Guild Wars 2

I mean… I can have full LF and go DS.. in half a second before i can even get off my DS4 the DS is completely depleted (either by damage or idk what) and.. yeah.

I am really curious how the devs could have not seen this in any play tests done. It just feels like its.. erm.. obvious.

anyways..

as a side note, I’m really not fond of DS lol. Its really unreliable at times for all time taken to max LF. I mean all that time and it just was gone in a flash. lol.

No.

Adding more characters because apparently it has to be at least 15 to post.

What kind of build are you running?
I use a bunker build and don’t have any trouble with this at all, unless I’m getting focused by 15 people or something.
If you plan on using DS as a large part of your build, then you should look into getting some LF generation traits or skills.

Also keep in mind that DS has a direct relation to you vitality. So, if you want to use it to full extent, trait for it and do everything you can to increase your vitality.

Invictus.1503:

Also keep in mind that DS has a direct relation to you vitality. So, if you want to use it to full extent, trait for it and do everything you can to increase your vitality.

Precisely. With full vit gear and some points into soul reaping, you get about double the “health” in DS.

dude playtest? Jon peters is a master of the deathshroud, he is just waiting for us to catch up to him.

I’ve been running my necro differently, popping in and out of death shroud, only using the life force to tank key hits. It’s kind of built like a thief but it’s incredibly fun.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=;04-_;1kHFJ0p3FJ-K0;9;5JJ-T;137-15;219BIRk6;2DsV2DsV25BG

when you only use it to tank some ‘key hits’, why do you use vital persistence?

there are better soul reaping traits for that spot

RashanDale.3609:

when you only use it to tank some ‘key hits’, why do you use vital persistence?

I do use DS offensively when switching back to the staff, it’s good for waiting for cooldowns. I use vital persistence to try to keep my LF above 50% when I use Life Transfer and Life Blast.