Temporal Enchanter Trait
I basicly use this build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAseWncfCFoh1qBmqBUrhlej6cDKhQo2qOrmBwFA-TJxHABidKAovMAAPBAx3fAA
It’s basicly a boon bot. I can give resistance, quickness and a ton of other boons to allies. It only lacks a stun breaker, but you have stability from shatters
It’s a bit… meh… unless running several glamours. But then you have to sacrifice stunbreaks or something else.
I dunno, it feels a bit mediocre for a grandmaster trait.
What is everyone’s thoughts on this trait. Is there a game mode where this trait shines?
I like the duration increase it gives. Also resistance isn’t bad.But I look at the Superspeed and think great, pretty much a temp immunity to cripples and chills. Then I look at Resistance and see it covers those two conditions (plus all the rest).
Has anyone put down Null Field, Feedback or Portal and thought “oh boy… superspeed!”? Maybe for Veil I can see the allure, but 2 seconds worth?
I’d say wvw. Resistance and super speed are always useful especially in aoe format. Although I’m sure the user Fay will come in and tell you how bad/inefficient people are for running traited glamours.
Superspeed is 1.5x faster than in-combat +33% speed. So dropping a nullfield on an ally with Reapers on top of them is probably the pinnacle usefulness of the traits’ added utility. It’s more icing than a core feature of the trait though.
I’m more annoyed that they chopped the resistance duration by 33% for spvp reasons only.
The trait is okish for feedback/null field/time warp. However, the particularly annoying thing is that the trait is 100% non-functional for Veil. This is a trait for a specific class of skills that straight up does not function for one of them. How is that ok?
Glamours in general are a weird collection of skills anyway. I’m not quite sure what they are meant to be thematically, especially now with us also having wells.
Only Manipulations could be seen as a more random assortment of skills.
The trait is okish for feedback/null field/time warp. However, the particularly annoying thing is that the trait is 100% non-functional for Veil. This is a trait for a specific class of skills that straight up does not function for one of them. How is that ok?
the trait does function 100% with veil. It does not give super speed/ resistance to people who pass through it, only people the veil is casted on within a small margin around it.
The trait is okish for feedback/null field/time warp. However, the particularly annoying thing is that the trait is 100% non-functional for Veil. This is a trait for a specific class of skills that straight up does not function for one of them. How is that ok?
the trait does function 100% with veil. It does not give super speed/ resistance to people who pass through it, only people the veil is casted on within a small margin around it.
Exactly, which counts as completely nonfunctional. Veil doesn’t actually work if you cast it on top of yourself, only if you run through it once it’s already casted, so in order for you to use it properly, you must avoid getting any benefit from the trait. It’s absolutely absurd, and effectively nonfunctional.
The superseed and resistance are actually nice. I use it very often in PvP, as a great gtfo tool (on null field usually). I would argue that the nerf it got (as part of the bunker chrono destruction) was unjustified and that the 3s resistance (I think) were by no means OP. But well…
The trait is okish for feedback/null field/time warp. However, the particularly annoying thing is that the trait is 100% non-functional for Veil. This is a trait for a specific class of skills that straight up does not function for one of them. How is that ok?
the trait does function 100% with veil. It does not give super speed/ resistance to people who pass through it, only people the veil is casted on within a small margin around it.
Exactly, which counts as completely nonfunctional. Veil doesn’t actually work if you cast it on top of yourself, only if you run through it once it’s already casted, so in order for you to use it properly, you must avoid getting any benefit from the trait. It’s absolutely absurd, and effectively nonfunctional.
You can get stealth/super speed/resistance in a cast while running. There is some give to the trait’s aoe.
Even if you couldn’t, the trait still provides duration, so no it is not 100% non-functional with veil.
resistance – great on ressing ppl to resist the poison effect mainly. also with null field it give you 2 sec till 5 conditions do the dmg so lets say 6 sec conditions bomb on you you got 33% less dmg and it get you closer to cleanse all of them
super speed – nice to have mainly. in mid if you being targeted and you drop TW or null field melee class will have hard time to catch you for 2 sec
but does it comprehend the glamour skills. dont think so i would go with something else instead of super speed like alacrity, or even the opposite of resistance just for boons. any boons on the enemy are useless ….
- I think it’s a waste of a trait choice.
- I think there’s no room on the bar for glamors along with this trait in a meaningful way (portal excluded, high cd).