Guild Wars 2

Yes, yet another underwater thread, but I wanted to post some feedback on this since the most recent patch that both ‘fixed’ the passive use of herald facets underwater (as long as they were activated on land) and allowed the game to remember your last legend/utility setup when you go underwater.

Overall, it’s a much improved situation, though my passive speed boost from facet goes away and I have to do quickness bursts with Shiro. It is a little annoying that everytime you splash through a puddle you have to reactivate all your facets, but compared to before I will applaud the fix. Still it brings me to my question. Why doesn’t Herald work underwater?

I get why Jalis doesn’t, simply no way for stone road to look right. Ventari too, though if you just made the tablet move to whatever you have targeted when you hit the 6 button it could be a little functional. But Herald? Well, I guess activating facet of elements does have a ground target AOE, but the vfx is not very ground based, and could work just as easily centered on your target. As far as the facets passively, the ‘bug’ showed that they work just fine underwater. The VFX only appears when you’re near a surface (and kinda looked cool wrapped around the odd terrain), and is not visible when your not near anything. All in all, Herald seems like it would function just fine underwater without any changes.

The funny thing is they haven’t touched our underwater utilities since they created them.
Mallyx still has displacement…

The 2nd funny thing is that Underwater, we have 2 weapons to swap between, ironic fact is that BOTH have to be spears.

This way you can at least have 2 set of sigil on each spear. With only one weapon there would be too much limitations compared to other profession in this game for uw.

I don’t like the change at all (since facets no longer work underwater) but will deal with it.

1. They need to make our Stances and Facets work underwater.
2. They either remove the Weapon swap or give us another option such as Speargun.

I hate jumping into water, and being totally broken, especially in a setting like WvW where water fights happen frequently.

Kaspar.3892:

The 2nd funny thing is that Underwater, we have 2 weapons to swap between, ironic fact is that BOTH have to be spears.

I came to the Revenant forums to post a query about this exact thing.

WHY are there two weapon sets for just ONE enabled weapon??? Why can’t revenant use a trident?

ShadowCatz.8437:

This way you can at least have 2 set of sigil on each spear. With only one weapon there would be too much limitations compared to other profession in this game for uw.

Hmmmph, didn’t think about this…..

Celine.6857:

Kaspar.3892:

The 2nd funny thing is that Underwater, we have 2 weapons to swap between, ironic fact is that BOTH have to be spears.

I came to the Revenant forums to post a query about this exact thing.

WHY are there two weapon sets for just ONE enabled weapon??? Why can’t revenant use a trident?

Or a speargun which is what other heavy classes use, otherwise, same. I had no idea underwater utilities for glint and jalis would not work underwater till messing about on cursed shore today! Absolutely astounded that l was just reading a thread dated back to September and Anet has only made a work around? They sold the Revenant so hard pre-HOT, now it’s December and still a ‘work-in-progress’? Goodness.