Guild Wars 2

It should be 5 max like other aoe skills. I get it was probably to stop it from becoming potentially op, but heck I assumed that is what a flamethrower should be doing, trying to hit as many targets possible. :/

Just throwing out my feedback on it

Edit: Pretty dissappointed when I run into the enemy party clustered in spvp just to hit the mesmer clone, the necro minion and the guardian.

You silly penguin, flamethrower is a utility kit made to attack utilities like minions, not players!

Seriously, cone is massive and needs reduced, then we could maybe see 5 targets or a dmg/range buff

Its 3 per pulse.
Pulsing 10×.
Potentially you could hit up too 30 targets with a single attack.
You wont hit them hard but still.
Its 3 because its a pulsing skill which is different than AoE skills.

CriSPeH.8512:

Its 3 per pulse.
Pulsing 10×.
Potentially you could hit up too 30 targets with a single attack.
You wont hit them hard but still.
Its 3 because its a pulsing skill which is different than AoE skills.

Well, thats one way of looking at it

think when your in that situation where your wanting to hit mass things your supposed to be using the bomb/nades.

^yes.
Unfortunatly the FT in GW2 is not the weapon to go charging in with.
Switch to FT when you get someone downed or your weapons are on CD, use it for to drop down a Flame Wall, Knockback a melee and get a Flame Blast Detonate.
Only use Flame Jet to tag enemies or slowly burn a downed enemy.
When you get stunned switch to FT to use smoke.
Spam Flame Jet when running through zergs to tag lots of enemies.

Lord Aargadon is right, FT is more about utility than damage.

Also FT used to go great with Grenade Kit, but KR was an integral part of the pair.
So with the FT ICD the combo is kinda ruined.

I use flamethrower all the time, I keep moving around the targets to line them up the best, and I run a condition/bunker build that profits from critical hits. Getting those on five enemies instead of three 20 pulses for each skill use would sure make me happy, but I don’t feel impaired without it.

Tuomir.1830:

I use flamethrower all the time, I keep moving around the targets to line them up the best, and I run a condition/bunker build that profits from critical hits. Getting those on five enemies instead of three 20 pulses for each skill use would sure make me happy, but I don’t feel impaired without it.

Same here, thought it was still worth a try

Lord Aargadon.4135:

You silly penguin, flamethrower is a utility kit made to attack utilities like minions, not players!

Seriously, cone is massive and needs reduced, then we could maybe see 5 targets or a dmg/range buff

Putting the discussion on damage and max targets aside for a moment, I love the massive cone on the flamethrower. For me, that’s the hook that makes it so cool (see what I did there) to use! I’d like very much it stay for the life of the game.

However, I’d not be opposed to the introduction of a “slider” to adjust its exhaust. When fully throttled, the cone could be short and hit five targets for higher damage a fewer number of times. On the other end of the bar, it could be as it is now.
Just throwing that out there.
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Yeah putting a slider would be awesome in helping me live my pyromaniac dream! too bad it seems too complicated for what the current skills are capable of

While it’d be nice to hit 5 targets instead of 3, narrowing the cone would probably just make it even harder to hit your target. As it is, the kitten thing misses moving targets enough to annoy the crap outa me.