Guild Wars 2

So on mortar4 we get a blind. Now, I was expecting it to be a dark field, but I figured being able to blast tons of team wide stealth from 1500 range would be a little op, but to make matters worse is that its a light field…..

Or is it a bad thing?

Mortar1 is a 100% projectile finish, meaning each shot through a field has a special effect. Since you can manually target your shots and the shots themselves have a sizeable aoe, you can actually a catch a good amount of targets with one shot if you aim it right.

^all this is fine and well. Very common knowledge. Why is this important? I’m sure a couple of you have already caught on, but for the newbies, here it is….

Mortar 1 through mortar 4’s light field cleanses conditions on every. single. shot. How’s that for engi cleansing guys?

dark-fields blast blindes…
smoke-fields blast stealth…

Also:
“Mortar 1 through mortar 4’s light field cleanses conditions on every. single. shot. How’s that for engi cleansing guys?”
Pretty bad. The cleanse won’t trigger unless the shell itself is passing an enemy. Works good enough in PvE-stacking, but good luck with trying to frequently let your shells
a) pass a lightfield
b) then pass a target
c) within 240 range
in PvP. People move in chaotic patterns & in close-range you receive higher dmg from other enemies, making your effort to cleanse not worthwhile at all.

Please don’t call out others as “newbies” if you don’t actually understand how eactly this skill interacts with combo-fields. Even without any arrogant intent, you spread false informations.
Ty, have a nice day.

You aim the shells at yourself or an ally, not an enemy. Why would you try cleansing an enemy? When you need to secure a stomp or cleanse some condis, drop the shell and fire away. The shot cleaves for godsake. Your aim/net can’t be so bad that you can’t land a few shots on yourself/team mates.

Also, I’m not calling anyone out. A lot of new players don’t understand how fields and finishers interact. This was more a PSA than anything, but some people can’t help being condescended kitten at times, right?

The mokitten projectile finisher is so difficult to pull off it is in practical terms… useless.

Dont believe me cause you see the combo heart all the time? Drop the 5 water field, shoot 1 through it and see how much regeneration you get.

SlayerSixx.5763:

You aim the shells at yourself or an ally, not an enemy. Why would you try cleansing an enemy?

Projectile finishers(light): shoot projectile, projectile goes through light field, hits an enemy, creates an aoe condi cleanse around the enemy struck. You MUST hit an enemy for the condi cleanse to occur and in the case of mortar 1, the shell itself must hit the enemy, not the aoe it causes for dmg.

Edit: In your example of finishing an opponent, you would need to drop the field, then shoot the projectiles into the downed opponent to clear condis on allies near the enemy.

Odd, it works for me.

SlayerSixx.5763:

Odd, it works for me.

It will turn into a condi clear, but won’t clear any condis unless it goes through an enemy. I’ve tried it many times in controled environments.

Then I must be wrong. Anyone care to add to my original post to make it right or should I just drop it entirely?

SlayerSixx.5763:

Then I must be wrong. Anyone care to add to my original post to make it right or should I just drop it entirely?

2 main notes. The cleansing is very nice, but outside of pve it is not realistically possible. Also dark fields do not blast for stealth and if the skill was a smoke field, no engineer blast is 1500(orbital strike not included, and nearly impossible to land without the trait).

It’s bugged. You can’t get the finisher combo to actually occur (ignore the heart popup, look at your buff bar) with an AOE hit through the combo field, contrary to what was said in the Ready Up before the patch.

The MK has a lot of potential, but until/unless finishers are fixed, it will remain quite limited.

The projectile finishers that are offensive such as projectiles through a fire field that burn the target are fine, good luck getting support style projectiles to do anything required.

The projectile must pass through the field.
The projectile must hit the target, not the projectiles AoE as far i can tell.

So the person you want condis cleansed from in your group, say it is just 1 person, must be standing right next to the enemy the projectile has hit. Provided it has passed through a field and provided it is the actual projectile not its AoE.

Anet might as well have added only usable on days Jupiter and Mars align in the Northern hemisphere in conjunction with a new Dalai Lama ordination.