“Death is just another path”
(edited by EKAN.4051)
Heightened Focus bugged?
This has been brought up in Beta and Live. At this point, I’m not sure if anyone know whether or not this trait actually works. It has been added to our stickied thread on this forum which covers our malfunctioning things. Beyond that, I’m not sure that anyone know for sure.
We are Test Group F. (Don’t ask about what happened to the previous Test Groups.)
Ok, thank you for the info.
“Death is just another path”
The hero panel doesn’t show it, but I’m almost positive it actually works, I guess I’ll test it later tonight.
until we get a clear answer its best to take 20% signet CD reduction and just go with having fury up most of the time from the elite signet.
It’s been tested already, just like Sigil of Accuracy it actually adds the crit chance but it won’t show up in the hero panel.
Gotta bug Anet until they fix the bug.
As an aside, although I believe Heightened Focus works generally and probably works with instant finishers like Eviscerate, too, it does not work with Flurry (mainhand sword burst skill).
I tested this in the Heart of the Mists using a steady sword and 51% critical strike chance + 10% (blademaster) + 10% (critical burst) + 20% (fury) and a full adrenaline bar. I expected to have 100% crits using the +9% from Heightened Focus, but I noticed only about 90% crits, often getting 1-2 regular hits per Flurry.
I have tested this, and probably due to the fact that flurry has a cast time then a channel bar, a warrior’s adrenaline depletes before any (or many) hits land from the attack, reducing the trait’s bonus crit chance back down to 0.
If you manage to hit 2 or 3 targets with Flurry and crit a lot (using the Furious trait), you can re-build your crit chance during a Flurry, but your Heightened Focus will be useless for the majority of the attack.