Guild Wars 2

Whenever I pop frenzy during my sword burst, the speed increase happens instantly. Not so with 100B. Apparently you have to have Quickness before you start the attack or it doesn’t count. This kinda nullifies Last Chance while you’re using 100B since you’re not even getting the benefit.

I’ve field tested this all morning with the same result. Anybody else having this problem? Or is it the reverse, and Flurry isn’t supposed to instantly get the quickness increase mid-attack?

This has been the case since launch. Last Chance is pretty bad for that reason, among others. Nothing like your Last Chance kicking in during a mesmer’s time warp!

Actually it does go into effect with hundred blades. But because Hundred Blades was activated before Frenzy it doesn’t show the damage numbers properly

No, you have to start the frenzy prior to the channeling of hundred blades or you won’t get IAS.

I see. Annoying. Last chance is still useful when chained with frenzy. 10sec quickness on bleed condition build is fun times.

Haste has some bugs, it also used to cause things like Wall of Reflection to only last half as much, not sure if fixed now.
We pretty much accepted these things passively but I believe they will need fixing at some point… haste-stacking builds are pretty fun.

Been testing it today, and what I’ve gathered so far is that if Frenzy is used after Hundred Blades, you do the damage as fast as if you activated it before Hundred Blades, the difference is you don’t swing your Greatsword as fast and you need to interrupt the animation by moving or using an attack once the damage stops otherwise you just keep swinging it not doing any damage

It was actually a nerf last year. At launch it worked like the sword and sped up when you used it.

Grok Krog.9581:

Been testing it today, and what I’ve gathered so far is that if Frenzy is used after Hundred Blades, you do the damage as fast as if you activated it before Hundred Blades, the difference is you don’t swing your Greatsword as fast and you need to interrupt the animation by moving or using an attack once the damage stops otherwise you just keep swinging it not doing any damage

Tested it and confirmed this is true.