Guild Wars 2

I don’t see any posts on this topic so I wanted to ask this question before the changes hit as I think its very pertinent. Boon duration was tied in to Toughness generally in the stats line for classes. This gave a base value of 30% when maxed, and the rest could be made up with armor buffs, usually using Platinum Doubloons and jewelry. The problem now though, is we are losing that 30% with the upcoming stat changes which is a big deal. Supposedly it all goes into armor now. But how will classes make it up? Only one type of armor I know of ever had this buff and then at only 1%: Giver’s armor. So my proposal is for boon duration minded folks, is we buff that armor stats to 5% per piece so we have dedicated armor for boons, and celestial be given an additional 1% buff as the general do-it-all armor set. I would love to hear how this is going to be addressed by ArenaNet of course, so any comments here would be nice to set this question to rest. I also want to know how other players feel about boon duration buffs on armor, so I can see what the community thinks. I think it deserves more love, right along with +condition duration and I think understanding how others feel will clarify if players want it.

No replies here? Giving this a bump for a chance to get some feedback. I reviewed some posts from a month ago, and found this one here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/Equipment-with-boon-duration-stats-incoming

From what I can see here, there is either going to be a baseline 15% boon duration with another 15 for those that choose the matching core specialization, or its going onto armor. My feeling is the former option seems more likely than an armor set because we only ever had 1 set, Giver’s, for boon duration, and the idea of making many new sets(while feasible) seems less likely than the alternative of just merging it in. I actually prefer armor sets with boon duration thrown in (assuming the sets give a decently high buff, nothing like the terribleness of Giver’s). This reminds me, if they go with doing away with boon duration, does this mean Giver’s would be retired as an armor set?