Guild Wars 2

Boon Duration was +30% all the time, now supposed to be +20% but Only when wielding a staff. However the +20% Boon Duration from Honorable Staff is not working. Yes I wielded, Yes I cast skills that granted a boon. This has to be a bug, one of what will doubtless be a huge number. EDIT: After reading the actual patch notes Boon Duration buff has been removed from Honorable Staff. So we go from a +30% possible Boon Duration increase to ZERO. WHY? Surely there is a reason. Could someone explain how this was so broken as to need total elimination. Boon duration was already hard nerfed once before. Why not just eliminate it from the game.

The mirror your current build was Comically Wrong, as expected. Runes are unchanged, so Runes are not gear. Glad that is now understood.

For me power was up sharply and unnecessarily. Vitality and Healing power were both down. Health pool might be playable. But a rework of my Trinkets IS necessary. Missing Precision is also a problem. Assassin’s Gear incoming. Retributive Armor – no precision and an ON BLOCK triggered Grandmaster for an Armor and Ferocity? buff. So without the Precision this used to give we will have lots more Crits to exploit this new ferocity? Another sign that You Shall Play Mace Focus (see below) and nothing else, as that would be a source of On Demand Blocks iirc. But ICD and no stacking, correct?

You can have Absolute Resolution or you can properly wield a Hammer. What moron decided that one.

Greatsword is totally screwed for a zerg support role imo.

Apparently if you want to run classic zerg support you run Staff with Mace / Focus and nothing but Mace / Focus, or take inferior minors. And this is Build Diversity.

I see why Disco has been using that mace / focus set for a while. Guess I have to craft two new Ascended Weapons. And learn a completely new style.

Oh and you can have Shout recharge reduction as part of Pure of Voice, or you can have Writ of Persistence to exploit the new symbol off mace.

I guess rather than craft anything I’ll wait for people who are lots smarter than me to post the new cookie cutter builds.

Post your considered actual fails. Or new Wonder Builds ™, surely the devs slipped one in somewhere.

Oh just read elsewhere that there is no way to turn off ground targeting for Wall of Reflection.
As if I did not have enough to do in play.
EDIT: Lock Ground Target at Max Range – new check box that ‘might’ help with forced Ground targeting NOT WORKING. Second major Bug!

Just in case anyone was questioning the purpose of this thread…

ITT: no one knows what they’re talking about.