Guild Wars 2

Honestly, this has bugged me for a long time.
Before it was changed to be a two part skill, magnetic grasp was unreliable, but it was also very fun when it worked.
Surfing along the ground to an opponent and following it up with an earthquake was simply outright satisfying.
After the change a long time ago when it became a long range immobilize, and a leap, I stopped using it very much. It isn’t fun. It is slow. By the time you get to your target using the leap, the immobilize has probably worn most of the way off. It doesn’t feel responsive as a two part skill, and it doesn’t feel as fun without the sliding effect.

I know that it will probably never go back to where it was before the major change because it was very buggy, but please at least consider combining the leap and the immobilize into the same attack so it actually feels like a magnet. It would feel many times more fun than a flimsy long range attack and jump that are practically disconnected except for the order in which you are forced do them.

Currently, magnetic grasp is boring and functional while it used to be fun but buggy.
I would prefer the latter any day of the year.

It’s still horrendously bugged. It doesn’t work probably 80% of the time I use it. Nonstop out of range/obstructued/straight missing even when they’re standing directly in front of me. However, I think I prefer it now (at least if it anet cared enough to do bug fixes). It was a decent mobility skill before, but a ranged immob does a lot for an ele.

It’s fine, the imobilize did it’s job by the time you reach your opponent: the gap was filled and the attacker was lead of trail. The only problem i have with it is the self root at the end. Rubber-band-fly-guy-with-fire-shield-coming-in-hot. But i loved how the previous animation looked: this one is better though!! Obstructs and misses is usually the blame of the caster or lagg, yes the projectile is slow: adapt.

I like that you can choose not to leap if you don’t want to, just using it for the immobilize, or you can cast something else while the projectile is en route. It’s much better as a two part skill

I wouldn’t mind if the second part was a pull.

a pull would be awesome beast hax win

It is a lot better now since before you cced yourself. I usually only use it for the immobilize so it’s good to have the option not to leap. However in WvW it seems to always bug out and tell me obstructed even when it’s a clear shot.

I had some time to adapt, but I think it’s fine the way it is. Actually it’s a pretty good mobility skill for gap closing/evade/replacement. I like using it on a cheap target then messing around and pretending to flee when i’m still on cd, and tadaaam i’m baaaaack. But I use it mostly for leap finisher thus gaining an extra aura.

(I agree we definitely lack a pull). And oh I miss Shockwave, earthquaque, churning earth, aftershock from original GW.

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(I agree we definitely lack a pull).

I wonder how the new Earth Shield will function. It does seem like pulling foes towards you instead of vice versa would be more appropriate for Magnetic Grasp though.

And oh I miss Shockwave, earthquaque, churning earth, aftershock from original GW.

Yeah, they were so much fun. :-)

I don’t use the leap all that often unless I am chasing someone down or it hit while before they stealthed and I have some options if I decide to leap to them or not.

Occasionally I use it for fire aura combo but most of the time I use the immobilze and go into fire for drake breath or burning or air for updraft or LW kite spam abusing LOS.

wish there was an option to put the earth shield pull onto the focus , so you could choose condi removal/blast/reflect or an offensive pull ^^

I’d rather choose the first option

It should get a boon steal effect if you don’t leap.