Guild Wars 2

I doubt I’ll be able to change the mindset, but if I can at least make it viable I’ll be happy. :-)

Although I wasn’t planning on using anything Vampiric other than Rituals, that was something I was afraid of since all of the numbers I’m finding are pretty low. I’m mostly trying to find a use for this +healing gear I got from AC Story, and noticed my group last night didn’t have any healing going on, so why not, haha.

Fortunately, I’m still low level so there should be plenty of time before I even start fiddling with it (and hopefully something will get boosted by then), but I appreciate the warning. I’m still curious how Mark of Blood, Well of Blood, and Transfusion will work in groups, but won’t get my hopes up too high. :-)

Cool; the reason I asked is because I’m working on a Well / Healing spec for PvE content. Going from the math on GW2 Wiki it seems like using Mark of Evasion and just spamming dodge on top of the enemy would give me more effective healing than either Deathly Invigoration or Vampiric Rituals due to the extra regen?

Here’s the spec I’m playing with.
http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mcVcMm9coMhxoowFrM0GaxaMsVoRsc

I’m only 38 at the moment but I’m building a few different specs to try out when I cap. I had a few questions about traits I don’t currently have in my leveling spec:

Weakening Shroud – Does the Enfeebling Blood this casts get an actual reticle, or is it immediately cast at the spot where you enter DS?

Deathly Invigoration – Does this heal you as well, or just your allies? (transfusion specifically states allies while this says “in an area”, so I assume it’s everybody) Also, what’s the range?

Vampiric Rituals – Is there a reason this ability seems so drastically inferior to Deathly Invigoration? The healing from DI seems to way outshine that of VR, even if all of your wells are hitting 5 targets (since VR affects your party members as well, and you rarely fight more than 3 mobs at once that I’ve seen).

Mark of Blood – Does the regen effect on this only trigger on players inside the mark, or will it hit people at range as well?

Thanks!