To customize your expensive weapon or not?

Furnace Stoker

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Jun 10, 2011 at 3:38 PM • #21

It depends. I used to not customize weapons, simply because I didn't have money to have separate weapon sets for each character so I swapped weapons between characters pretty frequently.

Now I customize most of my weapons, except for a few - like, I'm too lazy to get multiple Totem Axes, so I just share it between characters, and besides, I don't use it for damage anyway, I use it for the mods.

Caster weapons I don't customize, because if I'm not running a particular build/attribute and don't think I will for a while, I'll redistribute those weapons onto heroes that are otherwise using /bonus weapons until I decide I want them back again (still too cheap to buy weapons for heroes

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Hephaestus Ram

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Jun 10, 2011 at 3:47 PM • #22

Quote:

Originally Posted by cataphract

All that research is pretty useless and people basically wasted their time researching it. Here's why:

Elementalist: With skills like Rodgort's invocation, SF, SH, MS there really is no need to wand mobs. You'd better be spending your time casting and managing your energy pool. That second it takes you to wand something is better spent actually casting spells. Because you're a spellcaster. Not a mobwander.

Mesmer: I mean, really? Would you like to miss that mob casting Aegis, MS or SF just because you were wanding? I know I wouldn't.

Monk: Prot. Heal. Kite. There is no wanding.

Necro: Hmmmm, 20 dmg with a wand or halfway through Barbs casting time to do 10x16 damage per second? Really isn't much of a choice, is it?

In conclusion - wand only to direct fire from minions, henchmen and heroes. Otherwise - cast.

Say what you will missy.

I've been in quite a few battles where my casters were behind a barrier and we'd fought to a stalemate
with... what ever. Bringing the casters around the wall to wand brought the bad guys down like rocks.

So yeah. Wanding matters.

BuD

Krytan Explorer

E/Mo

Joined Mar 2006

Jun 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM • #23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dagoth Umbra

I really wish Anet would make customization apply to your account, not to individual characters (most important with weapons, but would also be nice with armor). I have so many weapons I have not customized because I like the idea of seeing how a weapon looks on a character that would not normally use the weapon. Or of using lets say a spear on a monk when I am not playing with my paragon, but being able to give the weapon back to the paragon.

It should not be that difficult to do, and it would make my playing experience much much better.

I so wish they would do this as well. I was pretty disappointed when they allowed Opressor weapons in the HoM. I like to fill my HoM on one character only. Since then I have most of the destroyer & oppressor weapons sitting on a mule taking up space not being used cuz my Mains heroes are using the tormented's.

They changed Treasure Hunter & Wisdom titles from single character to account wide, I dont understand why they wont do this with weapons as well...

Cale Roughstar

Desert Nomad

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Joined Jan 2007

Jun 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM • #24

Every physical weapon I use is customized. Don't even think about PvP'ing without that 20% damage upgrade.

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

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Joined Nov 2006

Jun 10, 2011 at 4:50 PM • #25

I customize all gear. I don't trade, so there's no point in keeping things not customized, other than giving the stuff to other characters, but all my characters are geared up, so there's no need to keep anything not customized.

I would still love to see some love for caster weapons and offhands when it comes to customization.

Aeronwen

not so much fell as.....

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Joined Jan 2009

Jun 10, 2011 at 5:07 PM • #26

Quote:

Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

I customize all gear. I don't trade, so there's no point in keeping things not customized, other than giving the stuff to other characters, but all my characters are geared up, so there's no need to keep anything not customized.

I would still love to see some love for caster weapons and offhands when it comes to customization.

^ this. I don't buy or sell with other players so customising a valuable weapon (and I wouldn't know one if it hit me in the ass) doesn't matter to me. If I like it enough to keep it on my char I will customize it if i think about it.

(and yes I am very poor - but happy)

Axeman002

Wilds Pathfinder

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Joined Sep 2008

Jun 10, 2011 at 5:26 PM • #27

i sell everything i get...only customized gear is whats in my HoM ...the rest for sure one day will be sold.

cataphract

Forge Runner

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Joined Aug 2005

Jun 10, 2011 at 5:35 PM • #28

Quote:

Originally Posted by khezial tahr

If you're healing and protting all the time as a monk, you're quickly out of energy and just standing there anyway.

