Guild Wars 2

After spending a significant amount of time with Earthen Proxy, I am in love with this trait. With its great synergy with Elemental Shielding, Hardy Conduit, Imbued Melodies, Sand Squall and Overload Earth, it provides very good and somewhat consistent damage reduction; combined with the Earth Grandmaster Minor trait, it really helps with team fights/support.

However, I believe that it REALLY SHOULD AFFECT ALLIES as well.

To circumvent the difficulty of knowing whose Protection is being affected, I suggest the following change: Earthen Proxy applies an AoE buff on you and on allies around you, like Soothing Mist or Spotter. The buff gives you the current effect of the trait, with “Source: you,” like Spotter.

Thoughts?