Guild Wars 2

The “Superior Rune of Radiance” does not give the extra 33% (2 Seconds) “Aura Duration” to other allies affected by the Tempest Shout skills. This is a serious issue for those who wish to utilize the fullness of the AoE Aura effects that Shouts give.

On the Rune of Radiance, is says: “Durations of Auras you apply are increased by 33%”. Some may think it gives the illusion of: “Auras applied to YOU are increased”. But it does not say that, and it says “Auras you apply” which gives no specification to whom it effects as long as that person(s) gets an Aura.

A.Net Development Team, please correctly fix these issues before the final release of Heart of the Thorns.

Thank you for your patience with recent bug fixes to the Heart of the Thorns content, and I look forward to seeing the Tempest Specialization correctly utilized.

Have a good one, A.Net.

EDIT: Diovid kindly helped fix a error I made in my calculations about “Elemental Bastion” and was now corrected and removed.

Raysuko.3571:

After going through some trait calculations, I noticed 2 shouts are not benefiting from the Tempest Trait called “Elemental Bastion”.

“Wash the pain away!” and “Rebound!” do not receive the bonus AoE heal as they should.

The “Elemental Bastion” specifically targets all Shout-Types to gain the AoE heal; “Wash the Pain Away!” and “Rebound!” are no acceptation to this rule.

No, Elemental Bastion says the following: “Auras you apply heal allies”. Neither Wash the Pain Away nor Rebound apply Auras.

Secondly, the “Superior Rune of Radiance” does not give the extra 33% (2 Seconds) “Aura Duration” to other allies affected by the Tempest Shout skills. This is a serious issue for those who wish to utilize the fullness of the AoE Aura effects that Shouts give.

On the Rune of Radiance, is says: “Durations of Auras you apply are increased by 33%”. Some may think it gives the illusion of: “Auras applied to YOU are increased”. But it does not say that, and it says “Auras you apply” which gives no specification to whom it effects as long as that person(s) gets an Aura.

I think there are some problems with the stacking of Auras.

Diovid.9506:

No, Elemental Bastion says the following: “Auras you apply heal allies”. Neither Wash the Pain Away nor Rebound apply Auras.

Doh! Good catch. Doing calculations all night has left me tired. Changing now.