Guild Wars 2

I have purchased shield mastery, looking forward to the 20% reduction in shield skill recharge time it promises, but have found it grants no such bonus. My two shield skills recharged at 30 and 24 seconds before the trait skill was purchased, and therefore seem like they should recharge at 24 and 19.2 seconds, respectively, after the skill purchase. However, the recharge times are unchanged, verified both by the in-game displayed skill recharge time UI and independent timing with a watch.

Is the skill, in fact, not working in this respect, or is the skill description text wrong? (in which case the toughness bonus w/ shield alone doesn’t make it a very appealing skill to take) – Thank You! -Sasha

My apologies, but this appears to be working as designed. I mis-read how the benefit was applied. Carry on!