Guild Wars 2

Do we get to carry it now or something? If it’s still immobile I still wont use it. The f5 might be cool though.

WannabeHero.5489:

Do we get to carry it now or something? If it’s still immobile I still wont use it. The f5 might be cool though.

It’s a kit now.

That doesn’t answer my question though.

Thanks for the clarification, I’m excited to use it now!

Can you confirm some of the questions about how the projectile finisher will work? The livestream made a point of talking about deploying the light field and condi cleansing, but given the way projectile finishers currently work it relies on the projectile making contact with a target. Or, is Mortar Kit 1 an AoE projectile so as long as it hits a field the finisher fires?

Also, is MK#3 just a light field or is the intention for it to be a pulsing blind as well?

Curious, will it have minimum ranges like the old Mortar? If not, sounds pretty sweet, one more thing to add to rotations. 5kit Engi ftw.

My only question about mortar is: is it going to act like a kit? Using it and stowing it whenever you want?

Josh Davis.6015:

digitalruse.9085:

Can you confirm some of the questions about how the projectile finisher will work? The livestream made a point of talking about deploying the light field and condi cleansing, but given the way projectile finishers currently work it relies on the projectile making contact with a target. Or, is Mortar Kit 1 an AoE projectile so as long as it hits a field the finisher fires?

As long as the projectile lands in the field or goes through it will give the combo pop-up – it doesn’t have to hit the target.

Josh Davis.6015:

digitalruse.9085:

Also, is MK#3 just a light field or is the intention for it to be a pulsing blind as well?

The #4 is a light field and pulses blind with a 4s field duration.

Nice! Thanks for responding!

Josh Davis.6015:

EroticAndHeretic.7398:

My only question about mortar is: is it going to act like a kit? Using it and stowing it whenever you want?

Yup

Oh gods of Tyria, this is awesome! This plus the lack of minimum range restriction…

I knew that I would play this kit whatever would happen, but this is a really good thing to hear! After two years of forcing myself to use the supply crate…

Thanks for the response! (now I just need to see what it look likes, and if it’s held like Horrik’s cannon. But I can wait the update for that!)

Josh Davis.6015:

EroticAndHeretic.7398:

My only question about mortar is: is it going to act like a kit? Using it and stowing it whenever you want?

Yup

Jerus.4350:

Curious, will it have minimum ranges like the old Mortar? If not, sounds pretty sweet, one more thing to add to rotations. 5kit Engi ftw.

No minimum range. Shoot it at your feet!

digitalruse.9085:

Also, is MK#3 just a light field or is the intention for it to be a pulsing blind as well?

The #4 is a light field and pulses blind with a 4s field duration.

Thanks.

Do each of the racial elites receive an F5 toolbelt skill as well?

digitalruse.9085:

Josh Davis.6015:

digitalruse.9085:

Can you confirm some of the questions about how the projectile finisher will work? The livestream made a point of talking about deploying the light field and condi cleansing, but given the way projectile finishers currently work it relies on the projectile making contact with a target. Or, is Mortar Kit 1 an AoE projectile so as long as it hits a field the finisher fires?

As long as the projectile lands in the field or goes through it will give the combo pop-up – it doesn’t have to hit the target.

Josh Davis.6015:

digitalruse.9085:

Also, is MK#3 just a light field or is the intention for it to be a pulsing blind as well?

The #4 is a light field and pulses blind with a 4s field duration.

Nice! Thanks for responding!

In the stream the #4 was a frost field o.O Did the skills get shuffeled around abit?

Josh Davis.6015:

It’s a kit. All of the skills can be used while moving.

Where the icons of mortar/med kit all final? Some seemed rather placeholderish and seemed to deserve an own icon.

Also I liked medkit visually but you didn’t really show how the mortar looks. Is it just some kind of rifle?

What will Stremlined Kits (Kit Refinement) do when you equip the mortar kit?

guildabd.6529:

What will Stremlined Kits (Kit Refinement) do when you equip the mortar kit?

Presumably it’ll drop a gunk pile with an ethereal field.

In other words, basically the skill that Thieves are able to steal off us for whatever reason.
(I still say Throw gear would have made more sense for them to get, but if we now actually have the thing they can steal from us, it makes a little more sense)

Why didn’t anet change the name for it , if mobile its not a mortar anymore it’s more like a RPG ,bazooka kit now

speedbox.1473:

Why didn’t anet change the name for it , if mobile its not a mortar anymore it’s more like a RPG ,bazooka kit now

Not really. The M224 Mortar can be fired while being held although that’d be more like a last resort. It’s not like a handheld mokittenoesn’t exist.

A question: Why did u not attain to the old plan, and made it blast finsiher when traited? Also since it’s no a blast finisher, why is it AA ground targeting?

so I can decide where I put my dmg down?
say, you have 2 opponents, A & B
they are standing far enough from each other that you wouldn’t hit B if you directly fire at A, since the aoe-impact is too small.
But by firing directly between A&B you can harass both and maximize the effectiveness of your AA.

Another example are Walls of reflection.
Targets that stand behind or in it would force every round you fire at them to get reflected back at you, if the AA were target-aimed. But since it’s ground-targeted you can decide to hit next or in-front of the wall, getting your aoe-pressure down without having to deal with AA’kittenting you back.

Another example is taunt:
This will be a very niche-example, but still a valid one. Lets say your target taunts you, while bringing up a wall of reflection. As long as you don’t stunbreak, you’d run towards them, being forced to auto-attack and with the added dmg from your target, you’d kill yourself. but since mortar is ground-targeted the AI will not fire it off, so you save half the devastating effect of taunt from happening.

Yes, ground-targeting means that your fingers will hurt. But it gives you superior control about how and when you want to strike enemies.

But also means it’s way harder to hit, since auto would fire toward the direction the enemy is going, while ground targeting would just shot where u clicked, and keep the cursor position on the enemy is both hard and mentaly stressful (look at granade probelmatics).

you can still switch to rifle/pistol if you want to snare them reliably, but it seems that the mortar actually gets decent projectile-velocities with his attacks, so it should be easy to still hit moving targets on max-range with it, while also keeping the advantages posted above.
Also nades get fixed in that regard, since they receive a trait that increases their projectile-velocity and impact area, so they should be much easier to land, even on their now-max-range 900.

Yes, this can be stressful, but we wouldn’t play engi if we’d enjoy faceroll combat, right

Josh Davis.6015:

Jerus.4350:

Curious, will it have minimum ranges like the old Mortar? If not, sounds pretty sweet, one more thing to add to rotations. 5kit Engi ftw.

No minimum range. Shoot it at your feet!

Well, now I know what I’m going to be doing all day Tuesday.

speedbox.1473:

Why didn’t anet change the name for it , if mobile its not a mortar anymore it’s more like a RPG ,bazooka kit now

If people can swing around surfboard sized swords that are made out of some super dense material that never dulls, well, I have no problem believing that they can stand there and be the base for a Mortar.

Majic.4801:

Josh Davis.6015:

Jerus.4350:

Curious, will it have minimum ranges like the old Mortar? If not, sounds pretty sweet, one more thing to add to rotations. 5kit Engi ftw.

No minimum range. Shoot it at your feet!

Well, now I know what I’m going to be doing all day Tuesday.

Imagining your Michael Bay? BOOM BANG KABLOOIE.