Guild Wars 2

QUICK NOTE: I’m not talking about a sigil. I’m talking about the new upcoming mechanic for Borderlands known as “Bloodlust in the Borderlands” and the buff that is a result of this new mechanic that replaces the old Orb of Power system.

How difficult would it be to implement a debuff that causes -50 to power, precision, condition damage, vitality, toughness, and healing power, and stacks up to 3 times?

It could be a consumable that you purchase with badges, and lasts 1 hour long. Like any other buff, you can go into the Heart of the Mists to get rid of it if you need to go from 3 stacks of the debuff to 2 depending on how the course of WvW changes. (Or have some way to easily right-click the debuff and remove stacks of it)

The reason I’m suggesting this is because it would specifically counter the stat disparity that many people in the WvW community and especially the GvG community are upset with, but would keep the +1 total score per stack when you stomp someone.

Would that work for you, ArenaNet? It would not only encourage people who want to use it for GvG to go do WvW in order to buy it, not that we don’t already WvW extensively anyway, but it would also not make the total score per stomp part of the buff pointless.

I think this would be a pretty fair compromise. It’s not as simple as a toggle, you’d have to pay to use it so it would have limited and very specific applications, and it doesn’t fully defeat the purpose of the buff. And guilds will be able to continue GvGs, with only a little extra inconvenience.

Please respond and tell me what you think.

“All stacks will be lost if you are downed or if you enter a new area.”

No more to say. Just try and avoid fighting if you don’t have advantage/enemy is stronger aka L2P

Equinox.4195:

a debuff that causes -50 to power, precision, condition damage, vitality, toughness, and healing power, and stacks up to 3 times?

Pretty sure he’s talking about the Borderland Bloodlust coming on Tuesday. The sigil is +250 power, not +150 to all attributes.

HELLruler.4820:

“All stacks will be lost if you are downed or if you enter a new area.”

No more to say. Just try and avoid fighting if you don’t have advantage/enemy is stronger aka L2P

I’m talking about the new upcoming Borderland mechanic that will effectively replace what the Orbs of Power once were. Not the sigil of bloodlust.