Guild Wars 2

Considering that the invulnerability from Blurred Frenzy was removed and Distortion only last for 1s, whilst the other professions have invulnerabilities for at least 3 or 4s, I think Distortion should have a duration of at least 2s (not asking to have the same as other classes. That would be too balanced).

Wish granted! Distortion now lasts 4 seconds!

You can thank me later.

It lasts 1sec per clone + 1sec base (from you). So 1-4secs depending on how you use it.

Fay.2357:

Wish granted! Distortion now lasts 4 seconds!

You can thank me later.

Fay, are you in a trolling mood today? :P

venusiano.8246:

Considering that the invulnerability from Blurred Frenzy was removed and Distortion only last for 1s, whilst the other professions have invulnerabilities for at least 3 or 4s, I think Distortion should have a duration of at least 2s (not asking to have the same as other classes. That would be too balanced).

With 3 clones out that would grant 8 seconds of distortion >.<

TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275:

With 3 clones out that would grant 8 seconds of distortion >.<

Awesome!

frifox.5283:

TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275:

With 3 clones out that would grant 8 seconds of distortion >.<

Awesome!

Yeah, my math skills are pretty awesome.

TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275:

With 3 clones out that would grant 8 seconds of distortion >.<

I need this and trait to make it 50% longer!

frifox.5283:

TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275:

With 3 clones out that would grant 8 seconds of distortion >.<

Awesome!

But, but spvp. T.T I don’t want to give them a decap simply by distorting with one illusion out.

You can make sound every idea bad if you act like this …

They could buff it to 2 sec + 1 sec per illusion and give the distortion share trait 2 sec too.

I personally don’t think that distortion is in urge need of a buff, altough it wouldn’t be op and it would increase the usage of the distortion share trait, since 1 sec is reaaaally short.

TBH I like the Distortion share duration as it is, because I really dislike causing my entire team to decap when I’m just Distorting for myself.

But yes it should be changed to Blur and last longer + longer ICD (and buff up Blurred Inscriptions while we’re at it). Distortion itself however doesn’t need and should not receive any buffs.

Then you could just interrupt your own attacks and chain distort all you want.

Xyonon.3987:

Agreed – the thing with Blurred Inscriptions is that you always have to take the cast time of the signet into consideration. I’d suggest that the distortion should be applied when you start to cast a signet, not when you finished casting one. It would let you time the distortion to react properly to an attack.

This. As it is only Signet of Midnight works well with Blurred Inscriptions. Given that Mesmer signets don’t synergise well together their trait better be really good (especially since it’s competing with Shattered Concentration).

moonlightseal.6927:

Then you could just interrupt your own attacks and chain distort all you want.

Then give it an internal CD for each signet. Programm it like this: If you select this trait, you have selected like 6 traits (one for each signet), each saying “casting signet of [name] grants 1 sec distortion while having an internal CD of signet of [name]’s [CD]”.

So if you cast signet A with 20 sec CD, the trait will go on an 20 sec internal CD for signet A. If you cast signet A again after interrupting before the CD wore off, you recive no distortion. But you’ll get distortion when you cast signet B, C, D etc.

I hope you get the idea. But please – don’t try to kill an idea if it’s just a concept, that’s disrepectful. If that what you said is the only problem to my idea, I take it you agree it’s a great idea except for a minor issue in the concept / programming.

Xyonon.3987:

moonlightseal.6927:

Then you could just interrupt your own attacks and chain distort all you want.

Then give it an internal CD for each signet. Programm it like this: If you select this trait, you have selected like 6 traits (one for each signet), each saying “casting signet of [name] grants 1 sec distortion while having an internal CD of signet of [name]’s [CD]”.

So if you cast signet A with 20 sec CD, the trait will go on an 20 sec internal CD for signet A. If you cast signet A again after interrupting before the CD wore off, you recive no distortion. But you’ll get distortion when you cast signet B, C, D etc.

I hope you get the idea. But please – don’t try to kill an idea if it’s just a concept, that’s disrepectful. If that what you said is the only problem to my idea, I take it you agree it’s a great idea except for a minor issue in the concept / programming.

Honestly, I’m not really sure that Signet of Inspiration or Signet of Illusions even warrant having a cast time in the first place. Signet of the Ether and Domination definitely need theirs though in order to allow some degree of counterplay.

Xyonon.3987:

You can make sound every idea bad if you act like this …

They could buff it to 2 sec + 1 sec per illusion and give the distortion share trait 2 sec too.

I personally don’t think that distortion is in urge need of a buff, altough it wouldn’t be op and it would increase the usage of the distortion share trait, since 1 sec is reaaaally short.

They would be careless to touch the shatter. 4 seconds is already 1 second over most invulnerability in the game. Not only this but why on earth would you want to uncontrollably make it so you can’t control a capture point for half of its decapture time when you shatter with no clones out.

Running the inspiration trait at all is considered a bad idea. Your upgrade would forcibly decap the point by 50% whenever you distort in pvp. Don’t exacerbate the situation where it is. Mesmers who distort when they have the inspiration line will already forcibly decapture the point by 25%

I assume this was nor your intent. But any buffing of either is immensely rude to mesmers in spvp.

Daniel Handler.4816:

Xyonon.3987:

You can make sound every idea bad if you act like this …

They could buff it to 2 sec + 1 sec per illusion and give the distortion share trait 2 sec too.

