Guild Wars 2

Is anybody aside from me finding the lack of wells which they have to choose from a bit infuriating? We’ve a vast amount of trait’s which we can take for wells while other things only have 1 or 2 traits dedicated to them and yet we only have 4 utility wells and well of blood to select from, at least give us an elite well eventually so that we can have 5 wells on our bar considering only 2 of the wells do damage making it an inopportune selection for any sort of sustained damage if we were to spec most of our traits towards them. That is probably what upsets me the most honestly, 2 transformations and 1 summon but not a single well to choose from in the elites section. that and you can earn 5x the skillpoints necessary to max out your skills without a whole lot of effort. I understand the game is new and that eventually there will most likely be more skills added to the game but wells are one of the necromancers selling points and such little dedication was put towards them.

I feel that the well selection is ok so far. I find myself wishing that I could get some different abilities from them though. I know that we can trait wells to siphon health but I wouldn’t mind having a well that does that on it’s own.

Or a well that adds toughness to us everytime we hit something (thinking dagger necro here)

More options are always good.

Also, the trait to make them siphon does such little damage that it’s useless.

I’d actually like to see more wells with different fields than DARK.

(Outside of Well of Blood which is LIGHT)

You’d think the Necro could make more Ethereal fields than that one wall.

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Also, the trait to make them siphon does such little damage that it’s useless.

I’ve noticed this is true of all siphoning, even if you get the perk that boosts it but 50% I only get paltry amounts of health back. By all means we shouldn’t be gods but I would think we would get more than what we do.

When I think Vampirism I think Alucard, not twilight….

Siphon used to be very strong, but they nerfed it early because everybody was speccing only for that. They’ll probably balance it soon, but as it stands? Yeah, it’s weak-ish. Overall, I think our wells are pretty good. We could have used another damage well to give us the option of pure damage output, but overall I’d say they do their job admirably. And Dark fields are fantastic for dungeons and PvP, so I’m not complaining.

I’ve been using a well build in sPvP and the siphon health trait is actually alright in crowded situations. You don’t use it for the damage, you don’t do it for the healing, you do it for the significantly more healing you get when you’re surrounded by lots of people. Also, I’m pretty sure it works on Thieve’s Guild, illusions, and pets, so it’s easy to get quite a nice stream of health. And it’s not as though there are many tempting alternative traits for a well build.

Skliros.1058:

Siphon used to be very strong, but they nerfed it early because everybody was speccing only for that. They’ll probably balance it soon, but as it stands? Yeah, it’s weak-ish. Overall, I think our wells are pretty good. We could have used another damage well to give us the option of pure damage output, but overall I’d say they do their job admirably. And Dark fields are fantastic for dungeons and PvP, so I’m not complaining.

I don’t think they did an admiral job at all. Necromancer is broke in spvp.

Shelledfade.6435:

I don’t think they did an admiral job at all. Necromancer is broke in spvp.

Yes. We know you think that.

I had tried a siphon well build and had some fun with it, was awesome survivability if there were enough people or against mesmers. Pretty useless other than that, I would try it in WvW with a guild as a support build for sure.

I would like a well for the eltie slot.

An elite well would be great.
I’d also like a well that was beneficial for condition damage, like “Well of Proliferation” that adds a stack of every condition already on the target with each pulse.

If we could get that instead of Well of Power (which I have personally never ever found a use for. To long CD for condition removal, and I never get into situations to use it.) I’d be a happier Necromancer.

Jeez Shelled, if you need some Necro help we can hop into some sPvP later :-P It’s not Thief, but it’s not broken either.

I like the Wells, they’re awesome. However I don’t suggest taking more then 3 tops. Usually I have 2 in my builds if any. The damage wells for my DPS Necros, the healing and condition curing well for my Support/tank Necromancer. I also often mix in the Blinding well in either well setup depending on the situation, whether it be PvE, sPvP, WvW and the scale of each, as well as how much damage I think I’ll take.

The siphoning health is weak though. All our siphons need a considerable boost to be worth a trait choice. However the 20% cooldown reduction and ground targeting of well traits both have their uses.

I’m not sure we really need more Wells. It wouldn’t hurt if they released a balanced one, sure, but I don’t feel I’m missing a certain type of AoE circle that’s really necessary.

Don’t get me wrong, i’m not complaining about the wells we do have i’d just like to see more options, yes dark fields are fantastic but i’d like a little more variety at some point is all i was trying to say. we’ve 2 wells that are situational, 1 that does a fair chunk of damage and another one which does low damage but has utility to it for anytime wells then well of blood which is fantastic.

I’d trade a new well for the ability to use any of the wells underwater!