Guild Wars 2

Just wondering what people’s experiences with this are.

I tend to find that I’m waiting on swap CD between my rifle and sword/warhorn a lot, so getting it down to 5 seconds sounds great. Combine this with Sigil of Superior Battle and I reckon you can build up some insane stacks of Might

I might be wrong but I think this trait has been bugged since release, most or some of the time u wont get the reduced cooldown.

Yes it is bugged and won’t work a lot of the times you enter combat, but in longer fights (e.g. dungeon bosses) it tends to work fine after the first swap.

Also it sometimes makes the out-of-combat swap cooldown 5 seconds instead of the ususal 0.5.

I still love it when it works and since it’s a minor trait in the line that gives Critical Damage I always get it.

VaJo.7654:

I might be wrong but I think this trait has been bugged since release, most or some of the time u wont get the reduced cooldown.

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This.

I run it baked into my build because in theory it’s great and when it does work it helps so much in actually having a usable weapon set. In practice though it makes me rage so often because it’s bugged and even though a dev said “It’ll only happen the first time you load a map” that’s completely false and many people attest to that fact often.

In WvW it bugs out CONSTANTLY, leaving you in a position where you are without access to one of the tools you built your spec around when you take the trait and it’s frustrating as hell.

If you switch weapons out of combat using ~ it’ll reset the bug and you’ll have the 10 sec swap the first time in combat again. Making the bug rear its head a lot more often than just the first time you load a map.

Warriors should have this ability baked into the profession.

Grumpdogg.6910:

Warriors should have this ability baked into the profession.

Yes it should, absolutely.

Braxxus.2904:

Grumpdogg.6910:

Warriors should have this ability baked into the profession.

Yes it should, absolutely.

I second that. It should be standard issue for a class that is supposedly “masters of weaponry”

Warriors shouldnt have a cooldown on weapon swap, but sigils that are ‘on weapon swap’ need an ICD of 5s

So far as I know this trait skill is indeed still bugged. Specifically it does not proc the first time you switch weps in combat, and that’s each combat encounter, so every time you go OOC and then re-engage the bug will re-apply also. If you’re fighting a champ or any protracted combat encounter then it’s use may be helpful. Still though, for reason of this bug I found this trait skill to be over shadowed by others you could be using in it’s stead.

The trait is bugged, first swap in combat is 10s.

The sigils have an internal shared CD of 9s.

Still no fix on this after today’s patch. unbelievable……

i skilled for it and I use it alot doing might Burstcombos with my bow when my other meleeattacks are on cooldown.
There is nothing worse than waiting for a weaponswap imo.

Fast Hands is great, its bug not so great of course. Here’s a thread about the exact bug mechanics and working around it.

Grumpdogg.6910:

Warriors should have this ability baked into the profession.

Couldn’t agree more.

I use Fast Hands, because I mainly do WvW where battles last long enough.

Grumpdogg.6910:

Warriors should have this ability baked into the profession.

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