Something Missing in our Utilities

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Posted by: Ryld.1340

Ryld.1340

So I love playing Staff Support Elementalist, but I’ve noticed something that most every other class has that we don’t. None of our utilities actually help our allies. And no, conjured weapons don’t count!

So I was thinking, why not Wards from GW1? They were great!

AoE Stability, Protection, Regeneration, Cripple, and so on!

Just curious as to what you guys think. Would be great to have something to use other then Cantrips in a dungeon.

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Posted by: Bvhjdbvkjf.1987

Bvhjdbvkjf.1987

Auras are great, don’t get why they’re weapon locked tbh. Woulda preferred them as a glyph or something.

Never played GW1 but would love to see more options.

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Posted by: Ryld.1340

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Posted by: Bvhjdbvkjf.1987

Bvhjdbvkjf.1987

Nice thanks for the link =)

So looking for a skill set that resembles symbols that guardians use but would be self-targeted? Or we asking for things that can be ground targeted as well?

Idk maybe introducing something a bit more original would be nice.

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Posted by: Blaine Tog.8304

Blaine Tog.8304

Well, we do have a few.

All of the Conjure skills let our allies in on the fun, if they want. Like, if had you have a Thief in the party that wanted to go D/D and S/D, you could take Frost Bow to give the Thief some range when necessary.

Glyph of Storms has an unclear tooltip, but Ice Storm inflicts Chilled and Sandstorm inflicts Bleeding and AoE Blinds. Both options offer good control and damage mitigation.

Glyph of Renewal is a pretty awesome support skill, considering there are almost no res skills in the game.

You can get AoE Blind and single-target Immobilize and Chilled from Signets, all of which can be used to support.

And of course, your Lesser Elemental can grant Swiftness or inflict Chilled while your elite Elemental can stun or AoE heal.

I main Ele and Necro, though I have an alt of each profession at level 80.
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Posted by: Bvhjdbvkjf.1987

Bvhjdbvkjf.1987

Glyph of Renewal is a pretty awesome support skill, considering there are almost no res skills in the game.

I lol’d at this. Certainly has potential to be great but last time I tried it (admittedly several patches have passed) half of it didn’t work. And not even complaining about the ‘only affects downed players’ portion – never seen anyone rez to full health in water.

Does the tooltip still say it revives allies? Because I’ve asked (and asked) that they change it to say ‘rallies’ being as that’s all it ever truly does.