Guild Wars 2

This trait has two major parts to it let me know what you think of both
Spectral attunement
Upon leaving Shroud gain spectral attunement allowing to channel your shroud skills.
duration 3s
the purpose of this trait is to allow the necromancer to finish casting their skill they were using before using leaving shroud
example1 they would finish casting lifeblast or dark path
example2 complete the channel of life transfer, death’s charge and soulspiral
example3 infuse terror would continue pulsing (for 3 seconds)
risks
animations may need work
you wouldn’t gain the benefits of being in shroud or be able to use new shroud skills
A trait like this is still very weak and could just be completely baseline for the class
Discuss whether you think an effect like this should be baseline or become a trait

While shroud is recharging 50% of damage taken is dealt to your lifeforce pool. Ends if your Life force total drops below the threshold.
Life force theshold 25%
I would replace Soul Comprehension with this trait
I was thinking it would be merged with my previous suggestion
Risks
being able to access our higher healing and lifeforce generation while semi-protected from lifeforce
I think a trait like this could open up a lot of different playstyles for the necromancer
I think it also has the potential of providing a lot of defense like Vital persistence
What do you guys think of a trait like this? Which trait line do you think best suits this.

The first part is one of those things that really can’t belong in a trait imo, because it either should exist as a QoL, or shouldn’t be an option at all.

Second part is really interesting, though I’d push it onto a GM (with appropriate buffs to its effect if needed), that way you aren’t kitten by going into a line and getting stuck with a minor that hurts you a significant amount of the time.

Also, minor nitpick, Vital Persistence gives you exactly 0 defense. Literally has no effect on your actual defense, it just doubles Shroud’s passive timer.

I agree it should be a QoL change, why do you think it shouldn’t be a trait option?

I’m okay with it being a major trait instead of minor but it doesn’t hurt you at all. The only thing it provide is defense when you might not want it and since it won’t drain your shroud when it drops below 25% i don’t think its an issue if its a minor

Tadsoul.6951:

I agree it should be a QoL change, why do you think it shouldn’t be a trait option?

QoL changes are really bad to put into traits. Imagine having a profession where everything feels really terrible unless you have very a specific trait(s) (like, idk, Necromancer vs Reaper). This creates a situation where those trait(s) might not be powerful, but are still massively desirable just because it makes the profession work better. Imagine if there was a trait that allowed you to see 6-0 CDs while in shroud. It might not be strong, but you’d want it and it’d suck to have to trait for something that should just be baseline.

Tadsoul.6951:

I’m okay with it being a major trait instead of minor but it doesn’t hurt you at all. The only thing it provide is defense when you might not want it and since it won’t drain your shroud when it drops below 25% i don’t think its an issue if its a minor

It absolutely hurts you. It drains LF in a way that makes it extremely difficult to build up a full bar. There are entire builds built around pulling in 100% LF then camping shroud for long periods to wait out CDs and repeating. But constantly losing LF passively would make that really difficult. Kind of like how Unholy Sanctuary would be a really awful minor trait because it can waste your LF when you want to save it.