Guild Wars 2

The signet provides a speed boon and a random boon every 10 seconds but the swiftness only lasts for 4 seconds so ya gotta wait 6 more seconds for the boon to recharge it doesn’t provide perma swiftness like all the other classes just a boost for four seconds which looks crappy when running in a single direction for a little bit its kind of like I’m gonna run to the event then its super fast then it drops for 5-6 seconds and boosts up again not being consistent please rework this I know its minor but seriously when in pvp matches or in WvW the Mesmer is the slowest one of the bunch when trying to run back to a safe distance for recharge or heals and no I’m not talking about using teleport in conjuncture

not to mention using It to explore in PVE content

I was referring to the actual signet not traits or runes, sigils or armors, weapon skills or any combo fields I was referring to perma swiftness that other classes have that this one doesn’t not referring to the 25% movment speed from a trait again I will stress the point PERMA SWIFTNESS not 5 seconds of it every 10 seconds

Sigil of speed. Dump the signit.

First of all, the swiftness lasts 5 seconds base, giving you a solid 50% uptime on swiftness with zero investment into anything else. Additionally, you can equip focus and use temporal curtain. Temporal curtain provides 12s of swiftness on an untraited 25s cooldown, or 48% uptime.

Combining these two skills provides 98% uptime on swiftness with essentially zero investment outside of equipping focus, which you’re likely to do anyway.

On top of this, you should be using chronomancer in every single game type outside of maybe WvW roaming. Chronomancer provides 25% movement speed as a passive gain from a minor trait, solving your movement speed problems with zero investment.

Fay.2357:

First of all, the swiftness lasts 5 seconds base, giving you a solid 50% uptime on swiftness with zero investment into anything else. Additionally, you can equip focus and use temporal curtain. Temporal curtain provides 12s of swiftness on an untraited 25s cooldown, or 48% uptime.

Combining these two skills provides 98% uptime on swiftness with essentially zero investment outside of equipping focus, which you’re likely to do anyway.

On top of this, you should be using chronomancer in every single game type outside of maybe WvW roaming. Chronomancer provides 25% movement speed as a passive gain from a minor trait, solving your movement speed problems with zero investment.

I was referring to the actual signet not traits or runes, sigils or armors, weapon skills or any combo fields I was referring to perma swiftness that other classes have that this one doesn’t not referring to the 25% movment speed from a trait again I will stress the point PERMA SWIFTNESS not 5 seconds of it every 10 seconds

Budman.2934:

Fay.2357:

First of all, the swiftness lasts 5 seconds base, giving you a solid 50% uptime on swiftness with zero investment into anything else. Additionally, you can equip focus and use temporal curtain. Temporal curtain provides 12s of swiftness on an untraited 25s cooldown, or 48% uptime.

Combining these two skills provides 98% uptime on swiftness with essentially zero investment outside of equipping focus, which you’re likely to do anyway.

On top of this, you should be using chronomancer in every single game type outside of maybe WvW roaming. Chronomancer provides 25% movement speed as a passive gain from a minor trait, solving your movement speed problems with zero investment.

I was referring to the actual signet not traits or runes, sigils or armors, weapon skills or any combo fields I was referring to perma swiftness that other classes have that this one doesn’t not referring to the 25% movment speed from a trait again I will stress the point PERMA SWIFTNESS not 5 seconds of it every 10 seconds

Ok, name one class that gets permaswiftness for no investment past equipping a single utility skill. Go on, I’ll just wait here.

Budman.2934:

I was referring to the actual signet not traits or runes, sigils or armors, weapon skills or any combo fields I was referring to perma swiftness that other classes have that this one doesn’t not referring to the 25% movment speed from a trait again I will stress the point PERMA SWIFTNESS not 5 seconds of it every 10 seconds

I second Fay:
Why are you insisting on making Signet of Inspiration as a mesmer’s source of perma swiftness? eg Guardian doesn’t have speed increasing signet, and Revenant doesn’t even have signets…

NashEquilSeek.2801:

Budman.2934:

I was referring to the actual signet not traits or runes, sigils or armors, weapon skills or any combo fields I was referring to perma swiftness that other classes have that this one doesn’t not referring to the 25% movment speed from a trait again I will stress the point PERMA SWIFTNESS not 5 seconds of it every 10 seconds

I second Fay:
Why are you insisting on making Signet of Inspiration as a mesmer’s source of perma swiftness? eg Guardian doesn’t have speed increasing signet, and Revenant doesn’t even have signets…

It does have perma swiftness though

Levetty.1279:

It does have perma swiftness though

Exactly what Fay has been saying to OP about mesmer as well

But to quote OP:

“I was referring to the actual signet not traits or runes, sigils or armors, weapon skills or any combo fields I was referring to perma swiftness that other classes have that this one doesn’t not referring to the 25% movment speed from a trait again I will stress the point PERMA SWIFTNESS not 5 seconds of it every 10 seconds”

If I understand correctly, OP specifically wants a signet (for mesmer) that provide perma swiftness. Why though?

Levetty.1279:

NashEquilSeek.2801:

Budman.2934:

I was referring to the actual signet not traits or runes, sigils or armors, weapon skills or any combo fields I was referring to perma swiftness that other classes have that this one doesn’t not referring to the 25% movment speed from a trait again I will stress the point PERMA SWIFTNESS not 5 seconds of it every 10 seconds

I second Fay:
Why are you insisting on making Signet of Inspiration as a mesmer’s source of perma swiftness? eg Guardian doesn’t have speed increasing signet, and Revenant doesn’t even have signets…

It does have perma swiftness though

Sure, but it requires investment in the form of both a utility and a constant energy drain. The OP just wants to slot the signet, go afk, and have permanent swiftness, which is patently absurd.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Sigil_of_Speed

Takes 1 second to burst an NPC, can be stacked up to 2 minutes, takes only 1 single sigil slot on a single weapon, doesnt require a utility slot, trait line, specific weapon, nada.

Or we could just kitten and moan some more about how the signit has only 50% swiftness uptime as a passive -_-u

Buton’s pro tip for pro GW2 players: Don’t play PvE. Play PvP, or play another game entirely! This may or may not be related to swiftness.