legendary swords in GW

I have an idea on GW, why not have several legendary swords in Guild Wars. Like Hrunting and Excalibur, these swords would be extremely rare and may have it's own unique skin. Note that all swords I mention will have it's standard max 15-22 slashing damage and requires 9 swordsmanship unless stated otherwise.

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Hrunting:
Double adrenaline on hit (10% chance)
+30 health
Damage +15%, Energy -5
will have appearance of "rusted" Brute Sword

The Hrunting is very useful on adrenaline based builds for Warriors or Paragons, particularly the Dragon Slash Spammer.

Heaven's Will:
Fire Damage
+20% damage vs. undead
Damage +15% while enchanted

Heaven's Will will have it's own unique skin
This sword is the only green sword that does extra damage against certain species, and it is useful against fighting hordes of undead.

Excalibur:
Zealous (energy on hit:1 energy regen: -1)
req. 12 swordsmanship
Energy +5
Enchantments last 20% longer

The skin will be almost similar to the Runic Blade, only to have the blade more "glittery."

Masamune:
Lengthens Bleeding
+30 Health
Damage +15% while in stance

The sword will use the skin of a Katana, but the blade would be shiny teal color

Caladbolg:
Armor Penetration 20% (c:20%)
+30 health
Damage +20% while Health below 50%

The skin of the sword is the Singing Blade dyed Green

Tyrfing:
Dark Damage
Damage +15% vs. hexed foes
Swordsmanship +1 (20% chance while using skills)

Only sword that does dark damage, has appearance of Lesser Dark Scimitar dyed black.

Sword of Damocles:
Shocking
Damage +15% while health above 50%
Enchantment lasts 20% longer

Appearance of the Greater Highlander Blade dyed white

Galatine:
Lengthens Crippled duration on foes by 33%
Armor +7 vs. physical damage
+15% damage while +50% health

Appearance of Norn Sword

Durendal:
Lengthens Crippled duration on foes by 33%
+30 health
damage +15% armor -10 while attacking

Appearance of Shining Gladius

Kusanagi:
Vampiric (health regen -1 life steal: 3
Damage +20% while hexed
Enchantments last 20% longer

Appearance of Dadao Sword while the blade colored red

Zulfikar:
Vampiric
Energy +5
Health +30

Uses the Vabbian Scimitar skin with the blade orange

And that's all the swords I suggest for GW and possibly GW2

too many useless sword skins in gw already compared to the other classes' weapons in the game,

anet has been hit and miss on that in my opinion- but they have covered that list you half-arsed wikipedia'd

come up with some "legendary" scythe, dagger, hammer, axe, and staff skins, then we'll talk

Sounds more like a Final Fantasy thing, having in-game items named after famous weapons or monsters.

Hmmm, sounds fun. What would be cool if they have weapons after the gods.

Balthazars Sword/Hammer/Axe
50-50 Fire Damage-Req 18 Strength
Double Adrinaline 35% chance
10% armor penetration (100%)

Balthazars Strength/Tactics Shield
Armor 16-Req 13-Strength/Tactics
Armor +15 vs. Elemental Damage
Strength +2 (25%)

Melandru's Bow
65-65 Earth Damage-Req 18 Marksmanship
Health +30
20% Armor Penetration (33%)
Marksmanship +2 (25%)
Armor +15 vs. Physical Damage

Dwayna's Staff
11-22 Lighting Damage-Req 9 Divine Favor
Damage -10 (10%)
Energy Regen +1 (Req 13 Divine Favor)
Energy +15
Health +60 (While Health is below 50%)

Grenths Staff
11-22 Ice Damage-Req 9 Soul Reaping
Health Degen -6 (While Enchanted)
Necromacer skills +2 (While Enchanted)
Health +45 (While Hexed)
Damage -5 (While Hexed)

Lyssa's Staff
11-22 Chaos Damage-Req 9 Fast Casting
Energy Degen -3 (While enchanted)
Health Regen +4 (While Hexed)
Health Degen -3
Energy Regen +2 (Req 13 Fast Casting)

God's Blessings Staff
30-30 Ice/Fire/Earth/Lightning Damage-Req 13 Elements (Ice/Fire/Earth/Air)
Elements +1 (while Enchanted)
Elements +1 (While Hexed)
Energy Regen +2 (Req 13 Energy Storage)
Energy Gain on hit -2

The problem is that, for the most part, GW has its own mythology - there is no King Arthur, no Beowolf, etc. The legendary swords *are* in GW, it's just they are legendary w/in GW's own mythology. The Green items you get from certain enemies, or as quest/campaign rewards are those items.

Now, a feature that would be kinda neat would be to be able to name a sword when you customize it (might be too big an issue if people abuse it).

no, no weapon naming. "sword of uber 1337 pwn4g3" and co is what we would get.

weapon naming after the character i can support (like in diablo2 extension)

We already have weapon names after characters, like hmm... scar eater and spiriteater?


Anyways, I like the idea, reminds me of Morrowind and Oblivion, which was one of my favorite things to do... get legendary weapons that is

2nd for that!

forget such imba stuff, like wqritten here .... that will never be implemented and I hope so too

/no

Mainly cause this isn't WoW....http://www.wowwiki.com/Legendary

I always feel bad for crapping on other people's ideas here, but not that bad.

enough useless greenies already though

Give me Turai's sword, then we'll talk.

LoL, Turai's "sword" ftw

Hopefully we can acquire it with the BMP

couldn't the green items be considered as legendary weapons though they've been farmed to hell?

Epic thread.
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Agreed. Tyrfing has no place in GW.

Just have weapons that drop (or can be crafted) with your Characters name. Actually, I hope that's a benefit of the HoM in GW2...

Ok first of, the swords doesn't always have to be dropped by some boss after a legendary figure, it could possibly be dropped by a boss that isn't related to the sword or normal foes in a specific area (like totem axe).

And I pretty sure these swords would fit well in the GW environment.

Its not a sword but I wish i could have a Kabar and go comando on ppls ass'. Or a bowie...

I don't think so.