Guild Wars 2

Suggestion- make lightning flashes CD 20s. (or something reasonably lower than what it is now.)

We are suffering greatly from the turtle disease. Yes, we are mobile. but when RTL was gutted, we suffered greatly. RTL did need a nerf. thats besides the point.

Why this will be good- It will help with our mobility, which is something we are lacking in. It can allow for things such as d/f and s/f to open up, things that are solely not used due to its lack of mobility. If an ele cannot kite people and avoid attacks, that ele is dead. lowest hp and lowest armor, and yet, you devs think this level of mobility is acceptable? well, im here to tell you as a customer and ele player that its not okay. Its not okay. nerf our healing, thats ok. nerf our invulns, thats ok. even after all these months, that nerf to RTL was ludicrous. and it Killed ele.

This will help with ALL builds ele can use due to its nature of being a utility skill. and something i think can revive the class.

I disagree, respectfully. Mobility is fine. We aren’t the worst and not the best. We need better ways to mitigate damage and clear conditions. Condi spam is too good atm. I suggest adding more condi removal from weapon sets are make a trait that removes condis on aura. Arcane shield needs a cd reduction and maybe a 3s duration instead of just 3 hits. Armor of earth should be 10 seconds without boon duration. Lets go ahead and make this an official suggestion thread to bring to the devs for next balance patch

I don’t know, those changes do sound better. I can already have armor of earth hit 12 seconds with max boon duration so i think devs might find 19s armor of earth a bit too high. Armor of earth just needs a CD reduction. Im going to make a utilities suggestion thread.

arcane 5pnt trait

cheshirefox.7026:

arcane 5pnt trait

This works for me what you have in mind for 15 point arcane to replace lingering elements?

While I would very much enjoy having a 20s CD lighting flash (16s with trait) i feel that is a bit too much. Having lightning flash on 16s cd means i can lightning flash + Burning speed combo on practically every cooldown. If you can’t already see the amount of kitten that would cause then you haven’t played ele enough lol.

If they were ever to reduce the cooldown on this skill i wouldn’t see them lowering it below 30s, maybe 35.

What frownyclown said earlier about armour of earth and other utilities i agree with. Armour of earth has a way to long cooldown to justify the amount of boons it gives for the duration that they are given. perhaps keeping the duration the same and decreasing the cooldown to 60s, along with arcane shield to 60s would make them more desirable.

Bleh. Anet’s never going to balance a profession properly, ele least of all.

I propose new weapons!