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Pretty good. Lets you execute a full Quickness/Alacrity combo in a Shift without having to open with ToT/TW, which admittedly isn’t a huge benefit… and a Alacrity/Quickness sharing build already has perma-Quickness, so…

Okay, I guess it’s more useful for less support-oriented Chronomancers.

I wonder if these are/will be available in PvP.

All of the profession specific runes are in PvP along with many other new runes. They cost 5 gold to unlock.

Welp, I’m liking the rune!

Interesting, wonder what the other profession runes are like. 5 mins to go with this download!

The also added two new attributes, both of which can be found on a few of the new amulets.

Expertise- Increases your condition duration

Concentration- Increases your boon duration

+560 Expertise is granting me an additional 37.33% condition duration.

So every 15 expertise = +1% condition duration

Rune of daredevil 6th bonus! :o

Looks like no ICD.

Useful to necromancers too tbh so I kinda like it.

Not strictly related but Runes of Tormenting are available in PvP now.

Between this and the new Expertise amulets, I predict another wave of “Condi Mesmers are OP” before the week is done.

Wanderer’s + Tormenting does look good for pvp.

Tough choice between Wanderer’s and Viper’s though.

I think Viper is better than Sinister for us, but they’re both full glass.

I just wish Wanderer had 1050 toughness and 560 precision instead of the other way around, but I think I will stick with it.

Where are the new star combos for pvp listed online? I can’t find them anywhere and can’t log in right now.

Chrono rune on Necro is a bit bugged..
Traited-well is not giving quickness! I wanted to try out a quick-resser necro!
And the Heal skill gives it at the start of the cast time not the end so you can cancel the cast and still get a bit of Quickness xD

Maybe I should post it in the bug subforum… ahhh, none will read it anyway…

Where can I get the rune?

As a necromancer, I am nearly crying.

BRB rolling a mesmer

Where do you get these runes?, none on the tp

In sPvP you can unlock them for ~5g and you don’t even need HoT for it.
Dunno about pve/wvw, prolly some random HoT recipe in the jungle or elite-spec mastery track..

Glov.5342:

As a necromancer, I am nearly crying.

BRB rolling a mesmer

Why? I’d go so far as to say well necro benefits much more

Quadox.7834:

Glov.5342:

As a necromancer, I am nearly crying.

BRB rolling a mesmer

Why? I’d go so far as to say well necro benefits much more

I’d say so too if Necro Wells didn’t have such long CDs. But yeah, Quickness doesn’t benefit Mesmers that much as too much of our DPS is dependent on sources other than ourselves, and our burst isn’t really improved by Quickness either.

Might be good for some on-demand Quickness for stomps and resses, but that’s as far as I see it being good for (in PvP).

Oh, this is quite nice, actually.

Embolism.8106:

Quadox.7834:

Glov.5342:

As a necromancer, I am nearly crying.

BRB rolling a mesmer

Why? I’d go so far as to say well necro benefits much more

I’d say so too if Necro Wells didn’t have such long CDs. But yeah, Quickness doesn’t benefit Mesmers that much as too much of our DPS is dependent on sources other than ourselves, and our burst isn’t really improved by Quickness either.

Might be good for some on-demand Quickness for stomps and resses, but that’s as far as I see it being good for (in PvP).

It’d work very well with blood magic builds that take the Rez procs blood well trait

Quadox.7834:

Glov.5342:

As a necromancer, I am nearly crying.

BRB rolling a mesmer

Why? I’d go so far as to say well necro benefits much more

“Completing a heroic specialization grants a new, unique piece of armor and unlocks the ability to craft a new rune set for the specialization.” Not sure if they’re account bound after creation, but if you want them outside of pvp, you’ll need to finish off the chronomancer mastery track.

Mwahahahaha!!! PvP Support Mesmer rejoice!

This is glorious… Especially for Well of Action (3s Quickness on final pulse)

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Mwahahahaha!!! PvP Support Mesmer rejoice!

This is glorious… Especially for Well of Action (3s Quickness on final pulse)

You see Minstrel stats yet? Think you’ll be very pleased.

Dondagora.9645:

You see Minstrel stats yet? Think you’ll be very pleased.

C’mon, don’t leave us hanging! What are the stats?

This goes for anyone who actually knows what the new stat layouts are, some of us don’t get to play until tonight, and I can’t find a thread explaining them anywhere in the HoT forum

Full list of stat combos and runes on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3pwdzu/new_stats_and_specialization_runes/

I feel like Marauder should become the new Baby’s First Ascended Set for direct damage classes, provided that the recipe is fairly cheap. It’s perfect for being slightly less glassy than Zerk without completely sacrificing your damage. Good for open world and for learning new content, replacing the old mix-match Zerker/Soldier combinations.

Commander, Viper, Wanderer, and Vigilant stat spreads are all interesting as well. Concentration is potentially a pretty cool stat for supporty builds. Commander looks great for PvE Chrono Support, while Wanderer and Vigilant both are very attractive for PvE Chrono Bunkers. Viper also providers what can possibly be considered the first true hybrid damage option. Yeah, there were Sinister/Rampager’s before, but the Expertise on Viper is really nice.

