Guild Wars 2

i have not been really able to tell in the heat of fighting. do things that affect allies affect yourself also (since obviously you are an ally)? there is like ‘heal allies’, ‘remove conditions from allies’, etc. thank you for info, i know it is kind of a simple question, but just too busy in battle and cannot tell from reading combat log.

you are an ally so it affects you as well!

Ill just use hold the line as an example while it states it grants protection and regeneration to allies it also applies these to your self. In general i’ve found this to be true with most things.

Cleansing Flame doesn’t cure conditions on the user. Healing Breeze… not sure, but I doubt the “heal allies” portion works on the user, since it also mentions the “heal self” value.

that’s a valid question, and I’ve been curious about that too. I also see mixed answers on here probably because both are right in a sense that it depends on the skill being used.

I would be great if the developers cleaned up the descriptions for the skills and made them more clear.

-_- Yes it heals you also.

Try going out into a game and looking at your health bar with a little bit of missing life and try it. TEST IT OUT FOR BEARDS SAKE!

If people actually tested things, instead of wanting everything to be spoon fed to them, they would be better players.

If it applies to yourself as well, the tooltips need to be “heal/cure yourself and allies”. Usually the word ‘allies’ do not include oneself. Many tooltips in this game are so vague.

That’s a great idea, Vulish! How about you get me a full set of Runes of the Noble so I can test out how many Krytan Hounds I can have and how long they last, and if I can affect them with my abilities.

The problem is not all “allies” means “you” as well. Sigil of water, for example, doesn’t heal you- it heals allies. I think someone should go through and just do a double check on terminology, so it’s all unified. Maybe come up with a new word to differentiate between “allies and you” and “allies”.

Ahmon.1730:

Aramanth.1546:

That’s a great idea, Vulish! How about you get me a full set of Runes of the Noble so I can test out how many Krytan Hounds I can have and how long they last, and if I can affect them with my abilities.

The problem is not all “allies” means “you” as well. Sigil of water, for example, doesn’t heal you- it heals allies. I think someone should go through and just do a double check on terminology, so it’s all unified. Maybe come up with a new word to differentiate between “allies and you” and “allies”.

You say that like it’s hard. Doing that takes about five minutes in-game. You’d get a much quicker answer.

Getting 6 runes from a dungeon takes you five minutes?

Aramanth.1546:

Ahmon.1730:

Aramanth.1546:

That’s a great idea, Vulish! How about you get me a full set of Runes of the Noble so I can test out how many Krytan Hounds I can have and how long they last, and if I can affect them with my abilities.

The problem is not all “allies” means “you” as well. Sigil of water, for example, doesn’t heal you- it heals allies. I think someone should go through and just do a double check on terminology, so it’s all unified. Maybe come up with a new word to differentiate between “allies and you” and “allies”.

You say that like it’s hard. Doing that takes about five minutes in-game. You’d get a much quicker answer.

Getting 6 runes from a dungeon takes you five minutes?

Ah, guess it’s not on the free to test list. Carry on.