Guild Wars 2

I have been wondering for a while..

Rev shield #5 blocks. There is a trait Crystal Hibernation that triggers it at 25% HP. That trait doesn’t require a shield to be equipped.

Ele has Sand Quall trait, and that trait requires a war horn to be equipped.

Can we fix that?

Yes

If they’re so concerned about things getting normalized, lately, they should either

A.) take away our requirement
or
B.) Add shield requirement to the Revenant

Sounds fair to me

Agree.
Good point.

Theres so many unfair traits when comparing ones to other classes. Not only weapon traits but also similar minor traits for vulns or bleeds etc.

For example:
Mesmer sword trait build up 15 ferocity stacks for 6s while attacking with sword (up to 150 ferocity )
Warrior axe gives permanent 150 for each axe ( 150 or 300) AND adrenaline on hit with the same CD reduction.

This only makes ppl frustated. I guess ones get loved more.

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Theres so many unfair traits when comparing ones to other classes. Not only weapon traits but also similar minor traits for vulns or bleeds etc.

For example:
Mesmer sword trait build up 15 ferocity stacks for 6s while attacking with sword (up to 150 ferocity )
Warrior axe gives permanent 150 for each axe ( 150 or 300) AND adrenaline on hit with the same CD reduction.

This only makes ppl frustated. I guess ones get loved more.

While your point is ture you can’t really compare one skill to another and then make the statement that, that makes one class stronger than the other. Gotta look at the whole picture.

The whole picture still valid in that case
But staying on topic, i think op is right and doesnt make sense a trait casting a shield skill whithout a shield equipped.

Add shield requirement to the Revenant.

Why would eles be treated fairly? We will always be punished for having more unreliable weapon skills.

I’m guessing the difference between the two traits is actually mechanics issue rather than an intentional “favoring” of one over the other.

The Elementalist trait can require warhorn because they lack weapon swap, so they either have a horn equipped or they don’t.

Whereas Revenants, having a weapon swap, throws a wrench into the works. Does it simply look at whether they have a shield equipped period, or does it have to be the weapon currently being used by the character? If it has to be equipped, what happens if you unequip it during the skill activation?

Guessing maybe they designed the trait back when Revenants didn’t have a weapon swap, but didn’t want to ditch it when they gave them a weapon swap, so they just removed the shield requirement to avoid such issues.