Guild Wars 2

Please, make this change ;(

*Reads Blink in title….

*Thinks of Blink stalkers in SC2 >.<

Lightning flash is fine as it is IMO…

I shall channel churning earth everytime and make the enemy dodge twice & Run away, use flash and muhahahahahaha!

:D

According to wiki they have the same range (900) but Blink has a trait that increases its range to 1200

the difference between blink and LF is not the range (even if blink as stated before can be upgraded to longer range…) but the CD that is lower for blink… LF longer cd is due to the dmg it does … well… i wolud gladly lose that dmg for the reduced CD but as it stand it is balanced… in its own way…

I’m fine with it atm, i rarely feel ‘omg it must recharge faster’. On mesmer i don’t like other manipulation (wich it is) so -20% recharge on those is a waste, most of time. However on ele, cantrips are very usefull, all of them. So i rarely go without -20% recharge trait. This makes the different for me only 6 seconds, wich i really can live with, if you realize with the trait ‘cantrips give vigor/regen’ is much stronger then any mesmer trait involving manipulations. Balance is a gift, and I like it the way it is.

yeah lets reduce cd further cause the ele seriously lacks mobility…
Its fine as it is imo

cant compare the two. Mesmer for the most part is a very rigid hero to play with little mobility, so it’s totally understandable that their blink is better.

Dont forget you can lower the cd with a trait in water. Its actually the only cantrip I have but since the cd is so low its all I need for a stun break and churn bomb is always fun

Lightning Flash is a weaker skill than Blink, but it’s honestly strong enough as it is.

Can Lightning Flash have same range as Blink?

Sure.
When mesmers have 100% swiftness uptime without traits or runes.

Winds.3087:

Can Lightning Flash have same range as Blink?

Sure.
When mesmers have 100% swiftness uptime without traits or runes.

Eles would love that for sure

I mean having 100% swiftness uptime without traits or runes

maddoctor.2738:

Eles would love that for sure

I mean having 100% swiftness uptime without traits or runes

Staff, healing glyph, arcane wave and you have it.

maddoctor.2738:

Winds.3087:

Can Lightning Flash have same range as Blink?

Sure.
When mesmers have 100% swiftness uptime without traits or runes.

Eles would love that for sure

I mean having 100% swiftness uptime without traits or runes

You should really stop posting.

Winds.3087:

maddoctor.2738:

Eles would love that for sure

I mean having 100% swiftness uptime without traits or runes

Staff, healing glyph, arcane wave and you have it.

You mean with the 5-skill sequence that requires a specific utility and a specific weapon? And I’d love to have clones, see we can’t have them all, can we? Anyway I’ve already said my opinion on this subject on my first post on this topic

Intigo.1653:

You should really stop posting.

Why would I ever want to do that?

maddoctor.2738:

You mean with the 5-skill sequence that requires a specific utility and a specific weapon? And I’d love to have clones, see we can’t have them all, can we? Anyway I’ve already said my opinion on this subject on my first post on this topic

This sequence still doesn’t require any traits or runes.

Winds.3087:

maddoctor.2738:

You mean with the 5-skill sequence that requires a specific utility and a specific weapon? And I’d love to have clones, see we can’t have them all, can we? Anyway I’ve already said my opinion on this subject on my first post on this topic

This sequence still doesn’t require any traits or runes.

What a completely meaningless point to argue about for the sake of arguing.

Morthis.3968:

What a completely meaningless point to argue about for the sake of arguing.

Arguing for the sake of arguing is basically waste of time.

What I’m talking about here is mobility of both elementalist and mesmer, where blinks and their usefulness play big part.
Traited Vigor\regen\3might\damaging 900 LF versus traited 1200 blink that doesn’t do damage and all those buffs. Blinks seem balanced for me, so no need to changing them(in fact, I’d be happy if anet fix some LF pathing issues, when it sometimes just do nothing while you stand on seemingly perfect flat ground – highly annoying and happens less on my mesmer!).

Mobility overall isn’t – that’s where “100% swiftness uptime”-type argument steps in. Elementalists can achieve it without crippling their potential while mesmers can’t.
Is it fair to buff already nice elementalist mobility even more? Think about it.

Lot´s of apples and oranges here.

It´s pointless to argue about this by taking skills out of context, or in very specific contexts.

LF is good strong skill. I wouldn´t object it having bit longer range, but i don´t really think it deperately needs it. 1200 range is bit more intuitive and easier to perceive though, atleast for me.

Winds.3087:

Mobility overall isn’t – that’s where “100% swiftness uptime”-type argument steps in. Elementalists can achieve it without crippling their potential while mesmers can’t.
Is it fair to buff already nice elementalist mobility even more? Think about it.

I agree with this, I just thought it was stupid to harp on the no traits perma swiftness thing. For that matter, staff is actually a poor example of Elementalist mobility, because all it can do is swiftness, while D/D with standard aura build can perma swiftness along with having RTL.

It needs to teleport you to max range if you select farther than max.

Would be cool if Lightning Flash increased its range to 1200 when swapping to staff.