Guild Wars 2

With all of the new features and all of the player’s complaining about small things, people have looked over other smaller details!So I’d like to make a thread to appreciate Anet’s attention to detail.

There are quite a few new skill animations in the new feature patch!

So far I’ve noticed

Mesmer -
Greatsword 3 – had a radius increase therefore it is much much much taller (it’s great)

Mantra of Pain – has an new casting animation as well as a new animation for the AoE damage it causes

Mantra of Distraction – new casting animation as well as a new animation for the AoE damage it causes

I will add more if/when I find/see them!

Awesome job, Anet!

I just noticed the hearts around the circle in Mantra of Pain. Love hurts I guess?

Suddo.5487:

I just noticed the hearts around the circle in Mantra of Pain. Love hurts I guess?

Nah man, they were trying to add shapes that looked symmetrical… and then they forgot to change the angles to make the hearts symmetrical.

Not sure if those were always there, but the necro staff skills now adds a really cool scythe animation to the stave

PS: No, that staff is not final rest. Its the HoM reward staff.

I’m not sure I’d call 3 changes “quite a few” (especially since the Mind Stab change is probably just scaling it up to make the radius bigger, by proxy making the sword bigger as well), but its still nice any time they make little improvements like this.

Not exactly an animation change, but somewhat along the same line of visual improvements, the skill bar icons for Elementalists’ Glyphs of elementals (both the Lesser and normal elite versions) now change color based on your attunement.

MauricioCezar.2673:

Not sure if those were always there, but the necro staff skills now adds a really cool scythe animation to the stave

PS: No, that staff is not final rest. Its the HoM reward staff.

That has been there from the beginning or near beginning