Guild Wars 2

Hello,

Can someone confirm with me if necromancers gain life force while killing things IN shroud? Is it intended this way or its a bug that never got addressed?

Thank you!

~EDIT~

To be more specific:
I was in HoT maps killing the one-hit KO white named NPC mobs. I killed some rats OUTSIDE of shroud and got 800-900 life force per kill. I then tested this again by killing the same rats INSIDE of shroud and DID NOT, I repeat, -DID NOT- get any life force when the rats died while i was IN shroud.
Is it intended that Necromancers DO NOT gain lifeforce from KILLS while IN shroud form? @ Devs

Yes, you can, both through skills and through traits.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Life_force

Thanks for that answer, but was i was asking was:

Example:

You kill a monster OUTSIDE of shroud, you get 5% lifeforce.
Do you get the 5% lifeforce if you kill a monster IN shroud form?

If you read the in the link he posted it says that in reaper and death shroud there are 2 skills that give liforce if thats what you are asking. It also says “gain life force when npc die nearby you” it doesnt specify its out of shroud only so i guess it all the time in and out.

Yes you do. Not sure why these other 2 cannot understand your question.

Justine.6351:

Yes you do. Not sure why these other 2 cannot understand your question.

We both answered that yesyou do get liforce in shroud from killing mobs i just went a step further and said that the wiki does not state that ots only an off shroud thing so its not a big most likely.

zealex.9410:

Justine.6351:

Yes you do. Not sure why these other 2 cannot understand your question.

We both answered that yesyou do get liforce in shroud from killing mobs i just went a step further and said that the wiki does not state that ots only an off shroud thing so its not a big most likely.

no you two didn’t, talking about skills and traits, and then later went back and edited your reply after realizing you hadn’t answered the question that was being asked. I know because after reading both of your responses I went ingame to check it myself because I wasn’t sure.

Justine.6351:

zealex.9410:

Justine.6351:

Yes you do. Not sure why these other 2 cannot understand your question.

We both answered that yesyou do get liforce in shroud from killing mobs i just went a step further and said that the wiki does not state that ots only an off shroud thing so its not a big most likely.

no you two didn’t, talking about skills and traits, and then later went back and edited your reply after realizing you hadn’t answered the question that was being asked. I know because after reading both of your responses I went ingame to check it myself because I wasn’t sure.

I was further supporting what the previous guy said yeah but i took some time looking in the wiki before finsihing it so he replied then i saw the reply and went back in to check that lul xD because he was wondering if it was also a bug that is causing this.

I just checked in game, I killed a monster while i am in shroud and i did NOT get any life force from the kill. Where did you test yours Justine?

To be more specific:

I was in HoT maps killing the one-hit KO white named NPC mobs. I killed some rats OUTSIDE of shroud and got 800-900 life force per kill. I then tested this again by killing the same rats INSIDE of shroud and DID NOT, I repeat, -DID NOT- get any life force when the rats died while i was IN shroud.

Is it intended that Necromancers DO NOT gain lifeforce from KILLS while IN shroud form? @ Devs

try it on actual mobs for a sec

When you are in shroud you loose life force every second. Makes it difficult to see that you gain it on deaths as it depletes at same time.

I was just aggroing lots of easy to kill mobs and slaying them while watching life force bar.

I did try just now, 800-900 lifeforce gain is easy to spot.

@Justine, what you are seeing are the lifeforce generated from Shroud Autoattack 1 skill or traits. You didn’t actually get lifeforce from the kill themselves in shroud.

Degen is 2%/4% but a kill gives 12%. If kills were giving lifeforce it would be pretty obvious.

killing in shroud doesn’t give life force.

While in Shroud, you DO NOT gain life force for nearby deaths. Only from skill effects like Life Transfer or Spectral Armor or traits like Chilling Victory.

Is it intended this way?

Yes, it is. Annoying, but it is intended.

Sublimatio.6981:

killing in shroud doesn’t give life force.

It took way too long for this comment to be made.

To verify: Kills only provide LF when outside of shroud. Otherwise it strictly depletes. It’s been this way forever because in chaotic environments with lots of enemies, it’d basically make the necromancer totally immortal via kills constantly bumping LF. This is especially the case for WvW and PvE.

This does not mean LF cannot be gained in Shroud, however, as abilities which create LF still apply, such as the reaper shroud AA.