Guild Wars 2

So I was looking at my traits just now and I thought I was going crazy because Dhuumfire said 5 1/4th seconds on it. Which I remember it being about 4 seconds before with the spite increase in duration. I went on to the wiki and it said that dhuumfire was supposed to be 3 seconds duration and that is what I remembered it. So I reset my traits to see what the duration was without any buffs and it was at 4 seconds.

Did arena net just ninja buff something for the necromancer? And why dhuumfire in PvE of all things?

it was always 4 seconds in pve/wvw
it was reduced to 2 seconds in svp

Brando.1374:

it was always 4 seconds in pve/wvw
it was reduced to 2 seconds in svp

it was 4 seconds with the added 30% duration with spite. its base was 3 seconds. Now its base is 4 seconds.

Lily.1935:

Brando.1374:

it was always 4 seconds in pve/wvw
it was reduced to 2 seconds in svp

it was 4 seconds with the added 30% duration with spite. its base was 3 seconds. Now its base is 4 seconds.

No it has always been 4 seconds in pve/wvw.
ew Grandmaster trait—Dhuumfire: Players can inflict burning to opponents for 4 seconds on critical hit. This effect can only occur once every 10 seconds.

taken from the patch notes of june 25th

Brando.1374:

Lily.1935:

Brando.1374:

it was always 4 seconds in pve/wvw
it was reduced to 2 seconds in svp

it was 4 seconds with the added 30% duration with spite. its base was 3 seconds. Now its base is 4 seconds.

No it has always been 4 seconds in pve/wvw.
ew Grandmaster trait—Dhuumfire: Players can inflict burning to opponents for 4 seconds on critical hit. This effect can only occur once every 10 seconds.

taken from the patch notes of june 25th

See, I’m looking up the history of this skill and I’m finding a base of 3 seconds. Not 4.

You are probably wearing something that extends condition duration.

Lily.1935:

Brando.1374:

Lily.1935:

Brando.1374:

it was always 4 seconds in pve/wvw
it was reduced to 2 seconds in svp

it was 4 seconds with the added 30% duration with spite. its base was 3 seconds. Now its base is 4 seconds.

No it has always been 4 seconds in pve/wvw.
ew Grandmaster trait—Dhuumfire: Players can inflict burning to opponents for 4 seconds on critical hit. This effect can only occur once every 10 seconds.

taken from the patch notes of june 25th

See, I’m looking up the history of this skill and I’m finding a base of 3 seconds. Not 4.

The wiki is wrong, simple as that. It has always been a base of 4 seconds.

I don’t know why the wiki says 3s, but it is wrong.

This is a direct copy/paste from the June 25th patch notes (just like Brando said) where Dhuumfire was first added to the game.

Spite

• Signet Power: This trait has been merged with Signet Mastery.
• Signet Mastery: This trait now recharges signets 20% faster and grants 3 stacks of * might for 10 seconds on signet use.
• Axe Training: This trait has been moved to the Master tier.
• New Grandmaster trait—Dhuumfire: Players can inflict burning to opponents for 4 seconds on critical hit. This effect can only occur once every 10 seconds.

Unless ANet ninja nerfed it after June 25th and then ninja buffed it back to its original duration, it has always had a base 4s duration. The wiki is wrong.