Draconic Weapon Skins

[Kelly.7019]

Here are the new weapon skins available if you happen to be away from home and want to take a peak. As always weapon skins cost 1 Black Lion Claim Ticket made from 10 Black Lion Claim Ticket Scraps found in Black Lion chests. So what do you think do we like the skins?

[Zexanima.7851]

Meh. Colors are too vibrant for my tastes. I don't mind the over all design though, specially the dagger and staff.

[Stand The Wall.6987]

too many angles. I like simplicity.

[zealex.9410]

Compaire them to the recolour of the festival lul.

[kharmin.7683]

Agreed. Meh.

[Funky.4861]

They're quite boring.

[aspirine.6852]

I kinda like the dagger, the staff and the axe skin.

[Mannah.4012]

They're uglier than Abaddon's, and that was hard to achieve

[Hannelore.8153]

They're just a rehash of the Dragon's Jade weapons, though? Well, some are better and some are worse, but very similar..

[Danikat.8537]

I think they're inspired by the Draconic Scythe in GW1: https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Draconic_Scythe (No idea why I can't get a link to the image working, but you can see it on that page.)

 

The staff is identical and the rest have a similar style, especially the dragon head.

 

(Now I'm tempted to get the staff, and remake my GW1 dervish as a revenant.)

[ugrakarma.9416]

i very liked them, we need a "red dragon" theme thats inst primordus(lavae/fire/stone). also it can fit a "bloody" character too.

[Blocki.4931]

> @"zealex.9410" said:

> Compaire them to the recolour of the festival lul.

 

Recolors are perfectly valid since we have no means of coloring weapons ourselves. Praise having more options. It's a simple way for them to add things for people to enjoy and work towards, without massively restructuring their rewards for festival content.

[Super Hayes.6890]

Draconic Aegis from GW1 opportunity missed...

 

Also, am I the only one that wants the current shield but without the dragon head part?

[kharmin.7683]

> @"Super Hayes.6890" said:

> Also, am I the only one that wants the current shield but without the dragon head part?

No. Just like I'm not the only one that detests the pokey spikes on shoulder items, especially outfits where you can't remove them. Sometime I really wonder whom the devs listen to when they come up with these ideas.

 

[Super Hayes.6890]

> @"kharmin.7683" said:

> > @"Super Hayes.6890" said:

> > Also, am I the only one that wants the current shield but without the dragon head part?

> No. Just like I'm not the only one that detests the pokey spikes on shoulder items, especially outfits where you can't remove them. Sometime I really wonder whom the devs listen to when they come up with these ideas.

>

 

Using process of elimination we are two people closer to the answer... I like the concept on these skins but they don't quite work for me. Something about them is off for my taste. I can't pinpoint what exactly.

[Eloc Freidon.5692]

They look as unfinished as the awakened skins. The focus is the only really interesting thing about the set.

[Fueki.4753]

Another Set with absolute disregard to Aquatic weapons.

Another scythe staff to rub salt into the open hearts of Dervish fans.

And all of them are ugly.

 

As usual, I'm not going to bother with this one.

[Game Nurse.2619]

They are GORGEOUS!! I love them!!!!

[Lamont.5973]

I find them kind of gaudy and, yet, since I tend toward browns, blacks and greys on my characters' clothing they actually work from some of my toons because of the contrast with my armor. So in that sense I like them and got several.

[Aran.9374]

That focus tho. B)

[Josiah.2967]

Why are these mummified?

[Knighthonor.4061]

Would like the art team to really make a short bow that stands out for once.

[Shadowmoon.7986]

What is sad is that a scythe designed by a fan for an ingame reward and added ingame as a reward for a difficult 12 man "raid" is now being used to promote rng lootboxes 10 years later. I understand part of contest was any submissions would now be owned by arenanet, but it is annoying that anet is making actual money from an item designed by a player.

[Danikat.8537]

> @"Shadowmoon.7986" said:

> What is sad is that a scythe designed by a fan for an ingame reward and added ingame as a reward for a difficult 12 man "raid" is now being used to promote rng lootboxes 10 years later. I understand part of contest was any submissions would now be owned by arenanet, but it is annoying that anet is making actual money from an item designed by a player.

 

It was also a reward for completing Factions, so roughly equivalent to GW2's Pact weapons.

 

I don't like black lion chests but I was actually thinking it's cool that they liked the design enough to not only re-use it but to adapt it into an entire set of weapons and it's a pretty big compliment to the original artist that they thought it was worth doing that.

[lokh.2695]

At least they're not purple ;)