Guild Wars 2

good for my playstyle. thank you anet…i can’t wait to try it out

Just killed someone, got the 3s of distortion… Killed someone else, didn’t get it.

So… internal cooldown could be there.

It’s really not useful in any way. It can potentially be a pleasant and very random bonus, at least in WvW. Worth 30 points? no way. Perhaps in PvE there are some very specific situations/encounters where you could abuse it, but then again we are not exactly doing heroic progression in this game..

According to the wiki, there should be no CD. Wait 4mo for next patch that may/not address?

Yup. It has a 10 sec ICD. Look at the right upper corner of the trait when you hoover over it.

Dissapointed. That is all too say after they said there will be no ICD.

i saw (no cooldown) on dulfy but offical patch notes says nothing. still at work so haven’t had a chance to play yet. thanks for the heads up guys…this is disappointing…kitten anet and their ninjas

Ok so to sum up:
We got no new meta
I-elasticity is still bugged
The new traits are all useless
We deal less damage due ferocity nerf
Traveler runes got nerfed

Anything I forgot? Oh right, phantasm builds got stronger.

on the brighterside…they fixed bugs on illusion of life

BlackDevil.9268:

Ok so to sum up:
We got no new meta
I-elasticity is still bugged
The new traits are all useless
We deal less damage due ferocity nerf
Traveler runes got nerfed

Anything I forgot? Oh right, phantasm builds got stronger.

Pretty much this (the dueling trait was a huge let-down and heart-breaking). The only thing I disagree on is the new meta and useless traits in spvp (even though ik you are a wvw player). We have some interesting builds (boon share,condi shatter, and ofc phant even more op in 1v1) besides shatter and chaotic interrupt that could show up now. If anything, if eles do become popular/op again in pvp, chaotic interruption Mesmer’s will wreck them and we can have a viable spot in the meta after about how many months? I forget.

Oh haha forgot something: the portal ’’idicator’’ is only a description of the max range which was already known, 5000 yards. There is still no indicator when it hits max range. How hard is it anet… really?!

BlackDevil.9268:

Oh haha forgot something: the portal ’’idicator’’ is only a description of the max range which was already known, 5000 yards. There is still no indicator when it hits max range. How hard is it anet… really?!

lawl. This day is so hilarious for Mesmer.

Well I think it’s pretty clear the new traits were just token additions to make the game look more changed than it is. Saying that in spvp should be better for us with lyssa nerf to thieves/warrriors, and extra sigil on 2 handed weapons for ranged shatter.

Yep, we cannot expect even the simplest things that Anet promises to us.
I’m done.

sendmark.4731:

Well I think it’s pretty clear the new traits were just token additions to make the game look more changed than it is. Saying that in spvp should be better for us with lyssa nerf to thieves/warrriors, and extra sigil on 2 handed weapons for ranged shatter.

Maybe. if eles become popular, we will be viable with chaotic interruption and MAYBE boon share with the new chaos gm.

FranzM.1298:

i would like something more like:

gain distortion after channeling a mantra.
or maybe: mantra of pain and disruption become AoE.

thats something i would be fine with.
or gain distortion on critical hit with some sort of internal cool down. that i would totally be okay with but distortion on kill isn’t worth the effort

It would be worth it in zergs if you were 25v70 people (what I do every day) but it has a icd so its just worthless.

we ask for oranges..anet tells us apples…we get bananas…bananas gentlemen…bananas

BlackDevil.9268:

Oh haha forgot something: the portal ’’idicator’’ is only a description of the max range which was already known, 5000 yards. There is still no indicator when it hits max range. How hard is it anet… really?!

HAAAaaaaaa…………..

Skcamow keeps telling me I should stop being so pessimistic. I keep telling him I’m pessimistic for a reason. This. This sort of thing is the reason.

Pyroathiest.4168:

BlackDevil.9268:

Oh haha forgot something: the portal ’’idicator’’ is only a description of the max range which was already known, 5000 yards. There is still no indicator when it hits max range. How hard is it anet… really?!

HAAAaaaaaa…………..

Skcamow keeps telling me I should stop being so pessimistic. I keep telling him I’m pessimistic for a reason. This. This sort of thing is the reason.

I have no comeback for this. /facepalm

Pyro: 1, Skcamow: none

It’s listed ingame, it has an icd of 10 sec.

On the plus side it looks like only Thieves are happy with the new traits, all other professions are complaining

I was sooo excited for this trait…. such a HUGE letdown with that internal cooldown. I could have sworn I read that there wouldn’t be a cooldown on it.

Hot Boy.7138:

I was sooo excited for this trait…. such a HUGE letdown with that internal cooldown. I could have sworn I read that there wouldn’t be a cooldown on it.

They actually said in the ready up that there was no ICD. Either they ninja changed it after, the people on the ready up did not do their homework, or it is bugged. Simple as that.

Regardless of the ICD, the distortion on kill trait is still pretty fabulous. Just ran a few dungeons and I was suddenly the tankiest member of the group. Looking forward to trying it out in WvW. I can see it being pretty useful for stomping people in the middle of their friends and then getting out alive.

If you don’t suck (and are getting a lot of kills), the trait gives you near immunity to damage about 30% of the time, which is a HUGE survivability buff. imho its a huge boon to DPS-centric builds.