Guild Wars 2

Seeing how chronomancer doesnt lose any of the baseline shatters just for choosing chronomancer, how about doing something similar for the DH? Right now as soon as you pick the spec we are losing the ability to grant might, regeneration, protection, aegis, stability and break stuns, in a 1200 radius in exchange for more interesting mechanics within a ~240 radius. My idea is to scrap the minor trait that is baseline for Dragon Hunters and make it into an f4 skill that toggles between the baseline vitues and the new ones so DH can be just as supportive as a guardian if they choose.

Did you miss the part where you lose none of that? if you trait DragonHunter and Virtue line you STILL get that from both. Now there might be abit of a question as to how the major and grandmaster traits will interact but those basic boons will activate just fine

P.S. Don’t touch my fire spear, its not even out yet and your trying to touch it. Bad lorde bad

I know you dont lose the effects of the trait ( sorry i couldn’t explain myself better) but you lose the range that comes with the default virtue active and the active themselves.
Spear of justice does not affect allies therefore the might only affects the guardian.
Wings of Resolve only affects a radius of 240.
Shield of Courage only affects a radius of 130 untraited.
PS IM loving that spear along with all the new mechanics which is why I suggested to let them stay but as a toggle available only to DH as opposed to a forced trait as soon as you pick the spec.

Any kind of effect (stability/stunbreak) from traits should retain its original range, id be shocked if they nerfed it

But the traits have no range themselves they are bound to the range of the virtue.

For VoR that makes sense since you’ll be able to aim it. For VoJ and VoC I really dont know what to tell ya