Guild Wars 2

Lyger.5429:

Glad to see the changes & good to know you guys are reading the feedback. Also any word on virtues being instant cast. Was the aiming issue of symbol of energy tweaked? Thanks. As others have said below can we please get an adjustment to the projectile speed of the bow?

This. Instant virtues and crap bow attacks were the most addressed issues and yet only minor tweaks on trivial stuff happened.
It’s ok if you ignore people asking for ground targeted traps, but DH virtues are not as good as Guardian’s

After thinking a lot about it I’m planning to use something like this in PvE:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQNAscinbbkonEpqk5qEKrEYsEFNFhdc62tBW0A-TBCBABGt/gFHCgKV/5MlgAcCAyS5Xe6DC4JAEA4A43+23fDc+5nf+5n3v/+7v/+bpAiYMA-e

Sword is just a placeholder for Shield until mr gw2skills.net adds it (so consider 62 extra Def).

Not going to use Jalis in PvE as it is right now (but I believe it’s almost mandatory for WvW). Jade Winds + Reposting Shadows give a lot of survivability, and Impossible Odds is great and has synergy with Herald’s traits (Hardening Persistance gives max Toughness with IO active, 80 more then Jalis). Jalis only has a nice flat healing skill at the moment.

Having over 52% crit rate is not useful because of the 40% we get under Fury (if you add rangers or warriors in group that’s already over 100%). This means we can add 90 more Vitality basically for free.
Banner of Discipline or Spotter are enough to reach 100% Crit Chance (Spotter is “only” 99%) and you can use food for solo play to achieve up to 97%. Banner of Discipline gives a flat 8% Crit Chance, meaning every point of precision after 52% is wasted in many situations (and trivial, since you still get a 92% under Fury with no external help).

Superior Rune of Rage gives basically 100% Fury uptime just with Invoker’s Rage, plus 5% extra damage. It also allows to stack a lot of Fury under Glint’s upkeep, even after swapping legend, since with Rune + Envoy of Sustenance it’s 0.45 seconds of extra Fury every second, meaning 4.5 seconds of Fury if I keep that upkeep up for 10 seconds, adding that to 6.5 seconds Fury on legendswap i have 11 extra seconds every 10 seconds (if I swap on cd), meaning that the 4th effect of the rune is there just to ensure permanent uptime and don’t force me to swap on cd if not needed. With Facet of Nature passive that’s way more, plus it’s active for 13 seconds of Fury. We really have a lot.
Superior Rune of Rage is also useful if we don’t use Glint, basically making still possible a 100% uptime with Facet of Nature and still no extra Fury traits (except the Minor one).

This gives room for Cleansing Channel and Invigorating Flow for extra survivability. No extra sources of Fury are needed from traits.
Sure, Superior Rune of Strength gives 1 Might every 5 seconds, but it’s very easy to stack 25 Might on Herald alone, plus Rune of Rage allows to use Cleansing Channel and Invigorating Flow without giving up Fury uptime when on Shiro/Jalis/Mallyx/Ventari.

And Fury is such a great boon on Revenant because of 20% extra crit rate and 7% extra damage from Invocation line.

Superior Sigil of Frailty is on Hammer to ensure Vulnerability even in solo, getting that extra 7% damage from Devastation even without a Sword. I may consider Superior Sigil of Cleansing if conditions are an issue despite Glint’s healing skill, Reposting Shadows and Cleansing Channel. Honestly with permanent Regen and Facet of Light(2nd) I think it’s enough. Reposting Shadows will clear most of the conditions that stack in duration.

From Herald traits I’ll pick (adding Minors for reference):

• Crystal Harbinger (You can now equip a shield, use legendary dragon stance skills, and gain access to the facet of nature)
• Hardening Persistence (Gain toughness for each point of upkeep you are currently using) or Radiant Revival (Place infuse light on an ally while you revive them) for harder/group content. Hardening Persistence gives 400 Toughness during Impossible Odds, and that’s a lot.
• Vigorous Persistence (Gain increased endurance regeneration while you have an active upkeep skill)
• Shared Empowerment (When you apply a boon to an ally, also apply might to nearby allies) is a no brainer since protection is cool but basically kills Glint’s healing skill.
• Envoy of Sustenance (Increased boon duration by 15%)
• Elder’s Force (Increased damage per boon on you) another no brainer.

