Guild Wars 2

So… i recently started mapping with a necro. And doing so i discoverd that the class could use wells underwater. Which immidiately raised the question: Why can’t Chronomancers use wells underwater?

I mean the mechanic is already there. ANet could use the same animations as necro does. It’s just that the skills apply different effect(s). I remember them saying that they dont really bothered with underwater skills for the elite specs… But much like necros and eles can use shouts underwater, i think chrono deserves to use it’s wells underwater too. Cause again, mechanic is already there, can apply same animations either

#makechronogreatunderwater

I honestly have no idea where the devs stand in regards to Underwater content. I have a feeling that they genuinely forgot about it, and every so often one is surprised when he gets told that a player is… gasp … under water! Because the system automatically filed it as a bug or a wallhack or something.

So it promptly gets fixed and more water removed.

At this point, and since we’re probably headed to beep, I suspect we won’t see water again for a very long time. Until GW3 or something.

Yeah I doubt they’ll look at underwater combat anytime soon unless the new maps depend on it. I mean look at rev, half their legends don’t work underwater and they can’t swap out utilities like the rest of professions :P

NICENIKESHOE.7128:

Yeah I doubt they’ll look at underwater combat anytime soon unless the new maps depend on it. I mean look at rev, half their legends don’t work underwater and they can’t swap out utilities like the rest of professions :P

Well rev does not only have new skills, but it is an entire new class. So in that sense i would kinda understand ANet doesn’t want to bother with it. But unlike that, the elite spec skills of chrono are wells. Which again where already there in core game. used by necro. So the mechanic is basically already there. They can use the same animations too.

Add to that, that chrono/mesmer doesn’t really bring something to uw combat, as where other classes have at least some dps or utility/support. So from that perspective i think chrono deserves its elite spec skills to be used uw. That way it can still bring quickness, aka being usefull.

Chrono wells don’t work underwater because of lazyness. Not trying to bash the developers too much, but HoT was extremely rushed as an expansion, and since UW combat was already not being supported, it made sense to just cut development on that to save time for the rest of the expansion.

UW combat won’t see an overhaul until we get an expansion, its just too much work to do otherwise.

I know that.. It’s why i created this topic. If more people show their “motivation” for allowing chrono to use wells underwater…. then that will probably draw attention, and hopefully some changes will happen. So plz, let your voice be heared

It won’t make a difference. There’s no point in making this change unless UW combat gets a real overhaul, and that’s not going to happen unless it was already being planned. A few people voicing support for it won’t make any difference.

Not with that attitude no.. Chrono is basically a support class. Why say no for UW support? Why shouldn’t we care about UW abilities….

GWMO.4785:

Not with that attitude no.. Chrono is basically a support class. Why say no for UW support? Why shouldn’t we care about UW abilities….

Because ANet doesn’t care, either. So there’s not really a point to suggesting it, they’ve been ripping out underwater left and right and center and avoiding it wherever they could.

They handle it a bit like dungeons, yeah it still exists in “legacy content”, but dev-wise it’s off the table, no matter how large it might be.