Guild Wars 2

So I looked around the forums a bit and couldn’t find anyone complaining about this.
Why does Writ of Persistence in the honor trait line not work with our hammers auto attack symbol? I tested the auto attack chain with the trait selected and not selected and the only difference is that when it is selected, I got one more tick of damage out of it, not nearly an additional two seconds like the trait says it does. Also the tool tip on the hammer does not reflect that it is being affected by the trait. Any idea if this is a bug or is that working as intended?

Working as intended. Trait tooltip is incorrect, it doesn’t add a flat figure to the duration, but rather 50% rounded down. All other symbols last 4 seconds, thus are given 2 full seconds more by the trait. Protection is the odd one out.

Ah thank you foofad. That makes much more sense now. So in your opinion is that one second added for the hammer’s symbol worth it?

Yes, its like a 25% dps increase. So go for duration rather than size.

Cat Has Ducks.1982:

go for duration rather than size.

I see what you did there

Besides, that second is the difference between perma-protection and no protection in the worst moment.

Cat Has Ducks.1982:

Yes, its like a 25% dps increase. So go for duration rather than size.

Its not a 25% increase. The symbol hits for approx 50% of the chain.

So if the chain hits for 2200 the symbol the symbol hits for roughly 1100.

If you add in one more tick it hits for 1400-1500.

2200+1100=3300
2200+1500=3700
400/3300=0,12=12%

And its only true on target which are stationary. Even on a slow moving target like doylaks the fourth tick dont hit since the target moves out of the area.

Versus moving targets larger symbols are a better trait and versus stationary targets duration is the better choice.

Add to that that you dodge once in a while and you need mb to get back on the target and the dps increase is even less.

I don’t know how big the dps increase is but it makes protection last longer and it makes more vulnerability if traited with symbolic exposure