Guild Wars 2

Example 1
Piercing Shard
While attuned to water, your spells deal more damage to vulnerable foes.
Damage Damage increase: 20%

It only apply to 1 skill basically: Ice Spike

I mean think about this:
You have an average of 40% crit chance, then 60% chance that that crit. cause vulnerability (with 25 points invested in air), thats a 16% to cause vulnerability. Then you attune to water and are supposed to expect that perhaps your foe is vulnerable and that Ice spike will deal a 20% extra damage.

But even if that succeed, Ice Spike takes 4 seconds to drop and your vulnerability only last for 5 seconds. So it will most probably not even work!
So for piercing shard to work you need Lingering Elements to work on Weak Spot as well.

Example 2
Geomancer’s Freedom
You recover from crippled, immobilized, and chilled faster.
Duration decrease: 33%

You want us to be less dependent on Water, but our other defensive skills like Geomancer’s freedom only work 25% of the time. At least with Lingering Element we could have the benefit of this trait sometimes without being forced to attune to earth (which makes this trait unappealing).

Example 3
Enduring Damage
Deal more damage when your endurance is full.
Damage Damage increase: 10%

Requires 25 points investment in earth, that your endurance bar is full AND that you are attuned to earth. Seriously?! On a class that can only survive by dodging?

Lingering element would make this trait a little more interesting.

That’s my rant, good vacation.

pretty sure the ones that don’t explicitly mention an element work in all attunements

reikken.4961:

pretty sure the ones that don’t explicitly mention an element work in all attunements

Ya but Im talking about the other ones… The one linked to attunements should linger if lingering trait is used.

Geomancer’s Freedom and Enduring Damage work in all attunements.