Guild Wars 2

Greetings magoo-ma’s

I’ve noticed some strangeness on the map that affected 2 of my 4 toons on different occasions after they each defeated Shatmeister

My engi had a “shield” that looked like a piece of a branded spark
It remained with me until I left the map (managed a screenshot)

My necro was able to “pick up” what looked like a static strike that applied itself to both my greatsword AND staff (when weapon swapping)
It almost felt like it had “fallen off” someone else’s Legendary & I could scoop it
(no screenshot managed)

No sigils or traits on my toon builds to suggest they caused

My overactive fertile imagination thought it might have something to do with Shatmeister’s Crystal trophy I had received on both toons

Which got my overactive fertile imagination thinking what a great idea it would be each/some of the trophy pieces we turned in had a one-time effect (like a shield or weapon charge that appeared the next time we fought that boss)

How many bosses give trophy pieces?

It would add a little extra ooomph while we get the umpteen dozen needed for “gold” stature upgrades & make the process less grindy

*goes to take meds

This mystery shield showed up again at the Jormag boss fight
It stayed with me after combat until I left the map
Any idea what it is?
(this kind of shtuff drives me bonkers)

I want one ; ;

Can other people see it as well? Next time it happens you may want to ask people around you.

I tried asking those around me but they thought I was a lunatic

BnooMaGoo.5690:

I tried asking those around me but they thought I was a lunatic

Probably is only on your side then. No idea tho what it could be from.

You have invoked the spirit of a Quaggan God!

Yeah could be a bug perhaps
I’ve searched what other professions shields look like but none compare either
It specifically looks like it comes from a branded spark (the colouring)

I still think the idea that trophy drop pieces (TEQ, TT, SHATmeister etc) gave special effects after being deposited to Guild Decorations would add more ooomph to the process AND sharpen our powers of perception/sense of anticipation

Could be totally random and totally GNAWSOME

Randulf.7614:

You have invoked the spirit of a Quaggan God!

phoo
you have nice teeth
:D

This is a visual bug where the skill effect of scrapper hammer skill 4 shock shield. In your case the skill is being used but the Lightning effect created does not go away. Hope this helped!

I will check this out & many thanks!

Skill effects can get stuck (and other effects). I once had the cool aura that shows up for a second when you level up stick on me for a while! Was quite cool running around looking like I was exploding into light, of course nobody else could see it. You can sometimes induce the effect with skills by interrupting/cancelling them at the right moment (someone in a dungeon showed me once! Was pretty cool). But that’s quite hard to pull of.