Guild Wars 2

Engineer mines have red circles, aoe has red circles, so portals should have red circles, it’s only fair.

Also they should not work if trying to port through walls, onto ledges, down hills or any other place other classes “travel skills” cannot reach. The portal is pretty much a cheaty broken skill right now and I can see it getting these fixes in the near future…

So you want an ability with a long CD, that has to be placed in two areas, by a single character, without dying, to essentially move a group in a straight line.

Sound idea there.

Mahrroh.5183:

So you want an ability with a long CD, that has to be placed in two areas, by a single character, without dying, to essentially move a group in a straight line.

Sound idea there.

When teams are exploiting it’s design as it is, yes, I do.

it’s not a cheaty broken skill

nor are people exploiting it.

it’s part of a mesmer’s utility, which are reasons you want a mesmer on your team.

we give up a utility slot for this.

Why should you need an indicator? It’s extremely visible already. Infact, you can see it further away than a red circle.
It’s not broken and you can’t compare it to other profession’s (and the Mesmer’s own blink) teleport skills. Other prifession’s (and Mesmer’s) teleport skills don’t require you to actually get to your target location before teleporting.

^ I agree, portal is a very fun and versatile skill that isn’t OP if you ask me.

I agree with portal being perfectly fine, and working as intended, except for Khylo.
Traveling through the portal should drop the repair kit.
Mesmer is just too much better than any other profession as a treb user, and while that’s cool per se, the flipside is that if you’re the only mesmer, and you’re playing Khylo, you have to man the treb.

At least that’s my experience with it, could be I’m just really good at the treb.

we’re better at getting their quick sure but it’s still ultimately a player ability thing.

The thing about Portals? There is no circle to start with.

You can only place them where you stand. If you can’t get there, you can’t set a portal there, thus you can’t teleport there. If you die on the way, well you gotta walk back to the first point again, then try for the second point once more.

I know I’ve been jealous of the Engineer’s Jump ability, as that extra boost in distance would have been really nice quite a number of times.

Besides, I know I’ve been tired by Blink being stopped by a Pebble or a Pothole in the road.

Bloodtau.4672:

Engineer mines have red circles, aoe has red circles, so portals should have red circles, it’s only fair.

Also they should not work if trying to port through walls, onto ledges, down hills or any other place other classes “travel skills” cannot reach. The portal is pretty much a cheaty broken skill right now and I can see it getting these fixes in the near future…

1. Portals are plain as day, not sure how there’s problems seeing it as is.
2. Portals can only be placed where the Mesmer is standing, it’s not by any form of aiming mechanism… How is it that other classes can’t reach it?
3. AoE of any form having a red circle has nothing to do with a portal. AoE cause damage which is why they have red circles. I’m not sure what giving a red circle to a travel utility really is going to accomplish, please enlighten me.

I cannot see any of these changes you mention ever happening.

Edit for clarity

You know what’s really funny to do? Grab the trait that applies confusion whenever someone crosses glamour border. Find a control point with people fighting, and dump 2 portals.

i just wish that when you place the first portal you get a some sort of count down to let you know how much time to place your 2nd portal before it reverts.

also if you’re too far away from the 1st portal, itd be nice if the 2nd one would be red when trying to place it, so you know if it’s out of range.

Bloodtau.4672:

Engineer mines have red circles, aoe has red circles, so portals should have red circles, it’s only fair.

Also they should not work if trying to port through walls, onto ledges, down hills or any other place other classes “travel skills” cannot reach. The portal is pretty much a cheaty broken skill right now and I can see it getting these fixes in the near future…

aoe’s and mines both do damage lol, last time I checked the portal isn’t gonna give the enemy a stun, or break their ankle, it just brings in people. On top of that, it freakin glows pink for everyone in the world to see.

!http://www.guildwars2mesmer.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Guild_Wars_2_Mesmer_10-1024x566.jpg!

murasamune.2756:

nor are people exploiting it.

People are exploiting it pretty much on kylo

Though dropping the repair kit when using a portal would be the better fix for that problem.