Guild Wars 2

after playing the chornomancer since launch of HOT i’ve been having a lot of fun with the class. there is one thing that has been bothering me though, and it is alacrity. it just feels kinda out of place as a unique effect. it seems to meet all of the conditions to be a boon, stacks with itself, and looks like the other half of chill. that being said, i would like to know what is keeping it from being a boon? if it was a boon i could apply my boon duration to it, it has a counterpart stated earlier that you can corrupt it into (chill is a condi with the exact opposite effect). i would love to see chronomancers getting some love with this change. it also doesn’t seem fair that necros can apply permanent chill and all i can do is condi clear it and hope he doesn’t hit me with chill again. at least if i have alacrity i can counter the chill with my own effect. would be awesome a net, plz hear me

It’s not a boon for the same reason as super speed isn’t a boon – affected by boon duration those stats would rapidly become overpowered.

It wouldn’t break the game imo, especially not in PvE. But it’s probably rather a concept issue than anything else.

I’m fine with the way it is right now.

would destroy pvp chrono as alacrity is a core mechanic and further make power useless and would cause another nerf bat for mesmer due to pve suddenly having double the uptime of alacrity on raids.

edit it would be well over double uptime as you would be now copying you own alacrity over, so add the normal given alacrity out double that that remember 1 full shatter would now give 8 second + 50% so 12 seconds that you could then send out upto 4 times with copy on phanto plus signet both twice through cs.

lets leave it as it is people commonly unjustly cry nerf at us too much already let not give them a proper reason we will have patch notes like the following

mesmer:
all skill CD tripled
damage halved on sword auto chain
damage halved on sword 2
phantasms attack half as often
ether feast reduced by 40%
deceptive evasion removed and replaced by trolling
trolling – changes the head gear of the mesmer into troll face for the duration of dodge
endurance changed to 1 bar and regen reduced by 15%
IR and phantsmia now un selectable
all slow the mesmer applies now copies itself to the mesmer
scepter cooldowns increased by 400%

buff : scepter AA speed increased by 4%

mesmer already has the lowest sustained dps in the game having alacrity as a boon means it becomes a choice if the mesmer wants to spec boon duration or flat damage. being able to cast more doesn’t mean i’m doing the same type of damage. power shatter depends on spiking the opponent and running, chronotank relies on buffing his team mates to make up for the lack of damage, condi relies on longer fights to drag out the damage. you also have to remember that boons can only stack up to 9 times and that it does already. giving boon duration to alacrity means that it can be corrupted into chill, or boon stripped. and if it can be countered it’s not over powered.

its just a bad idea all around NQA, its a core mechanic, thats why its not a boon, boons are accessible by anyone. alacrity is Mesmer only and having it corruptible or removable is the same and boon stripping or corrupting necro shroud or druid astral force for example, Anet has already stated they are not sure how to properly balance alacrity and introducing it as a boon not only opens up mesmer to a world of hurt it makes that balance issue escalate 10 fold

Twilight Demon.5324:

mesmer already has the lowest sustained dps in the game having alacrity as a boon means it becomes a choice if the mesmer wants to spec boon duration or flat damage. being able to cast more doesn’t mean i’m doing the same type of damage. power shatter depends on spiking the opponent and running, chronotank relies on buffing his team mates to make up for the lack of damage, condi relies on longer fights to drag out the damage. you also have to remember that boons can only stack up to 9 times and that it does already. giving boon duration to alacrity means that it can be corrupted into chill, or boon stripped. and if it can be countered it’s not over powered.

Your argument makes no sense whatsoever. Chrono can already keep personal alacrity up 100% of the time with no difficulty. Making alacrity a boon would be a purely bad thing because it would allow for stripping and corruption.

where does my statement not make sense? i would like to be able to do more with alacrity than just upkeep it on myself. and i don’t see how making alacrity counter-able would make the chrono get nerfed when it already does so little damage.you have to remember that boon duration isn’t the only way to build a character. if a chronomancer is going for maximum boon duration he has to make trades from his damage.

because you only considering pve, not the other 2 game types??? wvw and pvp this would destroy mesmer chrono.

desu.2514:

because you only considering pve, not the other 2 game types??? wvw and pvp this would destroy mesmer chrono.

i did consider the other modes… i feel like you didnt read my original statement. like the part where i said “corrupt boons”. and is it really fair that the chrono can put on an effect that CAN’T be countered or stripped? even when chill can be the thing you can corrupt into. tell me if i’m wrong but alacrity is the exact opposite of chill.

the fact is if you go and read the patch notes when both chill and alacrity are active at the same time you CD still recover slower than standard. so by simply applying chill it is already countered. and beside the point, if alacrity becomes corruptible/removable so should all other class mechanics for other classes. or option 2, chrono comes with a global passive 25% CD reduciton. end of story.

now for the love of our kitten waifu’s stop downing on mesmer trying to get useless changes implemented for no reason what so ever.

desu.2514:

the fact is if you go and read the patch notes when both chill and alacrity are active at the same time you CD still recover slower than standard. so by simply applying chill it is already countered. and beside the point, if alacrity becomes corruptible/removable so should all other class mechanics for other classes. or option 2, chrono comes with a global passive 25% CD reduciton. end of story.

now for the love of our kitten waifu’s stop downing on mesmer trying to get useless changes implemented for no reason what so ever.

how narrow minded can you be? the effect already has a countering condi unlike banners and the other core things in the game. you seem to think that keeping it away from being a boon is a good thing. i want it to be a boon so that i have more freedom to interact with it, not just have it do and be only one thing. i want my boon duration to work with it, i want my signet of inspiration to be more useful than just sharing quickness. its the narrowmindedness you bring to this conversation that keep the class from growing and being more than just a quickness bot. and thanks for that by the way, every time you open your mouth on this forum you spout some rude nonsense that just begs to get punched in the throat. players should be pushing to grow the game not stagnate it. so here’s me hoping that a-net can see it my way.

The problems that come with boons – such as stealing/transfer/stripping/corruption and duration increases would be a nightmare to balance I’d imagine.

I think it’s fine as it is.

Currently, alacrity is very strong in PvE, rather weak in PvP. Make alacrity a boon and:

• PvE benefits from it since you can reach high boon duration. Actually, PvE chrono already strive for high boon duration for quickness.
• PvP would suffer from it since it can now been stripped/corrupted

So it is the opposite direction of the balance we need currently.