Guild Wars 2

Okay, I get the whole aesthetic about elixir gun’s acid bomb; “Hey, I’m a wacky inventor, I make useful things that have weird side effects! Look how zany I am.” I’m okay with that. I like that acid bomb does a lot of damage, but I hate having to launch myself halfway across the screen every time I use it then have to run back, or worse have launched myself off a cliff. Or when tactics dictate that I need to keep in a stack to prevent general mayhem, I must ignore a great source of damage.

I would love it if Acid Bomb was split like Elementalists’ Magnetic Grasp. Drop the damaging acid, then give me the option to blast myself to the moon. Of course you’d probably need to change the name, but gameplay wise, this would be the superior option, in my opinion.

Protip: Hit your tilde key (`) after activation and you’ll interrupt the launch, or whatever you have your weapon swap button set to.

Wow, just tried it and it worked like a charm. Thank you sir.

Though it feels kinda cheaty with the “can’t drop kits” message that you get, I’ll live with what I can get.

Haha, you’re welcome.

It may feel cheap, but a lot of classes utilize the trick. Warriors, for example, often do the same with Whirlwind Attack when Rush is on cooldown so that they do a few spins, swap back to Axe, and stay in melee range for the auto-attack chain. I don’t think there’s anything exploitative about it, so I don’t see this changing.

I actually think Acid Bomb makes a lot of sense for certain situations: it does some damage and gets you away from the fray but still facing where you want to be. In PvE and WvW it works great for me as it helps me manage my foes and kite better.

It also combos well with rifle-FT-EG: Drop fire line (FT #4)—>Jump Shot for Fire aura+damage—>EG to blast fire field again for more might—>continue kiting. Sometimes I’ll also blunderbuss in short range for a little more burst, depending on the positioning.

I personally don’t want it split b/c all the kit-swapping makes me press enough buttons! Plus, I hated magnetic grasp on the ele, as it was wholly ineffective for movement around the battlefield. Only occasionally was the leap useful when there was a good field to finish and the grasp actually hit (rare).

That said, more often than not, I just use: cam-flip, acid bomb,cam-flip for mobility along with my rocket boots.

It’s a great skill on the EG. I love it for blast finishing considering it’s a relatively short cooldown. Otherwise it does have a nice jump back effect. I tend to use it on snared, rooted, or downed opponents as the damage on it is quite good.

The sheath weapon trick is fun with Acid Bomb.. I just always wished there was a way to activate the combo finisher and the leap without the acid…

Yeah, I rarely ever need half of the acid bomb when I am in combat. You can also 180 and then tap it if you don’t want to go backwards.

I personally love the battlefield movement and am running both EG and Rocket boots on all of my builds, PvE, WvW, and PvP.