Guild Wars 2

*curious
I found this weird mechanical object in Gendarran Fields, and I know I’ve passed by this spot multiple times before and it wasn’t there. What exactly is it? I assume it has something to do with a Living Story I missed.
It has no name, and when I interact with it, it goes “KABOOM.” It looks like some kind of steam creature portal…
It’s above the Quaggankeep Channel POI for anyone who wants to see it.

Dingle.2743:

The only speed stacking I can think of is one necromancer trait that gives speed bonuses when equipped with a dagger; it stacks with itself if dual-wielding. Maybe the ele dagger trait does the same.

Unfortunately, move speed bonuses simply grant the biggest bonus available and disregard the rest.

I wouldn’t suggest getting One With Air; ele has no weapons which should ever stick in air for that long; it’s counter-productive as air is generally worse at damage than fire, even though it’s supposed to be the single-target DPS attunement. Most staff and D/D builds can achieve permanent swiftness, I’d look into that instead.

I see. Thank you for the help.
I really wanted to use Air all the time, but I agree, it does seem weak compared to fire… I guess I’ll go look into a D/D build that still lets me use Air.

Avadore.4196:

I gave the speed stacking a try shortly after game launch. As far as I know if it the same as then, the Max speed you can get is the top Passive or Boon. Which means Swiftness at33% is the fastest you will go.

Hmmm okay… So I could like, go One with Air or Signet of Air and then just use my boons whenever possible, right? As it sounds like traits override each other… That sucks.

Okay so one last question… in your guys’ opinions, would it be better to spend a trait and get One with Air or should I get Signet of Air instead?

I would like to know what bonuses stack and which do not? Will my traits not count if I just give myself a Boon that increases my speed more than my traits do? Do Runes always give a speed boost no matter what other bonuses I have?

Heyyy, I’m using double daggers on my Ele which I like to keep on the wind element. I want to reach the maximum passive movement speed that I can obtain, and hopefully I can use boons to increase it even further.
I am a little lost on how movement speed bonuses work, what bonuses stack and what don’t, so I’d like an explanation please.

From what I can tell, I could get:
Glyph of Elemental Harmony for a 33% speed boon
Updraft also gives me a 33% speed boon
Signet of Air for 25%
Zephyr’s Speed for 10%
One with Air for up to 25%
Windborne Dagger for 15%

From the sound of it, the most speed I could get passively is 25% and 33% if I use boons.
After I get an answer I’ll have more questions. Thanks for the help.