Guild Wars 2

Shared Empowerment

This is a nice idea, badly implemented.

As it is right now, it lets you keep 1.75 stacks of might on allies at an upkeep cost of -1/-2 (one facet), 3.25 stacks at an upkeep cost of -3/-4 (two facets) or 2.625 stacks of might for -3/-4 (one facet + nature).

If you could manage to time 3 facets so that they pulse exactly one second apart, you could keep ~5 might for an upkeep cost of -5/-6, but that’s not actually possible.

Compare it to Empowering Might which is a pretty solid 4-5 might for no other cost than the opportunity cost of not taking another trait.

Its trying to do the right thing, and in an interesting way, but it needs a rework – right now its … well, insultingly weak.

Given even if it gave 4-5 might on one facet it would still not be as good as comparable aoe-might master traits in other professions, this needs a big, big boost.

Either give it a 3s ICD with duration for a solid 5 might and avoid any facet-count scaling concerns, or accept that if I have so many facets up that I’m pumping out 15-20 might with just this without facet of strength, I’m not going to be doing it for long, and so I should be able to, for the ~10 seconds my energy will last, stack might out like a PS War, in which case you can just remove the ICD.

If you do decide to have a non-3s ICD to scale with multiple facets while guarding against abuse, I suggest using the tech that the Reaper’s Chilling Nova was using when it was showed to us originally – ie, being able to trigger only so many times in a window of time; that’s the only way such a trait can be fully utilized in the real world.

Bolster Fortifications

2 seconds of protection is really not appealing it all.

Granted its AoE, but I can’t ever see anyone take this over Harmonize Continuity in sPvP/WvW.

There’s a reason nobody cares about the protection from the Guardian’s Shield, this is more of the same.

If you only use Glint skills for Shared Empowerment you are right, yet there are other ways to give constant boons. like …..

Salvation Trait-Tranquil Benediction
The healing orbs that you create while wielding a staff will now grant swiftness and regeneration when picked up by allies.

Salvatio Trait-Nourishing Roots
Grant regeneration to allies near Ventari’s tablet.

Shield Skill-Envoy of Exuberance
Send energy of glint towards the target area granting protection to allies before releasing a burst of energy healing allies and returning to you. It also grants protection on the way back.

Malyx Skill-Pain Absorption
Grant resistance to yourself and nearby allies. Absorb conditions from those allies, gaining additional resistance per condition.

Jalis Skill-Inspiring Reinforcement
Create a stone road that damages and weakens foes as it’s created. Once it’s created it will pulse, granting stability to allies.

Also any Combo Field/Finishers that give Boons.

Its still 2 ticks every 3 seconds, which is just over 3 might, which is awful for a master trait.

No matter how you trigger it.

Bolster Fortifications is tuned purely for Ventari and his Tablet.

Tablet’s #6 skill moving the Tablet counts as Healing skill, which means it will proc
Protection every time.

Maybe the length of the might is a bit low for an elite spec but 5 stacks? I don’t think so. Revs have already got a very fair amount of might stacking.

What they could do is add a couple seconds of retaliation. It’s not too strong, not too weak and fits in nicely with the retribution line where it can allow you to stack a little more might (Empowering vengeance).

You should also remember that since you’re using the herald traits for this, you’ve got +15% boon duration and facet of nature and soothing bastion (if using shield).

It looks exactly the same as Empowering Might except that it procs from boon sharing rather than critical hits and it has a larger range (600 compared to 240) which I’m sure your team will appreciate.

Rym.1469:

Bolster Fortifications is tuned purely for Ventari and his Tablet.

Tablet’s #6 skill moving the Tablet counts as Healing skill, which means it will proc
Protection every time.

Which means this is a terrible trait that should be in the salvation line to begin with

I might be misunderstanding, let me know if I am but…

It gives 5s (baseline) Might to allies for each boon you apply to allies. Let’s say you use Facet of Elements. That is giving Swiftness 5 times every 3s. Wouldn’t that be 5 stacks of Might to each party member every 3s? That seems like a pretty solid GM trait to me.

Maybe I am misunderstanding the way the cooldown works on this trait and it would only give the Might once per second. If so I completely agree that is lame. It needs to work like Altruistic Healing for it to be worth anything.

It has 1sec CD so it sounds more like you and your allies get 1 stack of might every time you give a boon

If that is the case I completely agree with you OP! Great idea, poor implementation. Make it like Altruistic Healing (except not by stack, just by boon) and we have a solid choice for a GM trait.