Guild Wars 2

Is it possible to have 25 stack 1min+ Stability for a group of guard+boonshare mesmer+revenant with 100% boon duration ?

Whats “a group”? 500 people?

1 minute is probably easily possible, 25 stacks however I doubt you can maintain for long.

But I am guessing its a trick question cause you’re gonna post a screenshot of it. Otherwise your thread was utterly pointless.

Stacks yes (25 is the upper limit), duration no. Stability boon stacks in intensity but not duration (since March 2015 update).

Not possible unless you find some mob for the Mesmer to arcane thievery a long duration stability from.

The longest base stability duration is ~6 seconds. Boon duration caps at 100%, so the longest you can push that base to is ~12 seconds. Boonsharing an intensity-stacking boon only boosts the stacks, not the duration, so ~12 seconds is the longest possible with that comp.

However.

There is theoretically a way to get longer durations. There is a tempest earth warhorn skill that extends the duration of existing boons by 2 seconds. Let’s say you set up a conga-line of tempests running past a couple players with stability. As each tempest reaches the group, they pop the skill and then continue on to the back of the line. With swiftness, you should be able to get at least 3 tempests past the group per second. This means that they’ll be extending the duration of boons by a net of 5 seconds for every second your tempest conga-line is in action. If you run your tempest conga-line continuously for 12 seconds, you should be able to reach 1 minute of any boon.

I need to try this now.

Fay.2357:

Not possible unless you find some mob for the Mesmer to arcane thievery a long duration stability from.

The longest base stability duration is ~6 seconds. Boon duration caps at 100%, so the longest you can push that base to is ~12 seconds. Boonsharing an intensity-stacking boon only boosts the stacks, not the duration, so ~12 seconds is the longest possible with that comp.

However.

There is theoretically a way to get longer durations. There is a tempest earth warhorn skill that extends the duration of existing boons by 2 seconds. Let’s say you set up a conga-line of tempests running past a couple players with stability. As each tempest reaches the group, they pop the skill and then continue on to the back of the line. With swiftness, you should be able to get at least 3 tempests past the group per second. This means that they’ll be extending the duration of boons by a net of 5 seconds for every second your tempest conga-line is in action. If you run your tempest conga-line continuously for 12 seconds, you should be able to reach 1 minute of any boon.

I need to try this now.

Same. Thanks for that btw lol. Can you proc imbued melodies by dropping off a small cliff in the conga line? If so you may be able to sand squall twice and then heat sink for good measure.

Fay.2357:

Not possible unless you find some mob for the Mesmer to arcane thievery a long duration stability from.

The longest base stability duration is ~6 seconds. Boon duration caps at 100%, so the longest you can push that base to is ~12 seconds. Boonsharing an intensity-stacking boon only boosts the stacks, not the duration, so ~12 seconds is the longest possible with that comp.

However.

There is theoretically a way to get longer durations. There is a tempest earth warhorn skill that extends the duration of existing boons by 2 seconds. Let’s say you set up a conga-line of tempests running past a couple players with stability. As each tempest reaches the group, they pop the skill and then continue on to the back of the line. With swiftness, you should be able to get at least 3 tempests past the group per second. This means that they’ll be extending the duration of boons by a net of 5 seconds for every second your tempest conga-line is in action. If you run your tempest conga-line continuously for 12 seconds, you should be able to reach 1 minute of any boon.

I need to try this now.

Lmfao. Please post results and/or video. I need to see this in action just for the comedy of it.