Guild Wars 2

So I was kinda down about the boon duration nerf and I decided to just start throwing builds together. I didn’t really try so, none of theses are optimized or likely even viable but I wanted to at least show folks thinking outside of the box can work. The build editor isn’t updated yet so some of the results may be skewed. I’ll include each of the sources of BD and total BD. For the ones I came up with I could get between 89-99% BD depending on the rune set used.

99% BD guard
Virtues 30% + Full Giver’s Trinkets 5% + Plat Doubloon 24% + Rune of Water (updtd) 20% + Choco Omnom Cream 20% = 99% BD

99% BD mesmer
Chaos 30% + Full Giver’s Trinkets 5% + Plat Doubloon 24% + Rune of Altruism (updtd) 10% + Choco Omnom Cream 20% + Signet of Midnight 10% = 99% BD
(You can take out Signet of Midnight if 89% is alright)

89% BD engineer
Alchemy 30% + Full Giver’s Trinkets 5% + Plat Doubloon 24% + Rune of Altruism (updtd) 10% + Choco Omnom Cream 20% = 89% BD

89% BD wammo
Tactics 30% + Full Giver’s Trinkets 5% + Plat Doubloon 24% + Rune of the Monk (updtd) 15% + Choco Omnom Cream 20% = 94% BD

High BD is obtainable but you see the setup is nearly the same across each one so some (a lot) sacrifice has to be made to get this high. I neglected to flesh out engineer and warrior because it looks like you can customize them several different ways.

So what do you guys think?

imo, I think things aren’t so bad in the shadow of the boon duration nerf. There are some things that came be worked out.

The problem isn’t that you cannot get boon duration up high anymore. The problem is the methods for doing it leave you totally kitten.

I wouldn’t recommend giver’s trinkets or doubloons. They have horrible itemisation. You’d be totally gimping yourself just to get more boon duration.

I’d stick to your traitline + food. That’s the best bang for your buck by far.

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The problem isn’t that you cannot get boon duration up high anymore. The problem is the methods for doing it leave you totally kitten.

I wouldn’t recommend giver’s trinkets or doubloons. They have horrible itemisation. You’d be totally gimping yourself just to get more boon duration.

I’d stick to your traitline + food. That’s the best bang for your buck by far.

Well before patch people primarily used the rune+food+trait combo to max out and now people have to rely on just food and traits which is at the most 50% BD. It’s not feasible (other than I’ve shown) to raise BD any other way.

For those that still want to do it, I’ve shown how you can get there. :s

At least warrior and engy look worth trying for WvW, imo.

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The problem isn’t that you cannot get boon duration up high anymore. The problem is the methods for doing it leave you totally kitten.

It is not like it is some big surprise. You have to give in one area to take in another. Thee were a great many threads that were full of posters who apparently felt the duration that players were stacking boons were too high.

@OP Your calculations are not entirely accurate. It all depends on what the source of the boon is. In many cases you can increase the effect on “X” skills. If those skill are all buffing shouts or elixirs or what not, they are increased by 20%, while other skills that are sources of buff do not have those traits to increase the duration

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The problem isn’t that you cannot get boon duration up high anymore. The problem is the methods for doing it leave you totally kitten.

It is not like it is some big surprise. You have to give in one area to take in another. Thee were a great many threads that were full of posters who apparently felt the duration that players were stacking boons were too high.

Exactly and in order to get even close you get dealt a pretty severe trade off. :s

But you gotta work with what you’re given…

So? If you want to maximize damage, you have to trade off all of your survivability. If you want maximum survivability, you have to sacrifice all of your damage.

Personally, I have no problem with the duration of buffs that I can comfortably reach. And I am saying that as a player who mains one of the professions you listed. I have spent all day testing the various builds, and I have no complaints with my buffs duration.

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So? If you want to maximize damage, you have to trade off all of your survivability. If you want maximum survivability, you have to sacrifice all of your damage.

Personally, I have no problem with the duration of buffs that I can comfortably reach. And I am saying that as a player who mains one of the professions you listed. I have spent all day testing the various builds, and I have no complaints with my buffs duration.

Awesome. Hopefully more will understand that unless you gut yourself 100% (or anything close) isn’t coming back.
On the other hand I’m going to test a few of these builds for fun and maybe work them over time to become batter.