Guild Wars 2

@Bhawb
I see your point from a s/tpvp point of view but in a pve/wvw setting such a trait in a defensive tree wouldn’t be a problem at all (albeit, not ideal). Anyway, let’s just change the activation trigger from “on crit” to “on heal”, “on ds”, or “on taking damage” with corresponding changes to the buff duration and cd.

It would be nice (or even needed) for necromancers to have a vigor buff and I think replacing jagged horror is a good way to implement it. Imho, the vigor buff is a “defensive tool” that would fit that trait line very well.

I don’t want to be rude but are crit builds the only ones to benefit from “on crit” abilities? Everyone spec’ing into the Death Magic trait line does not have a good crit chance? Or that a crit build with points in the death magic trait line isn’t a viable spec? What’s your point?

I’d rather have something like this:

Reanimator: This trait has been replaced by Undying Vigor granting 5 s of vigor on a critical hit every 5 s (similar to guardians).

Just my 2 cents

The same thing happened to me just a few minutes ago – and it was not the first time. Combat log states i have been hit by xxx invader for 5.3k damage using smoke bomb.

Funny thing is, I was finishing a mesmer in wvw, too. I can’t remember the other classes I fought when those strange smoke bomb hits occured, so I can’t say it is a “mesmer only bug”. Anyway, this should be fixed ASAP (no matter if it is just a faulty log entry or a bug).