Guild Wars 2

gw2hub has listed the following changes they noticed while playtesting the upcoming patch. It appears they have permission to do so:

http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/editorials/sky-pirates-tyria-traits-preview-part-two

Engineer

Explosives
•Adept Trait “Acidic Elixirs” now remove a boon in addition to causing damage when you throw elixirs and they land.
•Grandmaster Trait “Autodefense Bomb Dispenser” has a cooldown of 30 seconds now.

Firearms
•Master Trait “Fireforged Trigger” has been moved down to Adept Trait.
•"Sitting Duck" Adept Trait now reads: Cripple targets for 5 seconds whenever you immobilize them. Immobilizing a fow also applies 5 stacks of vulnerability (8 seconds) to them. Cooldown: 5 seconds.
•Grandmaster Trait “Coated Bullets” has been moved to Master Trait.
•Grandmaster Trait “Juggernaut” has been moved to Master Trait.
•New Grandmaster Trait “Modified Ammunition” reads: 2% increased damage for each condition on a foe when wielding a rifle or pistol.
•Master Trait “Napalm Specialist” have been moved to Grandmaster Trait and now reads: Burns you apply last 33% longer.

Inventions
•Adept Trait “Stabilized Armor” now reads: You take 20% less damage when you are knocked down or stunned.

Alchemy
•"Acidic Coating" Adept Trait now reads: 50% chance to cause Blindness for 3 seconds when struck with a melee attack. The effect cannot trigger more then once every 10 seconds.

Tools
•"Always Prepared" Adept Trait now reads: Drop bandages when downed. This effect can only trigger once every 10 seconds. Downed damage is increased by 25%.
•Master Trait “Packaged Stimulants” reads: Med Kit skills can be thrown and are 25% more effective.
•Master Trait “Scope” has been changed to: Gain 10% critical hit chance against targets more than 600 units away.
•Master Trait “Leg Mods” now reads as: Cripple, Chill and Immobilize duration reduced by 33%.
•Grandmaster Trait “Amor Mods” now grants Aegis instead of Retaliation.

I still don’t trust these – it’s entirely possible, as it’s a fansite, that it’s just yanked from the ‘leaked’ notes and cleaned up a little. Also: I don’t see them so much as claiming that it’s from a playtest anywhere in that column (which appears to just be a list of trait changes).

Is there some sort of claim they’ve made about having playtested that I’m not seeing?

A number of video game sites are posting stuff. there is also a new video gameplay preview up on Massively.

I believe nothing till the official patch notes are released.

I hope they plan on adding a reasonable stun break. No way I am equipping a turret just for the tool belt skill.

Quote: “As a note these are unofficial patch notes, just simply a preview!”

Assassin.7890:

Quote: “As a note these are unofficial patch notes, just simply a preview!”

Blah Blah, if its there they sure dont revamp it all in next 5 hours till patch come out.. Dont be naive guys

Are people forgetting that the last big balance patchnotes were leaked nearly a week before release aswell, and turned out to be on the money?

Someone is getting these patchnotes out, we know this happens. And these look to clean and specific to be made as a joke by some fan.
My guess is these are legit.

I hope that these aren’t real. While some of them are quite interesting, the inventions line, which is easily the weakest line the engineer has, with almost entirely useless traits through-out, is baically untouched. Meanwhile the tool line, which is already very strong, receives updates?
Nah, I can’t believe that these notes would be real, that’d just be ludicrous.

wolfyrik.2017:

I hope that these aren’t real. While some of them are quite interesting, the inventions line, which is easily the weakest line the engineer has, with almost entirely useless traits through-out, is baically untouched. Meanwhile the tool line, which is already very strong, receives updates?
Nah, I can’t believe that these notes would be real, that’d just be ludicrous.

You haven’t been around for the last 6 patches, have you?

Terrahero.9358:

Are people forgetting that the last big balance patchnotes were leaked nearly a week before release aswell, and turned out to be on the money?

Someone is getting these patchnotes out, we know this happens. And these look to clean and specific to be made as a joke by some fan.
My guess is these are legit.

Maybe there is a big mafia behind it??? guess

aw come on, where is the inventions love A Net?

Overall this is good, but as wolfyrik already said, the inventions line needs some love because it is weak compared to the other lines.

Terrahero.9358:

Are people forgetting that the last big balance patchnotes were leaked nearly a week before release aswell, and turned out to be on the money?

Someone is getting these patchnotes out, we know this happens. And these look to clean and specific to be made as a joke by some fan.
My guess is these are legit.

It wouldn’t be a good joke it it doesn’t look legit is it?

If the leaked info is true though I would be devasted ( so devastated it became devasted ) Elixir R is no longer stun breaker ~

lunyboy.8672:

I hope they plan on adding a reasonable stun break. No way I am equipping a turret just for the tool belt skill.

Honestly, that’s the one turret I’ve been experimenting with even lacking a stun breaker. No other utility skill gives you three blast finishers! As if that wasn’t enough, you can use them in rapid succession (place turret, overcharge, explode, toolbelt).

I’ve been using this in conjunction with the bomb kit to great effect. Sure it requires being able to play a piano in order to pull off, but giving 12-15 stacks of might out to whole party for 20-30 seconds is worth it. When I can stealth a party for 12 sec every 50 sec just using blast finishers, this sure beats out a mesmer’s group stealth elite skill. Oh and if your party is taking too much dmg, drop your heal turret overcharge and blast out four to five area heals.

I think a lot of our versatility as engineers comes from combo fields and blast finishers. I was a bit excited to see this turret pick up a stun breaker as my build needs it and I’ve already been using that turret. I’ll really miss elixir r stun breaker though.

Welp. It appears I was wrong, and the patch notes are real.

No point dwelling on it; guess I’ll take advantage of Coated Bullets being Master.