Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

I was thinking about making an old-school “wvw aurashare build” with the new radiance runes, but first I need to know something.

On the wiki it says that the #2 and #4 both have a 20s cooldown, where as on the official patch notes you don’t see anything. Can anyone who crafted those runes confirm this?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_Radiance

If that’s true, then those runes are useless… I mean, a cooldown on #4 makes sense, but on #2? Really?

Thanks !

Kind Regards

EDIT: This rune is not available in PvP, just in case you didn’t know yet.

I don’t know about the CD on #2 but the CD on #4 is correct. The important thing that makes this endeavor really useless is that these runes *Do Not* work with Aura Share. I don’t even think the rune set extends the duration of auras shared to other people but I can’t remember (I tested all this as soon as the patch hit).

I’m not able to play until next week (out of town) or else I would confirm the CD on 2 but Zephyr’s Boon does stack with the swiftness gained from the runes making a build relying on giving yourself consistent auras and boons viable… but aura builds are already viable without these runes…

The most interesting way to run this rune set imo is not aura share but rather focusing on extending out specific auras for different effects. Example: shocking aura + lightning rod.

I think they do not fit the set what i think it when your under the effect of an aura type effects so say a + to power def etc.. on thoughts lines. It would be nice if you could make it work on other ppl from your auras but it should not be a must every class can make aura some better then others auras are only a real support ability for one class eles beyond that they are mostly a self buff only and rune sets should not be made for one class.

So i say remove the 2 and 4 and replaces them with blunt + effects when under the effect of an aura. No cd just an effect for having aura up and making the #6 work very well because longer you have an aura up the longer you have the +.

I’m sorry this reply comes a bit late, but i was unable to login from work for whatever reason so…
Anyway, i’ve been playing with radiance runes in wvw for a bit now, so i can answer your questions op if you havent figured it yet.
1. Both the 2-set and the 4-set have a 20 sec cooldown.
2. The light aura you get on heal, is not shared if you are playing with powerful aura (which you should if you got these runes).
3. The duration is extended by 33% on everyone affected by your auras (meaning this works just fine with aura share).

Lastly i would like to point out that in my opinion, if you want to get any bang out of these runes, you have to maximize the potential of the 6-set duration increase. Basically, focus on the auras that are actually useful (the auras themselves, not the boons you get from traits). Don’t run something like Fire’s Embrace as fire aura is largely useless. That trait is only good for spamming boons, and if you want to do that, well then you don’t need these runes (water runes would be better).

Jski.6180:

I think they do not fit the set what i think it when your under the effect of an aura type effects so say a + to power def etc.. on thoughts lines. It would be nice if you could make it work on other ppl from your auras but it should not be a must every class can make aura some better then others auras are only a real support ability for one class eles beyond that they are mostly a self buff only and rune sets should not be made for one class.

So i say remove the 2 and 4 and replaces them with blunt + effects when under the effect of an aura. No cd just an effect for having aura up and making the #6 work very well because longer you have an aura up the longer you have the +.

It’s not just for one profession at all. Like you said, every profession can make Auras. Yes, it,s catered more to Eles, b/c Auras are something they do well. That’s no different, though, that saying Krait Runes are catered more to other professions that have access to a lot of Bleeds. +%Protection Runes could be considered to me tailored for Guardians. With clever use of combos, they’re not useless though. Look at Rune of the Elementalist and then try to argue that they don’t deserve something more for one of their niches.

The runes are not working as intended for the aura sharing eles. Report this bug.

Thanks for the information guys. WTF arenanet.

Fuzzion.2504:

The runes are not working as intended for the aura sharing eles. Report this bug.

I genuinely hope its a bug.

Tman.6349:

Jski.6180:

I think they do not fit the set what i think it when your under the effect of an aura type effects so say a + to power def etc.. on thoughts lines. It would be nice if you could make it work on other ppl from your auras but it should not be a must every class can make aura some better then others auras are only a real support ability for one class eles beyond that they are mostly a self buff only and rune sets should not be made for one class.

So i say remove the 2 and 4 and replaces them with blunt + effects when under the effect of an aura. No cd just an effect for having aura up and making the #6 work very well because longer you have an aura up the longer you have the +.

It’s not just for one profession at all. Like you said, every profession can make Auras. Yes, it,s catered more to Eles, b/c Auras are something they do well. That’s no different, though, that saying Krait Runes are catered more to other professions that have access to a lot of Bleeds. +%Protection Runes could be considered to me tailored for Guardians. With clever use of combos, they’re not useless though. Look at Rune of the Elementalist and then try to argue that they don’t deserve something more for one of their niches.

Well, not every profession. Necros lack leaps, so their one aura-making field doesn’t work (Chaos Armor is, afaik, not an aura despite its similarities) Thieves lack aura-making fields altogether. Mesmers can only do Light Auras, and everyone else can at least do Fire.