Guild Wars 2

It is just a small thing that annoys me from playing with another class other then the ele for a while. Just want to get some thoughts on having the current attunement icon removed from our buff/defuffs being displayed to everyone in wvw/spvp.

Imo I see it as a reason to having to have cantrips as condition removals vs good players. Most good players that fight an ele are looking at that bar and waiting for you to swap out of water before they drop all ther cc/dps on you. Without cantrips and water traits its almost insta death.

I guess its not a great fix for the ele but it does give us some unpredictability to our enemy. Would be nice not to advertise what powers I have on a guaranteed cooldown for 10 seconds.

I understand what you are getting at, but I think it is fair that enemies can see which attunement we are in. The alternative is to have us have a consistent attunement “aura” to show it off or something. I am good with cutting down on particle clutter.

While I suppose you want them to pay attention to skills used, every profession has some solid visual indicator of their current weapon/kit. On eles, the little wrist-cuffs might not be enough.

Also, if the opponent is smart to wait until right after water to burst, they are playing well. Think about chilling before swap, use the chill-on-swap sigil, cripple, or otherwise cc after leaving water if you have trouble with burst.

Its not a huge problem for myself with the cantrip build. It was an observation from playing something other than an ele and knowing exactly what I need to counter based on that attunement icon. Advertising to other players what powers you have on cd with no access to them seems a bit strange is all. Other classes do this but it comes with the visual of the weapons they carry for the most part.