True, but considering I'm not a chimpanzee wildly flailing at my keyboard energy seldom becomes a problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hephaestus Ram

Say what you will missy.

I've been in quite a few battles where my casters were behind a barrier and we'd fought to a stalemate
with... what ever. Bringing the casters around the wall to wand brought the bad guys down like rocks.

So yeah. Wanding matters.

Change guild name to My Casters Are Teh [Sux], post screenshots, LOL.

thedarkmarine

Lion's Arch Merchant

Joined Mar 2006

Jun 10, 2011 at 6:04 PM • #29

Quote:

Originally Posted by cataphract

Change guild name to My Casters Are Teh [Sux], post screenshots, LOL.

can't acknowledge your theorycraft fail? lol

Squishy ftw

Desert Nomad

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Joined Aug 2007

Jun 10, 2011 at 6:04 PM • #30

On a physical character, always.

And on a related note, I can't stand people that spend silly amounts of gold/ecto on shiny weapons to end up using them not customized because 'they're too expensive to customize'.

thedarkmarine

Lion's Arch Merchant

Joined Mar 2006

Jun 10, 2011 at 6:07 PM • #31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squishy ftw

On a physical character, always.

And on a related note, I can't stand people that spend silly amounts of gold/ecto on shiny weapons to end up using them not customized because 'they're too expensive to customize'.

well, you know, opportunity costs

it gives you more freedom to change

Chrisworld

Krytan Explorer

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Joined Aug 2010

Jun 10, 2011 at 6:28 PM • #32

Quote:

Originally Posted by expugnare

If its something important to you, that you really like, then customize it.. I spent a ton of cash on this staff, its my favorite skin and item ... and its mine forever!

Does that actually stack to 40%?

On topic, yes, I customize all weapons of mine. I believe the only ones I dont are the long swords from pre that have the crystal swordn skin. I like to make people believe I'm using a crystalline on my IW mesmer in pvp.

Wicked Sweet

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Joined May 2007

Jun 10, 2011 at 6:34 PM • #33

I customize every item that I use in pvp, the items i use in pve I never customize.

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Arm

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Joined Feb 2010

Jun 10, 2011 at 7:09 PM • #34

If you intend to sell the weapon ofc you don't customize, but if it's yours... As in your keeping it and using it you should be ashamed not to customize it. How cheap are you? are you going to return your clothes after you're done "trying" them too?

I lol at people who can't bear to customize their pixels - cheapness knows no bounds?

;P

cutomize your weps and stop charging your guildies for cons cheapskates

cataphract

Forge Runner

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Jun 10, 2011 at 7:34 PM • #35

Quote:

Originally Posted by thedarkmarine

can't acknowledge your theorycraft fail? lol

Hnestly, casters wanding never tipped the balance in my favor when faced with a stalemate fight.

Darcy

Never Too Old

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Joined Jul 2006

Jun 10, 2011 at 7:47 PM • #36

I have my melee weapons customized for the added damage. I have a few caster weapons customized in case of hacking - the ones I wouldn't want to lose because I like them so much. But normally, I don't bother to customize staffs and wands that are easily replaceable.

Hobbs

Desert Nomad

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Joined May 2006

Jun 10, 2011 at 8:15 PM • #37

Virtually everything I own is customised, with the exception of my VS which I only use for building adrenaline so doesn't need extra damage and it may, at some point, be given to my monk.

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Fay Vert

Desert Nomad

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Joined Apr 2006

Jun 10, 2011 at 8:25 PM • #38

There are expensive weapons in Guild Wars!?!!

thedarkmarine

Lion's Arch Merchant

Joined Mar 2006

Jun 10, 2011 at 8:27 PM • #39

Quote:

Originally Posted by cataphract

Hnestly, casters wanding never tipped the balance in my favor when faced with a stalemate fight.

looks like you need to "Change guild name to My Casters Are Teh [Sux], post screenshots, LOL."

Reformed

Jungle Guide

Joined Aug 2009

Jun 10, 2011 at 9:03 PM • #40

I'll customize most of the time for physicals but don't see the point for casters. If, with today's GW, your team is performing so poorly that you need to rely on wand damage then go back to town, stop being bad and fix it.