Guild Wars 2

1: Did Transmute (15 pt alchemy trait) get a 5% buff or was that always 8%?

2: Does the trait scope (10% + crit if standing still) work or is that fubar?

1: no one knows but Anet
2: Doesnt work.

1) Got a 5% buff (it was 3% before, not sure if it actually works but based on tooltip it got a buff).
2) No idea, doesn’t seem worth grabbing that trait anyway considering the other viable options.

Gurpsmeister.9068:

2: Does the trait scope (10% + crit if standing still) work or is that fubar?

I was curious enough about this to test it for myself in the Mists.

I threw 318 grenades with all my armor off but with the Scope trait activated. My Critical Chance according to the hero screen with no armor on was 4%. Even if it’s not displayed the addition of the Scope trait should have made my crit chance 14%.

Out of 318 grenades on a Target Golem I got a critcal hit 20 times, which comes out to about 6.3%. I’m assuming that if I had a larger sample size that that percentage might get closer to 4%. Or perhaps the Scope trait is increasing crit chance by 1% instead of 10%, who knows…

Either way I think it’s a safe bet that the Scope trait is not working.