Guild Wars 2

With Wintersday festival, we got access to a new insignia to craft. This gives us +thoughness , +healing power and +boon duration.

Since the game started, it’s the first time we see +Boon duration outside from the traits. So I thonk it would be good at least think on how we can take advantage of this set.

Maeby it can be used in a staff/well support build, giving protection to allies.

I know that Boons aren’t Necro’s specialist. But it’s still my main.
Do you think that necro could use this insignia?

Toughness, healing, and boon duration; think about it. Those are traits for a defensive Guardian, not a necromancer. Sure, you can equip Giver’s armor but why crimp the job your Necromancer was designed for.

Giver’s weapons, on the other hand, are more useful provided you are not set up for 25 stacks of bleed. Ten percent additional condition duration is like ten points traited in spite.

Anchoku.8142:

Sure, you can equip Giver’s armor but why crimp the job your Necromancer was designed for.

I didn’t know that the Necromancer is restricted to whatever form may be within your narrow minded view of this class. We have many forms of buffs that are easily reapplied. Hell, retal and protection can already exist for long periods as is, I don’t see why equipping +boon duration is such a horrible idea. I wouldn’t do it, but that’s my opinion. I don’t know why you would give someone a horrible example of saying more or less, that guardians are the only profession able to play defensively with their buffs.

Based on some posts in the Game Bugs forum and some tests I did with the weapons, both the Giver’s weapons and armor appear to be bugged so that the +cond/boon dur do not have any effect.

TheAgedGnome.7520:

Based on some posts in the Game Bugs forum and some tests I did with the weapons, both the Giver’s weapons and armor appear to be bugged so that the +cond/boon dur do not have any effect.

well maybe they were meant for the necro then….