Guild Wars 2

1. Since we now have a good physical damage option, the Reaper Shroud, how about making Death Shroud a condition option? Currently Death Shroud has merely no value to condition builds. A baseline burning on Death Shroud #1 could help; maybe also some condition on #4.

2. Staff #1 should have a baseline condition (torment or bleeding).

I say no to both.

To your first point you have to remember that reaper shroud is for reapers only, you would essentally destroy all non reaper power builds. Not all players will have Hot, so such a change would screw them over and forcing them into condtion builds. Also with dhuumfire reaper shroud is surpisingly good for condition builds.

Regarding staff. It should be a proper utility weapon (which it already is to some extent) not a condition weapon. We already have one condition weapon in form of scepter.

Laurence.6751:

1. Since we now have a good physical damage option, the Reaper Shroud, how about making Death Shroud a condition option? Currently Death Shroud has merely no value to condition builds. A baseline burning on Death Shroud #1 could help; maybe also some condition on #4.

2. Staff #1 should have a baseline condition (torment or bleeding).

Don’t change shroud all it need is life blast speed boost
Now on staff all it need on the first skill is to be like life blast so it follows the target or an increase of the projectile speed

I think giving some kind of increased potency for DS should have been done by now. I think it’s kind of frustrating how condi build doesn’t play nice with our main class mechanics at all. DS is underwhelming as condi, life force generation is crappy as condi, and it just doesn’t feel well designed. This is something that an elite spec would definitely be a good fit for, but condi necros shouldn’t have to wait so long. Even if you tried to play wiht some class mechanics like minions as condi spreaders and life force gen, it would be underwhelming and a bit at odds with minion design (wait, do minions scale with any of our stats?)

Dhuumfire used to fit this bill a bit before they reworked it to be balanced with reaper shroud. Kind of unfortunate. Wait, I just realized DS2 has a 240 radius? I actually had no idea. That’s just the chill though? And Path of Corruption doesn’t appear to be AOE either. If they made the bleeds AOE and a longer duration, I think DS2 would be a lot stronger for condi builds.