Guild Wars 2

Because now opportunist is so much better

While I agree that blademaster is very weak 20 point trait compared to most other warrior weapon related traits, I think this is not a good moment to ask any more buffs to warrior ( I feel that my 2 swords warrior is already a bit overpowered, thanks to generic buffs to warrior ).

Forceful greatswords, which is also a 20 point trait, doesn’t just reduce the cooldown of greatsword skills by 20%, it also gives might on crit and does the same for spear (warrior’s spear is one the best underwater weapons). That is a huge amount of stuff packed into just one 20 point trait.

So logically blademaster should also reduce the cooldown of one weapon skill by 20% and do some additional effect to be on the same level (e.g. that +10% increased crit chance).

I think it would be a perfectly fine buff to make. If mesmers can get away with stacking multiple cooldown traits on their sword skills, why can’t we get one? This is a great time to ask for more buffs – they’re finally giving us the attention our class deserves and there is certainly room for improvement. The previous tweaks alone will not make us truly competitive once people learn to play against the current meta.

Blademaster
Bleeds you apply do additional power damage when applied while wielding a sword in your main hand.
-20% Sword CD.

Sil.4560:

I think it would be a perfectly fine buff to make. If mesmers can get away with stacking multiple cooldown traits on their sword skills, why can’t we get one? This is a great time to ask for more buffs – they’re finally giving us the attention our class deserves and there is certainly room for improvement. The previous tweaks alone will not make us truly competitive once people learn to play against the current meta.

This.

And Mesmer’s get that awesome trait for just 10 points! I never ran my mesmer without it…