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[aguliondew]

Well when I looked at the Minstrel I thought it would have special effect on each attack. The icon made me think it would spawn chickens or something when you attack. The anomaly looks badass compared to how the minstrel looks currently. Legendaries should have multiple effects, the minstrel looks like something they toss together on the last second.

Edited by aguliondew, 18 October 2012 - 03:24 PM.

[Erika]

Congratulations on your legendary and hard work. I'm sorry for the crap that came out of all that effort. I have almost finished crafting mine and I can't even begin saying how disappointed i am.

I just hope they will improve them in a soon to be patch because otherwise, i don't know how much longer i can't deal with ANet's crap. All three legendaries i wanted are the worst effect wise. :\

[timmyf]

I just picked up an Ambrosia yesterday. Super easy to make and it looks like a beer mug. Tossed a pic up on my guild site (www.supermegahappyfuntime.com) if you haven't seen it.

[Sinnacle]

aguliondew, on 18 October 2012 - 03:23 PM, said:

Well when I looked at the Minstrel I thought it would have special effect on each attack. The icon made me think it would spawn chickens or something when you attack. The anomaly looks badass compared to how the minstrel looks currently. Legendaries should have multiple effects, the minstrel looks like something they toss together on the last second.

Agreed I didnt know what the anomly looked like.  Some one mentioned it on the forums so I linked in chat and I want it so bad now.

[deathTouch2k]

Well...

...I suppose you could transmute the model...

Edited by deathTouch2k, 19 October 2012 - 07:42 AM.

[XgreatArtist]

jeez, that is one awful looking legendary. I agree with most people that most legendaries are not worth their price(exception to twilight only). Hell, foefire's essence is way better than most of these legendary shet. And it cost less too!
Even vision of the mists beat Sunrise IMO(i mean who wants orange blobs behind you as footsteps..eww)

[vyce]

From the sound of it there isn't much to see... regardless, if you would post a youtube video I will add it to the legendary video playlist.

[Linfang]

timmyf, on 18 October 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

I just picked up an Ambrosia yesterday. Super easy to make and it looks like a beer mug. Tossed a pic up on my guild site (www.supermegahappyfuntime.com) if you haven't seen it.

Now thats what im talking about. Do you have the recipe?

[timmyf]

Linfang, on 19 October 2012 - 03:35 PM, said:

Now thats what im talking about. Do you have the recipe?

Eldritch Scroll + 10 Mystic Coins + 10 Orichalcum Ingots + 1 Stein of Highlander Beer (16c in Lion's Arch.)

If you want to see it, I've got a screen on my guild page: www.supermegahappyfuntime.com

[MesmersFromHouseElara]

Anyone have a shot of the Anomaly?

[SpelignErrir]

timmyf, on 19 October 2012 - 05:37 PM, said:

Eldritch Scroll + 10 Mystic Coins + 10 Orichalcum Ingots + 1 Stein of Highlander Beer (16c in Lion's Arch.)

If you want to see it, I've got a screen on my guild page: www.supermegahappyfuntime.com

Lmao, that is epic win. Now we need a mh weapon that looks like a chair.

[orci]

It's so bad this topic got derailed from "The Minstrel" to 'Minstrel Alternatives". So sad.

[Frizz]

That's quite a big focus still. While it's not the most conventional looking harp, it's still pretty awesome looking to me.

[Sans]

that's what happens when you want to be "World first"...

[Red J]

So, you've spent your fortune on legendary you don't like. Am I supposed to pity you?

[aguliondew]

Players with this weapon do not expect pity. They expected the weapon to be of legendary graphics quality. From the way A-net talked about the 2h legendaries most player thought that all legendaries would have similiar effects footsteps, Aura, weapon effect on attack, so on. When a legendary does not have any of those you question why does A-net consider this a legendary?

[Lordkrall]

So, legandary looking is an universal thing nowdays?
I always thought opinions were rather personal.

[AKGeo]

Lordkrall, on 30 December 2012 - 05:01 PM, said:

So, legandary looking is an universal thing nowdays?
I always thought opinions were rather personal.

I'd say that a precedent set with their announcements of "legendaries" talking about auras, footsteps, sounds, etc. is enough to claim that an item lacking not just one or two, but ALL of these is objectively not worthy of a Legendary status. No matter how much you troll the forum.

[Lordkrall]

AKGeo, on 02 January 2013 - 07:44 AM, said:

I'd say that a precedent set with their announcements of "legendaries" talking about auras, footsteps, sounds, etc. is enough to claim that an item lacking not just one or two, but ALL of these is objectively not worthy of a Legendary status. No matter how much you troll the forum.

