To customize your expensive weapon or not?

Ximvotn

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2011

You have to customize certain weapons to dedicate them to your Hall of Monuments so I make sure it is a weapon I plan to use the majority of the time. For example, I would have no problem customizing a Tormented Curses Staff since I will use that weapon and need to dedicate it.

Kunder

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2010

Guild Wars has to be the only game where people will grind forever to attain rare weapons and end up being weaker for it because they are afraid to customize them. Its quite peculiar.

Swingline

Swingline

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2010

Somewhere far away from you

The Mirror of Reason[SNOW]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by MithranArkanere View Post
I would still love to see some love for caster weapons and offhands when it comes to customization.
An additional 5% casting and recharge upon wand/offhand and staff customization? If you brought good e management for your profession then you should never be looking to a wand for damage.

cthulhu reborn

cthulhu reborn

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

the Netherlands

W/Mo

A few months ago my account got hacked and the gold seller who did it sold off all my gear...except 5 weapons that were customised.....that's enough reason for me to do it

ruk1a

ruk1a

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

UR MOM LOL

ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by cataphract View Post
True, but considering I'm not a chimpanzee wildly flailing at my keyboard energy seldom becomes a problem.
Pix or it didn't not happen.

To OP: Yes, I always customize.

Robyn Banks

Robyn Banks

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2011

Australia GMT+10

Sharringun Warriors EYE

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by DoomFrost View Post
Meele? Sure. Caster? Nah.
/agreed

My sins Tormented Daggers are customized cause meele is her main source of damage. +20% makes a big difference when doing things like solo HM Minister Cho's Estate.

ShadowbaneX

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Heroes of the Horn

A/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by cataphract View Post
While I understand the sentimental value completely I still feel that customizing caster weapons is not a good idea. I mean, you get +20% damage when wanding. What? If it were +20% more damage of spells from item's attribute that would be a different story.
I always thought that customizes caster items (staves, wands & offhands) should have given extra energy if customized...say about 20% more. Shields should also be able to be customized for extra defense.

That said, my monk and mesmer use +5 energy swords specifically because I don't want them wanding.

anonymous

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

All my physical weapons are customized. None of my caster weapons are.

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End

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Rubbing Potassium on water fountains.

LF guild that teaches MTSC (did it long ago before gw2 came out and I quit...but I barely remember)

N/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hephaestus Ram View Post
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.
Tell your casters to stop using projectile spells.


The rest I agree with everyone else. Customize if its a melee weapon. Customize if its for your hom (no shit right?). And ya know customize if its something you never want to sell that you don't want to loose if you get hacked.

Our Virus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2011

The Capital [Para]

P/

Yes every weapon. In pvp every damage counts! In PVE just go buy more expensive stuff to use on ppl it's not customized to

bsoltan

bsoltan

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2005

UK

[SoF]

I don't have any expensive weapons. T_T

Ghull Ka

Ghull Ka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seattle, WA

Grenths Helpdesk

N/

Yup!

It's mine! Mine mine mine! Not yours, mine! It's m--i--n--e!!! Alllll mine! It's MIIIINE.

(mine)

And it hits a wee bit harder. But mostly, it's mine.

cataphract

cataphract

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ashford Abbey

Hey Mallyx [icU]

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by ruk1a View Post
Pix or it didn't not happen.


Ook!

Internetuser

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2010

W/

Real men spend 100e+ on a weapon and then custo it like a boss.

Poorer people buy 100e+ weps and then re-sell 3 months later when they get bored of it

killmeshiniing

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2009

Mary Jane Alchemists [kush]

W/A

/signed for caster weapons receiving different bonuses than melee
/signed for shields receiving armor bonus

However, at this point since these things aren't implemented only my melee weapons are customized except for caster weapons that are dedicated in HoM.

refer

refer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

US

Never, even if it's melee.

What if I want to use it on another character? This is what DvG and all the other seasonal pvps are for for me. So FAIL for no account customizing. Maybe then I might do it.

PS: If you doing it to prevent being hacked, that doesn't stop hacking at all. They can still trash anything they want.

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

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

Price wont matter for custo vs not..If its for use for melee. ofc custo it


Also its just so menly have sword worth 500e+ customized on warrior u'll never use!

Ximvotn

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2011

Quote:
Originally Posted by refer View Post
Never, even if it's melee.

What if I want to use it on another character? This is what DvG and all the other seasonal pvps are for for me. So FAIL for no account customizing. Maybe then I might do it.

PS: If you doing it to prevent being hacked, that doesn't stop hacking at all. They can still trash anything they want.
They can strip the account then use it to "sell" your account in all trade for a quick buck if anyone falls for that method. I agree, customizing is the least of your problems if they get it suspended or worse.

Lord Natural

Lord Natural

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada

Black Crescent [BC]

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For PvP, if I'm using a PvE char I always make sure everything is customized.

For PvE, physicals always, casters rarely.