Do You Customize?

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

I customize everything I have to prove I'm better than everyone else.

Hyper.nl

Hyper.nl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Defending Fort Aspenwood

E/

Nope, I don't.

With one exception: the Destroyer weapons I got for my Hall of Monuments.

EPO Bot

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

I don't equip anything before it's customized, even my tormented staff, since i'm not going to sell it anyway.

I do shoot with staves and wands pretty ofted actually. Mostly when minions are taking the damage and there is nothing to heal.

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

I customize all my Mesmer weapons.

You might think this is silly, but I have gotten more wand-kills in GvG at the tail ends of spikes than I can count.

Kumu Honua

Kumu Honua

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2008

I haven't customized my dryad bow. I am up in the air whether or not I want to try to get a better than r13 version and sell that one or just keep it since I tend to have 13 all the time.

Div

Div

I like yumy food!

Join Date: Jan 2006

Where I can eat yumy food

Dead Alley [dR]

Mo/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Avarre
I customize all my Mesmer weapons.

You might think this is silly, but I have gotten more wand-kills in GvG at the tail ends of spikes than I can count.
Wands can hit for upwards to 40 damage with GftE. An additional 20% off that would be 8 damage, which is more than going from a minor to a superior and casting flare!

Plus, wands are your last hope for doing any sort of coordinated spike, as evidenced by the dR vs Me match in the guru cup.

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Quote:
Originally Posted by holymasamune
Wands can hit for upwards to 40 damage with GftE. An additional 20% off that would be 8 damage, which is more than going from a minor to a superior and casting flare!

Plus, wands are your last hope for doing any sort of coordinated spike, as evidenced by the dR vs Me match in the guru cup.
Once you burn your damage skills on a spike target, you might as well wand them for that little bit to push them over the edge. Sometimes it works!

Sarevok Thordin

Sarevok Thordin

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

W/N

I customise only melee weapons as that is where the inheirant damage counts.

Lady Raenef

Lady Raenef

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Oregon, USA.

Zero Mercy [zm]

W/

I customize everything. Just need that +20% damage. Plus, I don't plan to sell my beautiful Fellblade, or Dragon Kamas. Ever. >:S

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by holymasamune
Wands can hit for upwards to 40 damage with GftE. An additional 20% off that would be 8 damage, which is more than going from a minor to a superior and casting flare!

Plus, wands are your last hope for doing any sort of coordinated spike, as evidenced by the dR vs Me match in the guru cup.
Plus customization is free. there are no combat-affecting penalties you have to worry about. 20% free extra damage? Count me in!

Only reason for not customizing is that you are Poor Wolf, and that one is kinda silly (bonus weapons, bmp weapons, collectors, random drops, endgame greens, all those things ...) as customized max damage white probably outperforms precious green that is being swapped around.

moko

moko

??uo??o??

Join Date: May 2006

my PvE sin has all daggers customized.

the rest of my chars are either casters, or a ranger. the ranger's bow are customized, too. my hero rangers will never use bows, spears are too good not to use on heroes. :P

for my caster weapons, i sure won't customize them. my PvP monk has customized wands (of course, they're PvP) for uber leet damage!!1

Earth

Earth

Always Outnumbered

Join Date: Jul 2006

I don't really like melee classes, so I almost always play casters, and I see no reason to customize wands in PvE.
I would customize melee weapons but somehow I always forget...

For PvP, I only use PvP characters so everything's auto customized.

Evil_Necro

Evil_Necro

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

川崎区、日本

currently guildless..

Rt/

Never did. I am easy to get bored, thus, changing weapons every now and then. The old one? mule.. or umm.. sell.. -_-;

k I am done.

トラくん

Shadowhaze

Shadowhaze

Nothing, tra la la?

Join Date: Oct 2007

I usually don't, since I like changing weapons occasionally and tend not to hang onto the old ones most of the time.

Rhamia Darigaz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

all my weapons come from the bonus mission pack, mostly tengu because they're undeniably the best weapon skins in the game. so of course they're customized.
even if they weren't BMP weapons i'd customize em though. customization means you have a real weapon, anything else has -16.6% damage.

Scarn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Yes, I deal damage.

RotteN

RotteN

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/

since i pretty much only play physical damage chars, everything i own is customized.

Abedeus

Abedeus

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Niflheim

R/

I think only my Paragon has customized spears, one pre-ordered and one Zealous and +30hp for OSHIT I NEED ENERGY BUT STILL HAVE AR moments.

And my Ranger once customized bow, but when I found out I don't need a flatbow to run Barrage, I could only give that bow to hero. But then again, I have 3 bows right now + 3 on heroes that are stored safely. I don't use ranger heroes ;d

Oh, and my warrior had customized weapons. First assassin too.


NOTE: Every my characters except for Para, Assa and Ranger are casters.

Necro Quink

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Belgium

Trinity Of The Ascended [ToA]

N/

I hardly customize my weapons, only for pvp characters I customize things.
In PVE i dont have any weapon customized except the HoM weapons.

