Guild Wars 2

Anet, please put a sticky note for these items because the issue keeps cropping up. Gizmoes like the M-PEC device and Itzel Spirit Poison (used in HOPE and Armor crafting respectively) suffer from the issue that they are used in long and difficult fights but have very short durations.

The Itzel Spirit Poison was patched a few months ago to not be lost when downed, but it it is very easy to forget to reapply it when you are wiping at KC over and over. Last week, a guildie was disappointed that the buff had run out 1 minute before the death of KC. The buff you get from the item needs a long duration (like an hour) so you can use it without it running out.

M-PEC is a worse item. It only lasts 5 minutes which is an issue if you are struggling with a group at the Mushroom Emperor or the Stoneheads in Auric Basin. Depending on your helpers, those fights can easily stretch out longer.

More importantly, the M-PEC buff disappears when downed, and I cannot count the number of times that a guildie or I have been downed when a champion is about to die. Earlier I had it happen to me 3 times in the space of an hour, while hunting either of two of HOPE’s components.

Because this kind of gizmo is highly likely to be used in future scavenger hunts, please remember to give these items long buff durations and ensure that they are not removed in downstate.

On the bright side, these collection items are often used in really interesting pieces of content, but these two small points easily add up to a lot of frustration that can severly marr the experience of going out and completeing these scavenger hunts.

I don’t remember the duration or remove on downed being a big problem for M-PEC … on the other hand I think I had to replace it 2 or 3 times due to the burn out mechanic. That just seems like a pointless annoyance.