Guild Wars 2

Heyo,
You guys probably knew what I was gonna ask just by the title. We all know what Persisting Flames does. But it does not actually increase the duration of Lava Font on my end. Is that intended? In Lava Font’s case is it only suppose to increase the number of damage ticks? I was under the impression that you could actually have 2 Lava Fonts up at once, although for a very short while. Since the duration would be 6 seconds and the cooldown is less that 5.
Something else I found odd that if I have the Blasting Staff trait equipped, the blue text in Lava’s Font’s tool tip that signifies some sort of change to the original spell, does NOT show the 6 second duration, it shows just the default 4. Unequip Blasting Staff, it changes back to 6.
If this could be clarified for me that would be great.
Aaaaaaand go!

I’m not sure I follow. Persisting Flames clearly has an effect on the increased duration of Lava Font. With it, it lasts long enough that you can drop a Lava Font, and then drop Eruption in Earth Attunement and have it go off for the blast combo before the fire field disappears. Without the trait, it just doesn’t last long at all. Blasting Staff increases the field radius, not the duration.

The effect as far as i remember is basicly one tick of damage more, and a little bit longer field to blast.

It’s a bug. Reload the area and it should fix itself (I think). It is rumored to be caused by switching traits or allotting points in an area without then reloading an area.

However, you will never have two Lava Fonts up at once, even with CDR and Persisting Flames, unless there happens to be a trick with cast cancelling through sheathing. While Lava Font has a zero cast time, it also has a weird aftercast that counts as casting the skill for cooldown purposes; that is, the cooldown doesn’t start until the aftercast ends. You can still cast it and then dodge it with no fear though, because the actual effect of the skill happens immediately and cannot be interrupted.