Unfair Item Imbalance

[Justiceblade]

Just wanted to start a thread to ask the Guild Wars community what shoudl be done about this situation:

There used to be a +5 energy sword in Henge of Denravi with no penalty and many casters and warriors picked it up. Now with the new patch it has been replaced. Unfortunately those who already have it have the +5 energy still but new players cannot get it from the crafter and thus are at an unfair disadvantage out of their control.

Which do you guys feel would better fix the situation: Bring the +5 energy weapons back to crafters again, perhaps a more full line, or perhaps should +5 energy bonuses be all removed from everything, all the old +5 energy bonus items?

Also on another note, should crafters carry shields and wands/staves as well?

Thanks for your input.

[UchihaMaeda]

Just wanted to start a thread to ask the Guild Wars community what shoudl be done about this situation:

There used to be a +5 energy sword in Henge of Denravi with no penalty and many casters and warriors picked it up. Now with the new patch it has been replaced. Unfortunately those who already have it have the +5 energy still but new players cannot get it from the crafter and thus are at an unfair disadvantage out of their control.

Do you guys feel +5 energy weapons should be added to crafters again, perhaps more so, or perhaps should +5 energy bonuses be all removed to fix the situation?

Also on another note, should crafters carry shields and wands/staves as well?

Thanks for your input.

That sword was really only useful for warriors. Caster classes were better off using the collector wand with the following stats.

Fire Wand:
Damage: 3-4 (req. 6 fire magic)
+10% attack speed
-10% damage
+5 energy
+25% damage against Charr

It gave you the energy bonus as well as kept you a ranged attack.

I think you get it in exchange for charr carvings. Look it up.

[Justiceblade]

What about protectior monks that maintain lots of enchantments?
Or anyone who uses temporary enchantments?

Might want to have Enchantment duration +X% bonus on sword or Zealous to gain energy as maintainer Mo/W, esp one with Bonetti/Wary stance.

[Jackrafter]

BRING...IT...BACK...BRING...IT...BACK!!:eek:

[Justiceblade]

Yep :)
My thoughts exactly, please vote bring energy weapons back! :D
The polls are for leaving it so far.. :_(
Is this how it is to remain? Only early ppl with energy +5 weapons? :(

[KhaineDarkhart]

ok there aree already wands you can get and off hand items, so i dont much worry about that area altogether .... but i want to be able to get mod shields!

[Justiceblade]

You mean high level, true Runic Shields?
Like armor 16, +5 energy?

[NeVeRLiFt]

I think its a slap in the face and a nerf from hell what Anet with the Henge crafters items!
They were good and useful, the whole line of items there were nice and now there just crap items that are not even worth bothering with.
I personally am glad I got all my items from the crafter and my 4 characters will keep them.

I vote bring back the old henge crafted items!



PS: Anet you really screwed the pooch on this one

[Isk8]

That sword was really only useful for warriors. Caster classes were better off using the collector wand with the following stats.

Fire Wand:
Damage: 3-4 (req. 6 fire magic)
+10% attack speed
-10% damage
+5 energy
+25% damage against Charr

It gave you the energy bonus as well as kept you a ranged attack.

I think you get it in exchange for charr carvings. Look it up.

Yup... this wand is the collector just outside of Nolani Academy... my healer uses it for the soul purpose of having the 5 energy :D hits for like 3 damage with it rofl.

---You may kill us, but in the end, we are still all over your rotting corpse---
The Maggot

[Justiceblade]

They nerfed that wand too... it still has +5 energy but now has further negative effects. Probably hits for 0 the new one.