, also since I know we are never going to get a buff for damage staff. As for the ultimate, change it or something, it is used mostly in PvE for fun and in sPvP it mostly cripple yourself. We dont really have any elite that makes you go from meh to WOAH, so might as well not use the elite excuse to not do the GS skills”

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/Greatsword-please/first

I dont know where else to go, so I will put it here.

First let me state I love the game, despite the fact that sometimes I get frustrated at the balance of classes (specifically the poor staff ele which keeps suffering indirect nerfs after nerfs). But that aside, I would like to propose the inclusion of a new weapon to elementalists.

A while ago I made a threat which I recently bumped and to my surprise it got upvoted quite the bit, earning the (+1*) and several people agreeing with it, only a very vocal minority was opposed to it and they received no upvotes, so it is safe to assume this option is quite popular.

Why:

First I will start with the game’s sake: Many people LOVE the greatswords skins, they are by far the most aesthetically beautiful and variated, with even 2 legendaries. Another big reason $$$, BELIEVE ME , happy customers are spending costumers. Take me for example, college broken student who recently lost his job. Usually Im quite tight with video games, bought the game cuz not subscription fee, yet I have spent more money on it than I care to admit, but that on ly happens when Im happy. I bought gems when I beat Liadri, havent used it. I bought gems with the staff buffs, bought the perma gathering tools. I bought gems with the the Zephir. If I, broken guy care to spend money to support a game I enjoy, other people who spend it just because will spend even more! Money aside, eye candy works, If Im having fun while enjoying what I see then I will be a happier gamer.

Possible problem; Elite

Lets face it, other than killing Subject Alpha in CoE or escaping (badly since it has a casting time) in WvW, that sword has no significant buff and more often than not you tend to get angry when someone picks up the other sword if you were planning to use it in combat. So I will throw a stupid suggestion; replace the elite with another that increases the “effectivity” of the ele based on the element currently tuned, ex Fire is massive amount of power, water is healing, lighting is % crit, earth is defense or something around that style, be creative.

Please Anet, Im sure you know whats best fot your company and I have trusted it for years, Im sure you can see how one of the most popular classes (gameplay wise) who have bit the dust for so long could use some boost!

/Cheers

-Fortus

This is my exact complain, most staves are a long ugly old stick with something semi interesting. Greatswords? They have beautiful hilts, blades, effects, trails.

Thats why Im trying so hard to get Greatsword on Elementalists, the Sunrise is the most beautifully aesthetic weapon in any game I have ever play, yet it is only available to classes I dont like, only one I could g for it gameplay wise is mesmer and you dont get to show it off (effects wise) much.

I got the commander tag and I have been trying to gather people to do it but this new event is drawing everyone, even me tbh, it is so profitable, yet I need Balthazar…

For the past 3 weeks I have been glued to this list http://www.gw2state.com/temples.html

and it does not open. We tried getting some guildies together to do the event but it failed. Personally I couldnt care less about Orr and n fact would love to have the area even more unplayable, but the only thing I dont like is the fact that I need Obsidian shards which are only sold with karma there. Anet, maybe give another option on how to buy them with karma in a place where it isnt 24/7 contested, like an relatively soloable or 5-man event which leads to the vendor maybe?

Thanks