Guild Wars 2

Flamethrower 2

Should it detonate when it hits surfaces? It kind of gets “destroyed” without doing anything in the current state (the detonate icon stays but it has no use because the projectile vanishes).

Yes. It should. As should all of those type skills. Guardian staff has a skill like that too I think.

And while we’re on FT#2, it should fire straight forward along the plane of the terrain if no target is selected. As it is, it just fires straight into the ground (follows camera I believe).

yeah it should. from a logic point of view. but not anet’s.

Seras.5702:

Yes. It should. As should all of those type skills. Guardian staff has a skill like that too I think.

And while we’re on FT#2, it should fire straight forward along the plane of the terrain if no target is selected. As it is, it just fires straight into the ground (follows camera I believe).

The thing with guard staff is that it actually affects the cooldown if you detonate it so you might not want to but the surfaces force you to. But for Flame Blast there is zero reason why it is as it is for over a year since release now. Beside lack of resources on the skills and class balance team of course.