Maguuma Mastery Orb

Maguuma Mastery Orb

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Posted by: SnuffleCarrots.2701

SnuffleCarrots.2701

I was at the Maguuma Mastery Orb and was messing around with my attacks with a mace/axe and hammer. When using Phase Mash with the hammer I am briefly up in the air. For a split second I can interact with the Maguuma Mastery Orb and gain a mastery point. It does now seem as though it is the intended way of getting that mastery point

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Posted by: Stitch.1794

Stitch.1794

You don’t even need the hammer skill – just jumping into the wall and hitting F at the top of the jump can work too.

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Posted by: Yamsandjams.3267

Yamsandjams.3267

Yeah, I did the same thing using phase smash. I tried jumping, but I must’ve have been a little off.

However, this is very important to note. If the revenant can interact with things during the phase smash animation, they can use it to interact with distant objects without actually being at those objects. This could allow them to access skill points, open chests, and possibly do things like repair walls and operate siege equipment while standing very far away from said interactables.

It will require further testing though (obviously no one was in WvW with this). However, I’m quite certain there will be some potentially game breaking things that could arise from this method of distant interaction.

As far as that mastery point goes, I assume that they left out a piece of the ledge, or the actual intent is that you’re supposed to descend from above that area somehow. There was another mastery orb that was on an high cliff, so I could see them wanting you to either use some other kind of mastery or to fly down from above somehow.

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Posted by: Toppcats.5306

Toppcats.5306

I was annoyed and disappointed with this particular mastery orb as I viewed obtaining it being gimmick rather than skill. I have no problem with reaching it being a difficult climb with a small footfall to interact with to reach it. Having to use a weapon or utility skill to ‘sort of’ reach it makes attaining it, imho, a ‘gimmick’ and not a ‘mastery’ of anything.

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Posted by: Cirian.8917

Cirian.8917

I jumped and hit F for that one. It is a bit odd that you don’t need a mastery ability to get there.

Once you get the glider unlocked you can go to the waypoint in the demo and glide to another one, and that really does need a mastery ability.