Guild Wars 2

For some time now my character’s health or hit-points have been changing on a daily basis! Before I continue with my report, let me cover some basics…

• This is NOT the result of being de-leveled or entering a low level zone. All attached screenshots show my character at level 80.
• This is NOT the result of traits! My character has the same traits in all the screenshots with only two traits being changed for solo/pve (Spotter/Read The Wind and Strength of Spirit/Vigorous Spirits). My build remains set at 6/6/0/2/0 with just these two traits being swapped.
• This is NOT the result of gear change! My character has the same gear equiped in all the screenshots, with the same stats on all the gear (Full Zerk: Power, Precision & Ferocity). As you can see in the Hero panel, her stats for Vitality remain constant with only minor changes to Power when her Strength of Spirit trait is swapped in/out.
• This is NOT the result of boons! My character does not have any boons in any of the screenshots that affect health in any way! Again, looking at the Hero panel shows the vitality stat to remain constant.

From what I understand of the game mechanics, the value displayed in the red ‘health’ circle on your UI should equal the sum of Vitality and Health from the hero panel (Vitality+Health = Health Displayed). If this is the case, then my ‘untouched’ level 80 stats should mean that my Displayed Health is 17098. This is adding Vitality and Health from the Hero panel (1016+16082 = 17098).

However, what I am experiencing is a daily change of the displayed health value! It follows a patter where it seems to ‘reset’ every Tuesday. On Tuesday my health will display as 16243 and then gradually increase throughout the week until finally landing on 17047 before resetting again to 16243.

Please refer to these in-game screenshots, which show the issue I am experiencing. I will post the displayed health value before each link so you can see the drastic changes.

16243 – http://s1.postimg.org/c0p7h9rf3/gw247.jpg
16564 – http://s1.postimg.org/wv1jz3lsf/gw251.jpg
16725 – http://s1.postimg.org/6o0d353in/gw271.jpg
16886 – http://s1.postimg.org/4m4h2muxb/gw272.jpg
17047 – http://s1.postimg.org/nxgu1qtcf/gw273.jpg

I am baffled as to why my health changes in this way and why it follows such a strict weekly pattern! Unforunately, I cannot recall when this started to happen but it has been ongoing for many weeks now.

I cannot really explain it any better than the Wiki.

In your specific case, you have

• 5922 base health (determined by your profession)
• 1016 vitality (white heart icon), which translates to 10160 health (vitality * 10)

This adds up to 16082 health overall. In the first picture your server has tier 1 robustness, which increases your health by 1% and in your last pictures your server has tier 6 robustness (+6% health).

It probably comes from the Robust buff your home server gets from WvW.

Ignavia.7420:

It probably comes from the Robust buff your home server gets from WvW.

I read that Wiki page and see it affects PvE as well, something I would not have expected.

But, why do these stats follow a weekly pattern? Why does Vitality+Health never equal Displayed Health from the Hero panel?

Surely if this was a “bonus” stat, I would have my 17098 health plus whatever bonus on top of that. Unless of course I am mistaken in understanding how the stats on the Hero Panel are added up.

It affects PvE and WvW and all buffs are reset every week. The more points your server has, the better the buff becomes. Just press b in game and see what buffs you currently have. Then check back tomorrow to see if something changed.

Well, thanks a lot for your answer Ignavia, that explains why the value changes at least.

Now I just need to understand if my initial “base” value is correct or not. How exactly is the displayed health calculated from what is displayed on the Hero panel?