Then you would use the others? Spirit sword for sword/greatsword, spirit hammer for hammer/mace, bow one would be replaced with something for staff/scepter, shield for shield/focus/torch.
Yes, it would mean the utilities would require specific weapons, but I think it would be better than what the current spirit weapons are.
I’d rather them just buff them so they aren’t terrible pets. If they don’t do that, my only other suggestion would be to just turn them into buff cooldowns.
The sword one would transform your current sword into a spirit sword and cause you to deal extra damage. The hammer would transform your hammer/mace to give extra crit. Shield to give toughness. The bow could be changed into scepter/staff Things like that. Then you could use the utility again while the buff was active to unleash the secondary effect like the hammer knockdown.
Would be kind of boring, though. I like the idea of having the spirit weapons be pets if they actually made them worth using.
Instead of the general smug attitude most of this thread has had so far, maybe we could actually get some decent advice in it?
For those of us who just do not like dungeons, especially GW2’s often less than stellar dungeons, what would be the easiest way to get 5 done? I’ve done a total of 2 dungeon runs. Both of which occurred during the first month of the game. Which dungeons should I look for when people are asking in trade chat? Which are usually pretty fast and fun? Stuff like that.