Guild Wars 2

Can it be given a little bit of boon application? Like maybe have the Wisp teleport skill apply Swiftness or Regeneration to allies that get healed? There aren’t many weapons for the ranger that really work with Nature Magic and I think this one definitely should. Also, it’s missing a skill that buffs your pet! Pretty much all other weapons have a skill that grants a boon or a damage bonus to your pet.

Yah, I definitely noticed the lack of extra pet functionality. I think the only other weapon in our kit that lacks a pet effect of some sort of Spear, which has also bugged me for a while. I’d love to see Staff get one to be in line with the other weapons we have at our disposal.

I mean, granted, the healing effects by themselves are going to help your pets, potentially significantly so, so staff isn’t completely without pet support, not by a longshot. But even still, a little something more of a direct buff for the pet would be welcome. My personal suggestion, trying to keep it in-line with Druid’;s support nature and unique from other weapons, would be something like…

“Conditions from pets last 20% longer when applied to enemies affected by Astral Wisp”.

Or perhaps…

“The first hit a pet makes against an enemy affected by Astral Wisp steals a boon from that target”

As for general boon application on Staff… I noticed the lack of that too, but I think that’s intentional. Druid seems meant to support entirely through pure heals, and not boons. There are pretty much no boons anywhere in the Druid’s kit, not even Regen. So staff not having any seems pretty in-line with Druid as a whole. I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing a boon or two somewhere, but I’m not all that bothered or surprised that its lacking.