Guild Wars 2

Obviously it either does not work, or else the stat reporting does not work, either way it is broken and confusing.

Has there been any detailed analysis, maybe on dummies or something, that indicates whether it is “working” and just not displaying, or if it is simply not working at all?

This has always been a potential key to one of my builds, and it looks like that build gets even better, but I always felt like it was wasted points simply because I can’t see it working.

The stat reporting doesn’t work. Atleast the effect always worked before and the stat reporting never worked only worked at one time.

Okay so was it confirmed (pre-patch at least) by an overwhelming consensus from player tests? I’m not disputing it, just asking because I never saw much discussion on it.

Also, any suggestions on the best way to do an A/B test to see if it works now?

Here is how to find out:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vIAQFAsA9dr9CAOPAYKAA-TkAg1CqIwRhjDHDOScs4MIA

Make a build with these elements (ADD NO OTHER SOURCE OF CRIT CHANCE, AND DON’T USE THINGS THAT ACTIVATE FURY), put the banner down and start attacking the golem.

If you see a non crit attack, the trait is broken.

Heres why: with banner active and without blademaster, you reach 92% crit chance. With blade master, you go above 100%. If you see a non crit attack, that means your crit chance is below 100% -> the trait doesn’t work. If it doesn’t, you should expect a non-crit once every 12.5 strikes.

That’s why you shouldn’t add more crit chance: you risk to go above 100% without blademaster. Or have a chance without it that it’s so near to 100% you’d need A LOT of hits to see the difference.

thanks for that. Didn’t think about maxing and looking for non-crits. If the runes are cheap enough (some sets are) I may try those out actually.

When you say golem, you mean the training dummies?

He means SPVP. It’s not possible to crit on test dummies outside of spvp.

RollingBob.8502:

thanks for that. Didn’t think about maxing and looking for non-crits. If the runes are cheap enough (some sets are) I may try those out actually.

When you say golem, you mean the training dummies?

You should test the mists, where it’s all free And there are golems instead of dummies.

ahh, that is good to know.

Anyone lurking that has done any recent tests on blademaster? Now that it costs per trait I’m sure there will be future newbies who would like to know.

hmm, I guess I hadn’t checked the wiki for this in awhile, thanks to one dedicated poster over there though I have enough confidence to run with it (for now):

quoted from wiki:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Talk:Blademaster

“Tested it with 90% crit in the Mists. It does NOT affect Greatswords at all. Even if you have a sword equipped on off-hand, it does not increase crit chance on other main-hand weapon (axe, mace) attacks. Even if you have a sword equipped in main-hand, it does not increase crit chance on other off-hand weapon attacks (tested with Whirling Axe). It does appear to increase crit chance from 90% to 100% ON SWORD SKILLS ONLY. "