Guild Wars 2

I’m new to the game (just started during the free trial not so long ago) and I enjoy RP, I’ve noticed some of the cool aesthetic abilities don’t last terribly long though so I was wondering if it’d be game-breaking or not to have abilities such as the Lighning Hammer or Mesmer-portal have a longer (say three or five minutes?) duration out of combat, but to wind down when in-combat at their current rates.

This would allow people to have fun with them in cities and such while curbing misuse.

Thoughts?

I get what you’re saying but it wouldn’t have a purpose out of combat.
especially since they have already nerfed portal to receive less people in and out of it.
SO if that were to happen 3-5 min portal would be so nerfed that only 3 ppl could cross through it. and lightning hammer, if you want a permanent L hammer then just make the Mjolnir, it is the permanent exotic version of the ele skill.

You couldn’t quite curb misuse without curbing it entirely is all im trying to get at.

SnowHawk.3615:

if you want a permanent L hammer then just make the Mjolnir

One does not simply make Mjolnir, especially not a new player :p