Guild Wars 2

Temporal Curtain “grants swiftness to allies who cross it”. That’s understandable and is how the skill currently functions, but what’s preventing granting swiftness to those already inside the field when you summon the curtain on top of them? Too OP?

When you jimp once (leave and reenter the curtain) you’ll get swiftness.

I’ve noticed that I get swiftness if I move ~60 inches from the epicenter of the curtain. Jumping launches you 63 inches high. That could mean that the curtain is actually a box, not a wall…

Because swiftness is so useful when standing still on a line. Cast it 1 foot in front of the target or yourself.

The downside is im pretty sure the cripple doesnt apply unless they move through it so if you drop it on a rooted player like warrior in 100 blades :/ (not sure if this is true i have not tested it).

frifox.5283:

I’ve noticed that I get swiftness if I move ~60 inches from the epicenter of the curtain. Jumping launches you 63 inches high. That could mean that the curtain is actually a box, not a wall…

New update…. We have changed the skill name of focus 4 from Temporal Curtain to Temporal Box for clarity and due to player complaints. Oh and Mesmers can now have 2 sigils on two handed weapons greatly increasing the classes Player vs Player effectiveness.

:’P

Pwent.2639:

Because swiftness is so useful when standing still on a line. Cast it 1 foot in front of the target or yourself.

Consider doing a jumping puzzle where quite often you don’t have anywhere to move. Unless you have centaur runes or have patience to wait for signet of inpiration to grant swiftness, you’re out of luck.

frifox.5283:

Unless you have centaur runes or have patience to wait for signet of inpiration to grant swiftness, you’re out of luck.

Not really. Cast it, then jiggle a bit or jump.

Carighan.6758:

Not really. Cast it, then jiggle a bit or jump.

That was something I wasn’t aware of and haven’t even considered an option since I always assumed Temporal Curtain was a “wall of energy”, not a box smaller than your jumping height :/

Good to know though, will definitely come in handy.

Yeah, it’s a bit unintuitive. You’d think a wall is a 2D plane, right?
I mean I get why it’s the way it is. The height is small to keep the relative power of the reflection trait in check, the wall has a width to allow combo-ing off it with whirl/blast finishers.