Guild Wars 2

It would be cool but eles tend to get the shorter end of the stick(no pun intended) when it comes to changes.

Wondering if anything posted in this thread was going to be implemented or has been?

Going to go over Healing Skills and Some Utility Skills(mainly cantrips) this time around.

Healing Skills

• Ether Renewal – Either add 2 sec of Stability since it’s to easy to interrupt or up the base heal per pulse.
• Signet of Restoration – Up the base heal to 3,750. I think the healing per cast is fine. Reduce cast time to 3/4 down from 1 sec.
• Glyph of Elemental Harmony – Reduce cool down to 20 sec down from 25 sec.
• Arcane Brilliance – Reduce cool down to 20 sec down from 25 sec.

Utilities

• Arcane Shield – Reduce cool down to 70 sec down from 75 sec. Increase the amount of attacks it can block to 5 up from 3 attacks. Maybe make each blocked attack a damage multiplier ( .02 each for a total .1)
• Armor of Earth – Reduce its cool down to 80 sec down from 90 sec. Increase the Duration(Stability and Protection) to 8 sec up from 6 sec
• Lightning Flash – Increase the range to 1000 up from 900. Reduce the cool down to 35 sec down from 40 sec
• Glyph of Elemental Power – Increase Trigger chance to 30% up from 25%

Increase charges on all conjured weapons to 18 up from 15. Duration should remain the same.

Conjured Frost Bow

• Ice Storm – Increase range to 1200 up from 900.
• Frost Volley – Increase range to 1200 up from 900.

Conjure Earth Shield

• Magnetic Surge – Increase range to 800 up from 600.
• Fortify – Increase duration to 5 sec up from 3 sec.

Conjure Flame Axe

• Burning Retreat – Should be able to control it’s direction.
• Flame Leap – Increase range to 600 up from 550.

Conjure Lightning Hammer

• Lightning Storm – Increase base damage to 270 up from 163.

Lastly Elite Skills:

Torando – Add a forth and fifth skill.

• Blizzard or Frost Tornado – A lesser version of Frozen Burst but with a cool down of 20 sec.
• Wild Fire or Flame Tornado – A lesser version of Ring of Fire but with a cool down of 30 sec.

Glyph of Elementals

• Baseline health and stats should be adjusted according to a percentage of the summoners.

Conjure Fiery Greatsword

• Reduce its cool down to 160 sec down from180 sec.
• Firestorm – Increase range up to 900 up from 600.
• Fiery Rush – Add Burning: 2 sec (656 Damage), Evade: 1 sec

A lot of good suggestions for D/D and Traits. So I’ll focus mainly on Staff.

Fire Attunement:

• Fireball – projectile speed should be increased since it travels so slow and easy to dodge.
• Lava Font – The delay on its initial damage should be removed. An increase in either duration (up to 5 sec) or radius (to 180 and 240 w/ blasting staff).
• Flame Burst – Up the base damage of burning to 1700-1800.
• Burning Retreat – Be able to control its direction just like you would a normal dodge. It would add more to our survivability.
• Meteor Shower – Increase the number of meteors to 28 up from 24. In turn that ups the damage a bit.

Water Attunement:

• Water Blast – Up the base damage to 150 and the base heal to 400 maybe but dont have much of an idea for this one.
• Ice Spike – Reduce the delay to 1.5 sec. There is about a 2.5 sec delay from the spike forming and dropping on target. Add Combo Finisher: Blast to it(nice to have another one besides Eruption).
• Geyser – Increase duration to 3 sec up from 2. Decrease cast time to 1/2 sec down from 3/4.
• Frozen Ground and Healing Rain- I think these are good the way they are.

Lightning Attunement:

• Chain Lightning – Increase the speed of the projectile(Lighning should not travel so slow). Reduce cast time to 1/2 sec down 3/4 sec. Maybe increase the maximum number of targets to 5 up from 3.
• Lightning Surge – Increase the radius to 180(240 with Blasting Staff) up from 120(180).
• Gust – Make it more conal because this seldom hits it’s target.
• Windborne Speed – It is good they way it is maybe increase the swiftness granted to 15 sec up from 13.
• Static Field – This one is good the way it is.

Earth Attunement:

• Stoning – It is fine in it’s current state.
• Eruption – Add 2 to 3 sec of cripple from when it starts to from on the ground.
• Magnetic Aura – Increase duration to 6 sec up from 5.
• Unsteady Ground – Like Ring of Warding give it a radius 120(180 with Blasting Staff) and Combo Field: Smoke. Adds a new dynamic to Eles
• Shock Wave – Also good in it’s current state.

There’s a lot of good suggestions about changes or buffs to healing, utility and elite skills. I may look at Trident skills next but water combat is a rare occasion.

Just a few improvements to current Ele skills.

Staff Skill 1 and Trident Skill 1 (Fire and Air Attunement) – Fireball, Chain Lightning and Forked Lightning – Needs an increase in speed at which they travel especially chain and forked lightning. These skills travel way too slow.

(Fire Attunement)
Staff Skill 4 – Burning Retreat – Should be able to control the direction just like a regular dodge to give it more utility.

(Earth Attunement)
Staff Skill 4 – Unsteady Ground – Needs to cripple targets again in addition to its current effect.

Thanks

I would like to have a way that you can switch between two different builds. I also dont mind paying for it like a one time upgrade with gems.

On a different note I also want to know if there are any plans to add more account bank spaces? Eight is not that much and I know people suggest buying multiple accounts as bank alts but would rather see an expansion of the current system.