Guild Wars 2

We have a grandmaster trait called Powerful Auras that is not useful on it’s own in underwater combat unless we take other traits. I think this is an oversight due to the Trident skills lacking an aura skill.

Add your support here if you think we would benefit by having an aura skill on our Trident skills. I would much rather have a magnetic aura in place of our current earth 3 skill that crowd controls the character using it.

I agree, but don’t remove crowd control to add our Aura. Crowd control is one of the few things we do well underwater (where the rest is terrible).

Yeah, I avoid underwater combat if at all possible on my Ele. It’s just painful.

And on a side note: Counting Crows rule!

Intigo.1653:

I agree, but don’t remove crowd control to add our Aura. Crowd control is one of the few things we do well underwater (where the rest is terrible).

I wasn’t suggesting that. Read slower or go try out earth 3 then come back and edit your . post.

There are a number of traits that become worthless underwater (Evasive Arcana and Blasting Staff, to name a few). At least Powerful Auras works with Fire’s Embrace, underwater.

What I really wish is that Powerful Auras worked with ALL auras, including combo field/leap finisher auras (eg, Boiling Water > Tidal Wave) and Arcane Resurrection – now that would be fun

I find Earth 3 to be rather useful, especially for using Earth 1, Earth 2, Air 1, and Fire 5 (because they’re more effective the closer you are to your target). It also makes a good skill to be used with Elemental Surge / Arcane Power to imobilize your target (in addition to yourself, which I agree, is rather unfortunate).

Just don’t change any water and air skills on trident. They’re all awesome.

Maybe fire for fireshield or earth for magnetic aura since I almost never use almost half of the skills on those attunements.