Guild Wars 2

yeah like that. except not holding a bundle, but manning a fully built siege engine.
and it also applies to the 3rd utility slot.

But in general: exactly like what you wrote.

Did you try to attack anything with both of those setups? (ofc you have)
And did you notice any difference in average damage over the full ability?
Like try it without the trait 10 times, try it with the trait 10 times..? And average those full-skill damages.
This would have to be on the same mobs, and you should try to have 0% crit-chance to reduce interference of other factors.

Clever way to fix your utility-skill in slot 2 (skill 8 ) !! =]
As for the second part, it seems you completed the storyquest regularly in “the old way”, whereas your fiancé completed it in the new style.
Maybe you already had a quest reward selected and she did not, which could have caused the difference you noticed when the patching was done..

Hello gw2 forum mods,

I hope at some point this will reach any of the dev.team, because it is a problem that needs solving.

For starters: I have the epic version of the game (dunno the actual name of the pack, but it includes the ultimate ability/skill “Mistfire Wolf”).
For seconds: I have multiple lvl80 characters and over 1800h in the game, so I know my way around.
For thirds: the bug I am reporting here I haven’t encountered prior to last night’s update (in case this post is not timestamped, it’s the 9-9-2014 update).

Here we go:
I made a new character, just because I wanted one. It is currently level 22, but was level 21 when I noticed this bug.
I was in WvW in our Borderlands map helping to build a normal flame ram, which I then manned to take down a tower’s gate.
While manning the ram I noticed the 3rd utility slot (skill 9) was suddenly blank (not unlocked at level 21 yet) but it did have that little arrow above it. So did my ultimate skill (skill 0).
So naturally I clicked on both arrows and selected a skill (in case of the ultimate this was Mistfire Wolf, because other ult.skills could not have been unlocked yet at this level).
Well both slots got a skill equipped even after I left the ram. I can also use both skills.
I still have them equipped + they can be used outside of WvW.
I cannot currently un-equip them or swap them for other skills.
I have not tried to re-man any siege weapon to un-equip them thus far.
I feel like this is cheating @ the level my character currently is and I know I will probably use the skills, when necessary, without thinking about the “bug-abuse” at that moment.

I hope you can fix this bug without deleting my character and/or banning my account for bug-abusing, untill I can re-pick these skills at the appropriate levels.

Sincerely,

Skizzy