Guild Wars 2

Mace 3’s block can do multiple blocks, if they all happen pretty much simultaneously. For instance, AC explorable, the boss in the center has a whirly-death-spin. Mace 3 blocked several for me once.

Probably very rare or difficult to reproduce.

If by “viable” you mean effective or deadly, then I must ask: Since when was ranged Guardian “viable?”

Racial skills are not present to create balance issues, making a racial skill a skill type would do just that.

Renewed Justice – Seems to behave differently in world PvE than it does in dungeons. Specifically, I I feel like it refreshes on any mob(s) I’m attacking regardless of getting the killing blow, however in a dungeon it refreshes much less. I’m not going to say that I think it would or should refresh as much as outside, but I do think that it’s acting differently and should be refreshing more.

You still take damage, though I personally have done no testing for myself to see if that damage is reduced. My best guess is that it does not reduce any damage, simply deals a fixed amount of damage back to the source.

It already got the “boost.” Bad trait and a minor range increase on #2. Wheeeeeeeee.

I have the same problem (Yak’s Bend).

Not satisfied no, and I haven’t been satisfied with any iteration of elites. Renewed Focus should be a utility (meditation). The only one I would be fine with keeping is Tome of Courage. Otherwise, 2 Tomes not necessary, Renewed Focus doesn’t feel like an elite. Sure, it’s a short cooldown, but it’s somewhat boring and only plays well for Virtue builds. Tomes do not synergize with any build and only get better if you spec for “increased Elite duration.”

Boring.

My posts have (obviously) been concerning group support, citing that no matter how awesome it may be to stand still and sit on a Symbol of Protection, it does nothing for your group. I like shield for this reason and insulting people to try to get shield balanced or buffed is going to get no respect from me. You like hammer, great, when I’m in a party and want to throw Protection out I equip a shield.

Please get off your high chair and talk to the rest of us like we might already have an understanding of the game. Insulting.

Hammer protection is not optimal compared to shield, there’s no argument. People have to be on top of it, and in dungeons that’s just too much of a risk.

Your use of absolutes cracks me up. You’re pretty close to coming across like a troll, to be honest. I enjoy my shield, and I enjoy giving protection to others. Hammer, yeah sure you can keep Protection up on yourself if you sit there and auto attack, but that really does no good if you want party support. Fact is, most of the time I don’t even care if I’m facing any enemies when I use #4, as long as I maximize the protection gained. Just for this skill alone the trait you think is worthless is worth taking.

Guardians need either an elite shout or signet, an elite spirit weapon would be interesting though.

Roll Warrior or Engineer?

I’ve always felt like something was a bit off on my Guardian (Asura) using that skill. Always this feeling of whether or not using shield is worth it with a 2 foot bubble. Now it is blatantly obvious. I fully expect this to get changed so that all bubbles are the same size.

Disappointed with the changes to hammer, the power of this trait is no more than adept. It’s got a good condition on a very long cooldown.

The best part about the changes to hammer were that the shield traits were made into one.