I personally don’t think that distortion is in urge need of a buff, altough it wouldn’t be op and it would increase the usage of the distortion share trait, since 1 sec is reaaaally short.

They would be careless to touch the shatter. 4 seconds is already 1 second over most invulnerability in the game. Not only this but why on earth would you want to uncontrollably make it so you can’t control a capture point for half of its decapture time when you shatter with no clones out.

Running the inspiration trait at all is considered a bad idea. Your upgrade would forcibly decap the point by 50% whenever you distort in pvp. Don’t exacerbate the situation where it is. Mesmers who distort when they have the inspiration line will already forcibly decapture the point by 25%

I assume this was nor your intent. But any buffing of either is immensely rude to mesmers in spvp.

Personally I’d make protected phantasms the minor, then buff inspiring distortion and make it the major. Inspiration is a fantastic line for a lot of reasons, but if you happen to need distortion while on a point, it’s good for a guaranteed 25%-50% decap depending on location.

venusiano.8246:

Considering that the invulnerability from Blurred Frenzy was removed and Distortion only last for 1s, whilst the other professions have invulnerabilities for at least 3 or 4s, I think Distortion should have a duration of at least 2s (not asking to have the same as other classes. That would be too balanced).

How about no

Countless

Fay.2357:

Daniel Handler.4816:

Xyonon.3987:

You can make sound every idea bad if you act like this …

They could buff it to 2 sec + 1 sec per illusion and give the distortion share trait 2 sec too.

I personally don’t think that distortion is in urge need of a buff, altough it wouldn’t be op and it would increase the usage of the distortion share trait, since 1 sec is reaaaally short.

They would be careless to touch the shatter. 4 seconds is already 1 second over most invulnerability in the game. Not only this but why on earth would you want to uncontrollably make it so you can’t control a capture point for half of its decapture time when you shatter with no clones out.

Running the inspiration trait at all is considered a bad idea. Your upgrade would forcibly decap the point by 50% whenever you distort in pvp. Don’t exacerbate the situation where it is. Mesmers who distort when they have the inspiration line will already forcibly decapture the point by 25%

I assume this was nor your intent. But any buffing of either is immensely rude to mesmers in spvp.

Personally I’d make protected phantasms the minor, then buff inspiring distortion and make it the major. Inspiration is a fantastic line for a lot of reasons, but if you happen to need distortion while on a point, it’s good for a guaranteed 25%-50% decap depending on location.

I would make one change, make persisting images the adept minor, move protected phantasms to adept major, and inspiring distortion to master major.

Then you would have three clear path within the trait line.

Glamour and projectile defense, aka field augmentation

Healing as a source of mitigation.

Direct damage mitigation through transferal or invulnerability.

Daniel Handler.4816:

Xyonon.3987:

You can make sound every idea bad if you act like this …

They could buff it to 2 sec + 1 sec per illusion and give the distortion share trait 2 sec too.

I personally don’t think that distortion is in urge need of a buff, altough it wouldn’t be op and it would increase the usage of the distortion share trait, since 1 sec is reaaaally short.

They would be careless to touch the shatter. 4 seconds is already 1 second over most invulnerability in the game. Not only this but why on earth would you want to uncontrollably make it so you can’t control a capture point for half of its decapture time when you shatter with no clones out.

Running the inspiration trait at all is considered a bad idea. Your upgrade would forcibly decap the point by 50% whenever you distort in pvp. Don’t exacerbate the situation where it is. Mesmers who distort when they have the inspiration line will already forcibly decapture the point by 25%

I assume this was nor your intent. But any buffing of either is immensely rude to mesmers in spvp.

So you have to think before you act? Sounds good to me.

Xyonon.3987:

Daniel Handler.4816:

Xyonon.3987:

You can make sound every idea bad if you act like this …

They could buff it to 2 sec + 1 sec per illusion and give the distortion share trait 2 sec too.

I personally don’t think that distortion is in urge need of a buff, altough it wouldn’t be op and it would increase the usage of the distortion share trait, since 1 sec is reaaaally short.

They would be careless to touch the shatter. 4 seconds is already 1 second over most invulnerability in the game. Not only this but why on earth would you want to uncontrollably make it so you can’t control a capture point for half of its decapture time when you shatter with no clones out.

Running the inspiration trait at all is considered a bad idea. Your upgrade would forcibly decap the point by 50% whenever you distort in pvp. Don’t exacerbate the situation where it is. Mesmers who distort when they have the inspiration line will already forcibly decapture the point by 25%

I assume this was nor your intent. But any buffing of either is immensely rude to mesmers in spvp.

So you have to think before you act? Sounds good to me.

That is a non sequitur. There are many situations where a thing was buffed because it required too much thought. And there are situations where things are nerfed because they require too much thought. For the former adding a timer to portal is an example, for the later the loss of the initial mimic/echo for its inferior replacement (before the current iteration.).

I don’t see your point.

2 sec per clone would be insanely op , lol 8 secoonds on full shatter !!! one can only dream…. edit: imagine that shared to the whole team!!

Mogar.9216:

2 sec per clone would be insanely op , lol 8 secoonds on full shatter !!! one can only dream…. edit: imagine that shared to the whole team!!

Oh, I’m imagining it. I can hear my whole team cursing my name and lineage, for causing us to lose a point during a teamfight.

Mesmer needs many tune-ups, but distortion duration is not one of them, especially with Chronomancer/alacrity on the way.