Oh, please show me the announcement where they stated that all Legendary Weapons would have auras, footsteps and sounds, I must have missed that one.
As far as I remember the only announcement they made about them was: "They are as strong as exotic weapons but will have unique looks.

[AKGeo]

Lordkrall, on 02 January 2013 - 10:10 AM, said:

Oh, please show me the announcement where they stated that all Legendary Weapons would have auras, footsteps and sounds, I must have missed that one.
As far as I remember the only announcement they made about them was: "They are as strong as exotic weapons but will have unique looks.

The ENTIRE VIDEO. Yes, he says "they can" have these effects, looks changes, etc. But they show all of the ones that do...and none of the ones that do not. Izzy led the community to believe that legendary weapons are ALL going to have SOME effects that impact your entire character or at least draw a modicum of attention to it. Right now, if I were to see the Minstrel on someone walking through LA I wouldn't look twice at it. Everyone notices the Juggernaut, Sunrise, Twilight, and The Bifrost. Nobody sees Incinerator unless you draw it. Nobody notices Quip unless you fire it. Everyone sees Flameseeker Prophecies.

This focus is not legendary. Objectively.

[Lordkrall]

So, it is basically the same as with "no better gear then exotics"?
People have ASSUMED what ArenaNet means not what ArenaNet said?
Can't say I am surprised.

[escada_assassin]

No matter what one said or not, the point is this weapon doesn't look legendary. The only legendary thing about it is the legendary grind. Probably a sane person would at least expect some things that would make this weapon obvious compared to others on its class and that only because of the grind needed to craft it. But, as someone mentioned, if you'd walk by it, you wouldn't notice it. Not compared to let's say Twilight. I for one couldn't care less if it's same stats as exotics or not...it's just that most of them don't look too legendary at all, just plain weapons with a weirder skin and in some cases such an ugly skin that one would actually prefer anything else but that skin - even a cheap skin. That's just not right.

[AKGeo]

Lordkrall, on 03 January 2013 - 10:57 AM, said:

So, it is basically the same as with "no better gear then exotics"?
People have ASSUMED what ArenaNet means not what ArenaNet said?
Can't say I am surprised.

They SAID legendaries will have these effects, footsteps, etc. They didn't say "some", they said "they could"...that typically means that each legendary will have a combination of, or all of, those things. Not that some will have none. So far there are three I can think of with none, two of which actually LOOK legendary at the very least (scepter, mace). This one doesn't even do that.

[Sans]

AKGeo, on 02 January 2013 - 09:30 PM, said:

Izzy led the community to believe that legendary weapons are ALL going to have SOME effects that impact your entire character or at least draw a modicum of attention to it.

He didn't lead anyone to believe anything, since it was released AFTER legendaries were already made by alot of players.

Edited by Sans, 04 January 2013 - 04:22 AM.

[AKGeo]

Sans, on 04 January 2013 - 04:20 AM, said:

He didn't lead anyone to believe anything, since it was released AFTER legendaries were already made by alot of players.

Uh...no. I saw that video before GW2 was out of beta. Pretty darn sure.

[Lordkrall]

AKGeo, on 04 January 2013 - 03:00 AM, said:

They SAID legendaries will have these effects, footsteps, etc. They didn't say "some", they said "they could"...that typically means that each legendary will have a combination of, or all of, those things. Not that some will have none. So far there are three I can think of with none, two of which actually LOOK legendary at the very least (scepter, mace). This one doesn't even do that.

Exactly, they said COULD, not they WILL.
Could != Will

[timmyf]

I don't really think it's about what they "said" so much as what they "did" - they created a couple Legendaries that are not so Legendary.

They should really go back and beef up some of the less impressive Legendaries so that players like me (who run Scepter+Focus primarily) have a Legendary we actually want...

[Lordkrall]

And yet "Legendary" is quite personal.
I would say several of those "awesome Legendaries" that people love the look for are quite silly and ugly, does that mean they are not Legendary?

[AKGeo]

Lordkrall, on 04 January 2013 - 06:23 PM, said:

And yet "Legendary" is quite personal.
I would say several of those "awesome Legendaries" that people love the look for are quite silly and ugly, does that mean they are not Legendary?

So majority vote means nothing? I think you're the only person in this thread supporting the "legendary" status of this underwhelming item.

And honestly, if you're going to take the opinion of one person as gospel on the matter, it should be the person who crafted it. Who was underwhelmed.

Not legendary on both counts.

[Lordkrall]

So, the vast minority on a forum decides what the majority of players think is Legendary?

There are WAAAAAAAY more people in game than on these forums, so what is stated here should not be taken as a majority.

Legendary is and always will be individual.
No one can decide what I think is Legendary and no one can decide what you or ArenaNet thinks is Legendary.