Guild Wars 2

Spectral grasp had its Life Force raised from 10% to 15% this patch, however it no longer receives any benefit from Specral Attunement, which should add an additional 5% life force upon casting.

Previous to this patch, Spectral Grasp would add 10% or 15% with the Spectral Attunement trait. Currently, it adds 15% and remains at 15% after the Spectral Attunement trait has been slotted. This value should logically be raised to 20% when affected by this trait.

Methodology for testing: Enter PvE, activate Spectral Grasp with and without Spetral Attunement. I have no idea how this is working in sPvP, but please please please remember to check both parts of this game…

Yep. You’re right. Doesn’t work in PvE or PvP. I guess I can post on the sticked bug compilation.

The always seem to forget to update the traits these abilities interact with.

It’s probably because of how spells work in this game. Grasp and Grasp + Attun are actually two different spells. It simplifies spells handling when there is loads of players involved. Instead of checking if given player has got a specific trait, it just casts the upgraded spell. And because of that, if there is some change in base spell, they have to change traited spell too. And they usually forget. Well, it’s not like there is just a few spells and traits, so try understand them a little.

Make sure to report this in the bugs section of the forum to ensure it’s seen.

I made a post about this over in the Bugs forum. Thanks for taking the time to test and confirm it guys.