Im talking about expensive weapons not just cheap ones were you dont care about.
Is it worth the extra 20% damage? And not being able to trade it or use on another character later?
To customize your expensive weapon or not?
Sour_Beard_Jr
Hey, who here customizes all there weapons?
Im talking about expensive weapons not just cheap ones were you dont care about.
Is it worth the extra 20% damage? And not being able to trade it or use on another character later?
Im talking about expensive weapons not just cheap ones were you dont care about.
Is it worth the extra 20% damage? And not being able to trade it or use on another character later?
DoomFrost
Meele? Sure. Caster? Nah.
cataphract
What he said.
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!
Olle
After Getting My 4'th crystalline, and modded Them(furious, vamp, sundering, zealous)
I just had to.
Its somewhat scary that pixels Can make you jump your heart :<
Also;
People who got Item's like req 7 14/15^50 or likewise,should be banned if they dont costumize it.
i would pay every penny i got on my account for an wep like that, but such weps should belong to the first owner.
I just had to.
Its somewhat scary that pixels Can make you jump your heart :<
Also;
People who got Item's like req 7 14/15^50 or likewise,should be banned if they dont costumize it.
i would pay every penny i got on my account for an wep like that, but such weps should belong to the first owner.
cataphract
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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!
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aspi
I customize them all, caster or not. If some ass desides to hack my account for some weird reason its nothing but customized stuff 
EPO Bot
Customized stuff is somewhat harder to accidentally sell to merchants.
Horace Slughorn
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Originally Posted by aspi
I customize them all, caster or not. If some ass desides to hack my account for some weird reason its nothing but customized stuff
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Iuris
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Customized stuff is somewhat harder to accidentally sell to merchants.
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NerfHerder
What the 2nd post said.
Physical damage dealers is almost a must. Casters, meh.
The only caster weaps I have cutomized are the ones in my HoM.
Physical damage dealers is almost a must. Casters, meh.
The only caster weaps I have cutomized are the ones in my HoM.
mathiastemplar
Ever since I was hacked I've customized everything.
But melee should always be customized.
But melee should always be customized.
Venganza
I wish people would stop and do the math before making ambit claims that "castor" weapons need not be customized.
Suffice to say that in protracted encounter the cumulative sum of any additional damage can be significant, and staves/wands are not exempt from this
For those interested, there are posts extant on this forum should they wish to track them down, which enumerate in some detail the calculations involved. I don't have time to track them down right now however.
Suffice to say that in protracted encounter the cumulative sum of any additional damage can be significant, and staves/wands are not exempt from this
For those interested, there are posts extant on this forum should they wish to track them down, which enumerate in some detail the calculations involved. I don't have time to track them down right now however.
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.
It should not be that difficult to do, and it would make my playing experience much much better.
Urcscumug
I customize melee weapons in Pre. It's my only permanent Pre character so I don't have other chars to give them to. The +20% damage makes a difference. And I'm not tempted to sell them or try to strip mods and risk ruining them, whereas I can always upgrade the mods if I want to.
Outside of Pre, not so much. I like the ability to swap stuff among the characters or heroes, or to sell or donate them to someone else if I no longer need them. Say you need a zealous axe on short notice, instead of running around trying to get one I can just take it from whoever's using it.
Outside of Pre, not so much. I like the ability to swap stuff among the characters or heroes, or to sell or donate them to someone else if I no longer need them. Say you need a zealous axe on short notice, instead of running around trying to get one I can just take it from whoever's using it.
cataphract
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I wish people would stop and do the math before making ambit claims that "castor" weapons need not be customized.
Suffice to say that in protracted encounter the cumulative sum of any additional damage can be significant, and staves/wands are not exempt from this For those interested, there are posts extant on this forum should they wish to track them down, which enumerate in some detail the calculations involved. I don't have time to track them down right now however. |
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.
Icy The Mage
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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. |
cataphract
Now there's a surprise. >_>
Carboplatin
For my physicals, they are all customized.
khezial tahr
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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. |
I get your point though, there are other things you should be doing that take precedence to wanding. But even then, that little bit of extra damage doesn't hurt. (And it is a little it.) For the record, none of my weapons are customized.
Verene
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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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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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
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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. |
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
Every physical weapon I use is customized. Don't even think about PvP'ing without that 20% damage upgrade.
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.
I would still love to see some love for caster weapons and offhands when it comes to customization.
Aeronwen
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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. |
(and yes I am very poor - but happy)
Axeman002
i sell everything i get...only customized gear is whats in my HoM ...the rest for sure one day will be sold.
cataphract
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If you're healing and protting all the time as a monk, you're quickly out of energy and just standing there anyway.
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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. |
thedarkmarine
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Change guild name to My Casters Are Teh [Sux], post screenshots, LOL.
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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'.
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
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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'. |
it gives you more freedom to change
Chrisworld
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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!
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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
I customize every item that I use in pvp, the items i use in pve I never customize.
Arm
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
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
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can't acknowledge your theorycraft fail? lol
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Darcy
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
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.
Fay Vert
There are expensive weapons in Guild Wars!?!!
thedarkmarine
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Hnestly, casters wanding never tipped the balance in my favor when faced with a stalemate fight.
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Reformed
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.