Jeez.. Even the tempest runes suck!

Those Herald Runes look promising though.

… What the eff are concentration and expertise?

So many thanks for the link, tobasco!

I’m loving the look of these runesets.

Berserker: #1 rune for condi builds with any kind of hybrid stats. Edit: seriously, sinister engis were already taking the ele’s dps crown away, now they release a runeset that’s like Scholar for hybrid but better.
Herald: boonshare mes, anyone? Mantra healing + permanent protection = profit?
Chronomancer: okay, I’m sure we all get this one. But seriously, Well of Precognition + Chrono rune = ultimate rezzbot, no?
Daredevil: wasn’t someone trying to figure out how to make a Soldiers set chrono work with Lost Time + Danger Time? A guaranteed crit after a dodge means you’ll be able to land a crit MW every time!

Can anyone verify if the Chronomancer runes apply the quickness just to you or if they also apply it to anyone standing in the initial cast area of the well?

Rising Dusk.2408:

Can anyone verify if the Chronomancer runes apply the quickness just to you or if they also apply it to anyone standing in the initial cast area of the well?

Only you.
Traited Necro Wells: Casting some random well → Ally got Protection, I got Protection and Quickness.

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Jeez.. Even the tempest runes suck!

Those Herald Runes look promising though.

… What the eff are concentration and expertise?

Boon duration and Condition duration.

Curunen.8729:

Tough choice between Wanderer’s and Viper’s though.

I think Viper is better than Sinister for us, but they’re both full glass.

I just wish Wanderer had 1050 toughness and 560 precision instead of the other way around, but I think I will stick with it.

Wanderer’s is power/toughness/vitality/concentration on PvE.. But a condi amulet in pvp… Why is this? I have the perfect mightstacking dragonhunter build that needs this amulet with power stats to function :/

nearlight.3064:

Curunen.8729:

Tough choice between Wanderer’s and Viper’s though.

I think Viper is better than Sinister for us, but they’re both full glass.

I just wish Wanderer had 1050 toughness and 560 precision instead of the other way around, but I think I will stick with it.

Wanderer’s is power/toughness/vitality/concentration on PvE.. But a condi amulet in pvp… Why is this? I have the perfect mightstacking dragonhunter build that needs this amulet with power stats to function :/

Yeah I don’t get that – weird naming choice tbh.

Anyway it’s better than the poor variety of condi amulets we had before.

I’ve tried Viper with tormenting runes and that can output a pretty crazy amount of hybrid damage in pvp, but I don’t like being glass anymore.

I like Wanderer’s more than Rabid, but the precision is a bit excessive in my opinion just for the sake of SI and on crit sigils – would rather have 1050 toughness and 560 precision.

In anycase either Wanderer or Viper with tormenting runes is finally something good for condi shatter.

Curunen.8729:

nearlight.3064:

Curunen.8729:

Tough choice between Wanderer’s and Viper’s though.

I think Viper is better than Sinister for us, but they’re both full glass.

I just wish Wanderer had 1050 toughness and 560 precision instead of the other way around, but I think I will stick with it.

Wanderer’s is power/toughness/vitality/concentration on PvE.. But a condi amulet in pvp… Why is this? I have the perfect mightstacking dragonhunter build that needs this amulet with power stats to function :/

Yeah I don’t get that – weird naming choice tbh.

Anyway it’s better than the poor variety of condi amulets we had before.

I’ve tried Viper with tormenting runes and that can output a pretty crazy amount of hybrid damage in pvp, but I don’t like being glass anymore.

I like Wanderer’s more than Rabid, but the precision is a bit excessive in my opinion just for the sake of SI and on crit sigils – would rather have 1050 toughness and 560 precision.

In anycase either Wanderer or Viper with tormenting runes is finally something good for condi shatter.

In general I think they should have added vitality instead of useless kitten on more amulets. The reason why in the previous meta, marauder, cele, and soldiers were overall the most used was because they had vitality.

These new amulets mostly just make you too glassy for what little damage you do or because some of the stats will be invariably wasted.

Agreed, the lack of vitality on any of these is a problem.

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Jeez.. Even the tempest runes suck!

Those Herald Runes look promising though.

… What the eff are concentration and expertise?

Concentration: Boon Duration stat

Expertise: Condition Duration stat

I think the quickness helps with F5 the most. I LOVED spamming all my Wells after an F5, but the cast times in conjunction with multiple variables can sometimes only lead to casting 2 Wells. This rune solves that problem entirely for my support build…

It does, but if you start with TW or ToT you get the same effect anyway.

This rune does make me consider using Gravity Well.

Chaos Archangel.5071:

… What the eff are concentration and expertise?

Actually, those names were used during GW2 core game beta, alongside with benevolence (iirc) for healing power. Players deemed the names a bit too obscure, with good reasons.

Healing Power was Compassion.