Guild Wars 2

So PP, as I will refer to it, was changed to copy 3 conditions at 240 range. The cast on EtD also was removed as a buff of sorts. I’m gunna talk about the change, how it used to be and how this all relates to Mallyx/condition revenants.

At the start of the development of rev it did this. It did almost exactly this but we could do this but better with Mallyx’s Embrace the Darkness. No one used it because it wasn’t good. It was changed to give a single stack of torment but that was worse because lets face it, one stack of torment every ten seconds isn’t even good enough to be a minor adept trait. I will acknowledge it spreads stacks now along with the duration thus making it a lot better. I still don’t like it, it’s super inconsistent to use with out the self corruption of the past Mallyx and I’m not saying it’s useless but there’s a problem now. Well its an old problem that only got worse.

PP and Diabolic Inferno are now the contenders for GM corruption trait and revs will/should change which one depending on whether or not they have to deal with a lot of conditions. DI is good but requires an elite activation, namely Embrace the Darkness whereas PP doesn’t. Have you figured it out? Do you get the issue?

Embrace the Darkness is kittening useless. It is. DI was literally the only purpose of EtD and you’d turn it off after. I’d also usually try to pop it with Jade Winds instead since that hurts way more. Now we have PP, which activates on legend swap thus removing the need to ever pop EtD. A rune could add a reason but let’s be fair, that’s not really worth bringing with Leadership runes existing.

I do not like how PP and copy conditions has been implemented along with how EtD is viewed by anet. For one, PP is very inconsistent to use since it only copies 3 and which ever 3 get chosen won’t be chosen by you so if you have immob, 8 burn stacks, cripple, chill and a stack of bleed you could easily (and likely) copy the bleed, chill and cripple. It’s frustrating. Secondly, we’ve killed EtD. The cast time doesn’t matter if the effect sucks. The torment on EtD is too small to be noticeable and a temporary +10% stats is insignificant for a condition class since it only applies to the conditions you apply during it’s activation and due to its cost won’t be many. Lastly, it discourages bringing invocation as the stunbreak + condi remove on legend swap nerfs it since you wont be able to copy fear/taunt and potentially one less condition.

I’m frustrated Arena Net. There’s a very easy fix to this. PP should, instead, activate on EtD on pulse, because of course it should. It keeps to it’s original design and gives an incentive to keeping EtD active over time. Could this be OP? Not if you limit it by one a pulse at one pulse per three seconds (thats the same rate as now). Come on guys, you could’ve saved the revenant but you just fixed it, mostly. There are still a lot of bugs.

We’re still waiting for the Mallyx rework after radical changes after BWE2 which removed the backbone gameplay mechanics making the Legend unique and left it spineless, as just the “condition legend”.

Soon it will be a year of this sad state of Mallyx alone.

I agree. I had the same thoughts when I opened the game tonight. Not sure they thought this through very well.

Copying condi on legend swap is bad because swapping out of Mallyx with a bunch of condis on you is the last thing you want to do.

Your idea of copying condis on EtD pulse is good. maybe copying condi on elite use might be better in order to work with other legends?

scerevisiae.1972:

I agree. I had the same thoughts when I opened the game tonight. Not sure they thought this through very well.

Copying condi on legend swap is bad because swapping out of Mallyx with a bunch of condis on you is the last thing you want to do.

Your idea of copying condis on EtD pulse is good. maybe copying condi on elite use might be better in order to work with other legends?

It’s the same bs with Invoking Harmony, a trait that is useless when you swap out of the legend you have the most synergy with. Difference is,with Invoking Harmony you can still benefit from the effect with the shield and staff, whereas with PP….it’s swap and done, no weapon in the Rev’s kitten nal gives Resistance.