Guild Wars 2

Hi Everyone. Mesmer was one of the professions that utilized Rune of the Traveler heavily because of its passive mobility enhancement. With the introduction of Chronomancer, Mesmers no longer needed to use that rune anymore. What changes have you noticed to how well you can play because you no longer have to rely on Rune of the Traveler anymore and have 25% movement speed naturally?

I never slotted runes of the traveler before I got HoT so no change for me.

I haven’t really spent a lot of time running around honestly. I mainly do PvE raids and WvW raids now, so I have permanent swiftness regardless

Fay.2357:

I haven’t really spent a lot of time running around honestly. I mainly do PvE raids and WvW raids now, so I have permanent swiftness regardless

shouldnt you be busy replying to my PM’s?

Beautilation.7915:

Fay.2357:

I haven’t really spent a lot of time running around honestly. I mainly do PvE raids and WvW raids now, so I have permanent swiftness regardless

shouldnt you be busy replying to my PM’s?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0d6yBHDvKUw

It has allowed me to use… other runes and food.

I Used to keep another set of gear with Centaur runes then use heal mantra to cap swiftness.

That’s a bit of a loaded question; how WELL you can play if you don’t use Traveler’s Runes. I don’t think it improves play that much, nor do I believe it will make a significant difference in performance. I do notice I HAVE to play chrono, which has nice enhancements, but doesn’t really change how I play over base mesmer.

The real interesting part is what will happen when they release the next elite and it doesn’t have 25% movement speed increase.

phokus.8934:

The real interesting part is what will happen when they release the next elite and it doesn’t have 25% movement speed increase.

Yeah this is an interesting thought, because it could mean a drastic change of runes and food to accommodate for certain things.

I’m imagining that if this whole Mirage and dodge/blur thing is true then perhaps it will be similar to how daredevil traits are setup – ie remove movement impairing conditions on blur and gain swiftness?

Of course I’d rather they just slap +25% movement speed on each elite spec we get, but I think they’ll try to mix it up and make different ways of moving fast.

phokus.8934:

The real interesting part is what will happen when they release the next elite and it doesn’t have 25% movement speed increase.

I imagine people will cry and whine about losing their 25% movement speed, and then people will be more open to some of the ideas that have been posted in the general forums about increasing base movement speed in the game.

phokus.8934:

The real interesting part is what will happen when they release the next elite and it doesn’t have 25% movement speed increase.

Actually what people should be worried about is the round of nerfs that is going to happen before the next elite gets released.

I’ve been using focus on my Mesmer for over 4 years. Still have my original anomaly in bank even.

As a retired WvW player, and now a solo pve player, 25% move in chrono pretty much allowed me to raise the power ceiling on all my power builds. I am still however running travelers on my condi build (doesn’t use chrono and running solo and lazy i just like the passive speed boost lol) I honestly hate movement speed in this game, wish it was a set speed (out of combat and in combat of course), that was only affected by boons and condis, but that’s just my personal opinion.

I used to use Centaurs runes plus heal mantra, so the 25% is certainly welcome. That said, now that I’ve specced into boon duration for quickness sharing with SoI, I can get perma-Swiftness from SoI and Temporal Curtain. Makes running around nice and easy.