Productivity

Productivity

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Mo/

I don't buy weapons to sell them later. Everything gets customised (even spears my monk will never meet the req for). I don't lose anything, I'm never going to sell them.

Dante the Warlord

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/R

I customize for melee chars only... Customization stinks though because i like reselling when I get bored of the skin...

Bowstring Badass

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Character selection screen figuring what I want to play...

Purple Lingerie - :D

I customize melee weapons, bows, and spears. But most of my spears and bows come from the BMP anyway.

Zamochit

Zamochit

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/A

I customise any martial weapons I actually use; If its just sat in storage looking pretty and doesnt get out much then I wont bother as I will likely resell it at a later date. I never customise caster weapons, the only time a caster weapon Im using will be customised is if im in pvp - and I almost always roll a specific pvp character for that anyway.

ShadowsRequiem

ShadowsRequiem

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Inde is Smoking [Hawt] *ToA*

W/E

I customize everything I keep XD

crystallines, emerald blades and the like!

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

If my warrior, paragon, or assassin is using it, it's customized.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tender
Back on topic: Who cares if a weapon is customized or not? It doesn't make you a better player, it just gives your weapon more dmg. Ooooo that deserves a statue in the HOM. /end sarcasm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Around
Every little helps.
The willingness to get extra damage, heal or whatever positive effect when it doesn't have any negative impact makes you a good player in terms of choice and action. Not taking this advantage means you are gimping yourself and making the wrong choice for your strengths.

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tender Wolf
Back on topic: Who cares if a weapon is customized or not? It doesn't make you a better player, it just gives your weapon more dmg. Ooooo that deserves a statue in the HOM. /end sarcasm
No, but in PvP, more damage is preferred.

edit: Sure, in PvE as well, but why nitpick?

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snow Bunny
No, but in PvP, more damage is preferred.
Just PvP?

Twelve

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

I customize Melee weapons & heroes weaps.

Grunntar

Grunntar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by C R A F T
Do you customize?
Always! Casters, heroes, everything!

Unless you are strapped for cash, or cheap, there's no reason not to...

gw_poster

gw_poster

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

so cal

R/

I customize everything I use for PvP, and that becomes the weapon for that particular build/toon whenever it PvP's. I don't really change weapons, so cool stuff that drops for me I always sell, so no customizing. Except for my Ranger's customized crystalline i use for when ursan'ing rofl

Jennie

Jennie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

Newfoundland, Canada

The City Below [Down]

R/Rt

Meh I Customize some stuff. I used customized stuff in PvP... my caster stuff, for the most part, no I dont. I want to eventually get all the destroyer weapons tho so my heroes will be using those customized and some of them are using BMP weapons that are customized now. When a wand is hitting for 11-22 %20 really isn't that big of a deal especially when PvE isn't exactly very hard. If I were to do something a little more challenging in PvE then I may considering shuffling some weapons as some of the stuff I have customized. Lately I have taken to customizing more. I leave some stuff uncustomized tho in case guildies are looking for a bow/axe/etc/etc.

One example of a weapon I would never customize is my galigord's stone staff. My ele uses it raptor farming but my ranger uses it raptor farming as well. And I really dont see the point of buying 2 when I can swap it back and forth.

Spazzer

Spazzer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

USA

Team Asshat [Hat]

Mo/E

Yes, I do. I use my monk for pvp at times, and the extra 2-4 damage from wanding can be justified in the times that I would want to use it.

Besides, who would want my tyrian ghostly staves? They're rare, but they're not so desirable that I'd want to sell them for what I'd be offered.

Risus

Risus

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2007

56min UW HM post-2/25 I win

FDR

A/

customize non rare skins. rare skins are like an insurance if you go broke.

Toxage

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Yes, because I don't fail at playing a video game, and can actually afford to customize my super high roller weapons I.E perfect crys

Not to mention who wouldn't for the dmg boost? +20% makes a differnce, but then again its not really needed when the game is so easy I can c+space any zone with henchies and get 0 deaths with my eyes closed.

azizul1975

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

GMT+8

The Elite Guard of Tyria (TEGO)

Mo/

the extra damage from customisation is not armor ignoring right?

I MP I

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

After buying every axe, hammer, sword skin I ever wanted, I've customized most of them around 80/100. I keep the rest to use on warrior heroes which are on pve characters that hardly see play. Customization is gud.

Innocent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mo/

All my pvp monk's weapons are customized.

sph0nz

sph0nz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

none.

W/

I've customized some of my stuff, but anything I haven't bothered to customize is either caster stuff or weapons I'm probably not going to use in PvP yet. I only customize when I'm absolutely certain that I'm going to keep the character/weapon; with that said I might as well go customize the rest of the stuff I've that I've forgotten about.

Wrath of m0o

Wrath of m0o

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Boston Ma.

Is That Your Build[HaHa]

P/W

Yes, Custom.
Heck..even my hero's weapons are Customized.