Guild Wars 2

Hey, I don’t know if I got it right with the wells. The tooltip shows “3 pulses” does that mean we get 3 weak+1 strong or 2 weak + 1 strong?

Askadia.4395:

I’m not sures a necro well pulses at the very beginning of the cast.
I think it’s more like:
1. you lay the well down (from second 0 to second 1)
2. first weak pulse (1° sec)
3. second weak pulse (2° sec)
4. third pulse, the strongest (3° sec)
5. well effect ends.

However, I may be wrong.

Look at the tooltips of necro wells, you notice they all last for 5s and pulses 6 times (the tooltip on Well of Suffering is wrong with the duration as it says 6s, but its only 5s just like other wells). I’ve personally tested the duration and the dmg ticks.

So yeah, first pulse always happens when you cast the well.
To summarize, for mesmer wells, I’m almost 100% sure its gonna be like this:
1. you lay the well down, first weak pulse
2. second weak pulse (1° sec)
3. third weak pulse (2° sec)
4. big finale (3° sec) as well expires.

3 weak+1 strong = 4
2 weak + 1 strong = 3

This is not an answer to the question. I could say it in a different way:

Does “pulse” mean the weak ones and “burst” the strong ones or does “pulse” mean both?

From what I understand, the well lasts 3 seconds so that 4 ticks (1 on cast + 3 ticks every second after). meaning, 3 weak + 1 strong. I guess 3 pulses refer to the first 3 weak ticks only and the fourth is the big finale.

I’m not sures a necro well pulses at the very beginning of the cast.
I think it’s more like:
1. you lay the well down (from second 0 to second 1)
2. first weak pulse (1° sec)
3. second weak pulse (2° sec)
4. third pulse, the strongest (3° sec)
5. well effect ends.

However, I may be wrong.

keenlam.4753:

So yeah, first pulse always happens when you cast the well.
To summarize, for mesmer wells, I’m almost 100% sure its gonna be like this:
1. you lay the well down, first weak pulse
2. second weak pulse (1° sec)
3. third weak pulse (2° sec)
4. big finale (3° sec) as well expires.

Bingo. Except I think calling the pulses “weak” is misleading, mainly because the well pulses and the expiration effects are usually totally different.

The healing well, for instance, doesn’t go:

Heal – Heal – Heal – Big Heal.

It goes:

Vigor – Vigor – Vigor – Heal.

(With an additional self-heal on cast.)