Guild Wars 2

Spectral grasp needs a projectile velocity increase. It is very difficult to land unless your target is directly in your line of walk. If it were to work like an engineers magnet pull which requires only line of sight that would be a lot better than line of walk.

Maybe it wasn’t mean for you to use it in the first place?

You know sometime you need to make it look weak so that the other skills will look stronger than it actually is. Take a look at Warrior’s off-hand sword, this thing is OP but then they have is a broken Warhorn therefore off-hand sword doesn’t look that OP anymore. See the trick there?

And dark path, too!

Siva Mira.3546:

Maybe it wasn’t mean for you to use it in the first place?

You know sometime you need to make it look weak so that the other skills will look stronger than it actually is. Take a look at Warrior’s off-hand sword, this thing is OP but then they have is a broken Warhorn therefore off-hand sword doesn’t look that OP anymore. See the trick there?

Yeah nah. Spectral Grasp is awful outside of the very niche use it has in yanking people off of walls in WvW. Most of every other pull like Magnet/Scorp Wire/Binding Blade/Temporal feels pretty smooth to use and usually works as intended. Implying that Spectral Grasp is actually a strong skill that is simply outshined by stronger skills in the Necros kitten nal is preposterous.

edit: sick filters anet

Siva Mira.3546:

Maybe it wasn’t mean for you to use it in the first place?

You know sometime you need to make it look weak so that the other skills will look stronger than it actually is. Take a look at Warrior’s off-hand sword, this thing is OP but then they have is a broken Warhorn therefore off-hand sword doesn’t look that OP anymore. See the trick there?

Its not weak…when it lands its a good setup for a fear chain or burst but the thing misses so often because unless the person is directly in your line of walk which means he is directly in front of you within the range, it will not pull. If it was like engineers magnet pull which can be casted while strafing and land every time or literally any other pull in the game it would be a lot better.

Siva Mira.3546:

Maybe it wasn’t mean for you to use it in the first place?

You know sometime you need to make it look weak so that the other skills will look stronger than it actually is. Take a look at Warrior’s off-hand sword, this thing is OP but then they have is a broken Warhorn therefore off-hand sword doesn’t look that OP anymore. See the trick there?

Are you arguing that ANet doesn’t want warriors using a defensive, condition based offhand, so they made an aoe mobility buff weapon even stronger to make the sword look unattractive?

What I am saying is, Spectral Grasp is weak, not the effect itself is weak but rather how the skill works is useless. And it is there to make other skills look good even if they don’t.

As for Warrior, off-hand sword is OP but when you put Warhorn into the equation then you see off-hand sword less OP but it doesn’t change the fact that off-hand sword is OP.

Gates assassin plz halp.

I agree with this. I don’t mind it being a projectile unlike Magnet, but it needs to be more reliable than it currently is.

I find I can make it connect however multiple times it hits then and says obstructed

Rising Dusk.2408:

I agree with this. I don’t mind it being a projectile unlike Magnet, but it needs to be more reliable than it currently is.

+1 , make it homing.

I still dislike projectiles for such crucial skills, but if it was homing like life blast, id take it probably even without a speed increase.

It fits sooo nice in the theme of “you cant get away from me” and ive been using it amateur tourneys and its almost viable. just too bad that in pvp im not worrying about the intended counter play of reflects, but more random blind/dodges and mostly “is he going to sidestep? -.-”

Also, if is going to be a projectile, it should also be finisher where the grasp connects and before the pull completes.

Anchoku.8142:

Also, if is going to be a projectile, it should also be finisher where the grasp connects and before the pull completes.

This. The entire point of projectiles is getting the finisher out of them, at the cost of them being less reliable with LoS/projectile defense. Make it a 100% finisher, make it more reliable, and its actually a good skill.

Rising Dusk.2408:

I agree with this. I don’t mind it being a projectile unlike Magnet, but it needs to be more reliable than it currently is.

I said gates not rising dusk.

Jk <3