I was keeping an eye on things for some time, hoping for a bit of change, a nice mix up in the abilities so that I could feel running something other than HGH in WvW would be fun/worthwhile. Well its been almost a month (I’ve been on at rare intervals) and I see some changes that I like and decided to hop on. I made a build, ran out into WvW and had a blast with it.
First thing I noticed was that the jump shot on the rifle had been changed a lot. I tried it, liked the changes and decided to go from there. I’ve always been a huge fan of Rifle, and have been trying out builds from time to time.
Next thing I noticed is Rocket Boots, nice. A short cooldown, movement cleanse, gap closer. I like that, and felt that when running Rifle that’s the kind of ability I wanted to make it better. No Stun break, oh well I can get that somewhere else.
Elixir gun has a stun breaker now? Sounds good to me. Also more jumping around with acid bomb, I like that, condition removal, good. Bombs are good too, lets try that as well. The new Healing turret is still boss imo, so that went in.
Trait wise I went 20/30/0/5/15.
- Explosions: I went Forceful Explosions and Short Fuse.
- Firearms: Sitting Duck (This got better huh?), Hair Trigger, Modified Ammunition (Is it better than a static 10% increase? Sometimes, but no often.)
- Alchemy for Hidden Flask
- Tools: Speedy Kits and Inertial Converter because a recharge on my stun break and all that regeneration is good.
That was it and boy was it solid. I was running with a large group, dropping bombs, blast finishers, heavy AoE damage when Jump Shot was up. Goodness all around. I had a few 1v1’s and they were fun as well. I had enough cc, damage and mobility to keep things rolling. Overall its the most fun I had playing GW2 in a long while. Just thought I’d share.