I’m sure they have an option to partially reset beta accounts.

Kidel.2057:

Race: Any
Sex: Any
Class: mainly Guardian
Weapon: The Flameseeker Prophecies

Legendary has no walking effect or aura around character, but also Aegis clips inside it.

Uploading better screen examples. I believe that’s an issue with EVERY shield. Using The Flameseeker Prophecies here to also address the lack of effects compared to the other legendary weapons (and the overlapping of ripple effect with Aegis).

Can we simply have no Aegis effect whan a real shield is equipped? It has been giving problems since launch.

Loex.5104:

/sign

this also leads to the queston if its not technically possible to merge the Bank once a day to the Beta-Account.

That would be nice, but I’m not asking for so much. Just a bank reset the day before the next beta would be great, otherwise some runes/gear can’t be accessed (since I can’t craft on those characters basically)

Kaiyanwan.8521:

Druids with kits for shapeshifting.

It is about time.

isn’t that pretty much the norn racial skill set?

Dragonslayer has almost the same meaning but sounds far less stupid.

But no, we have to get Dragonhunter because Braham decides to change class after Eir’s death. If you want to be a Ranger just be a Ranger, not an hybrid class.

Would it be possible to allow an account bank/wardrobe reset for bw2?
I would like to test new sigils and stuff (mainly for the new elite specs), but it’s impossible if the beta account is not wiped for next beta.

Race: Any
Sex: Any
Class: mainly Guardian
Weapon: The Flameseeker Prophecies

Legendary has no walking effect or aura around character, but also Aegis clips inside it.

Alacrity is a boon to lower cd on skills (or to make it run faster). Since we don’t have cd on many skills, can we get Alacrity to give us +1 upkeep?

As title says. Talking about the skin.

You always need to take energy into account. That skills lowers Rev energy, reducing the number of things he can do

Revenant was never compared to thief. Energy is there to make 10 utility skills feel like 5.

I agree that the nerf is too much. Jalis has 2 bad skills now.

Also with str runes and sigil of str it’s not hard to do the same on other classes

All those options greatly lower your dps. Guardian and Tempest don’t need to exchange so much.

You can cancel a facet by activating the second effect and it costs 0 energy

still inferior to ele aoe might

Manarain.7940:

Kidel.2057:

the change is what we asked for and is very good. Imagine vengeful hammers+protection+Jalis elite. I can’t think of anything more tanly in this game, and that’s exactly what Jalis is supposed to be. If you want damage you have Shiro, Glint, Mallyx.

You misunderstand, my main concern with Vengeful Hammers was the fact that it was effected by terrain and that it could be reflected/negated because they were/are projectiles. Like I said, it’s a nice change, no one is arguing that fact.

That is probably a bug. It can’t be working as intended.

Inspiring reinforcement was OP. However I wouldn’t mind that skil lto act faster now. 2 seconds for that low stability is too much.

Have you tried Jade Winds in PvE? There is a lot or reason to use Shiro.
Not to mention Impossible Odds.

the change is what we asked for and is very good. Imagine vengeful hammers+protection+Jalis elite. I can’t think of anything more tanly in this game, and that’s exactly what Jalis is supposed to be. If you want damage you have Shiro, Glint, Mallyx.

Shrubsy.9720:

The current weapon was created to cover pretty much all use cases: ranged, melee, condi, and power. I don’t think there’s any plan to add another.

And no need. I don’t want to spend money on 2 underwater weapons when we rarely do that kind of combat anyway.

Robert Gee.9246:

Sorry guys! This one is taking a little longer to get written up, but we are working on it!

Looking forward to it. Keep it up Robert, people know you work hard.

Finally people asking for a nerf on Ele. I agree, and Mesmer too (no class should have more burst then Thief or solo Fractal 50)

it has already beed discussed.

1) heralds don’t use warhorn but trumpets. And not to fight
2) name and weapon come from Glint.

It’s not Glint → name → weapon, but Glint → weapon and Glint → name.

you can spec into water for full support and you heal conditions with applied regen.
Do do a similar thing on Herald you need Ventari (lol)

It really depends on how it works with conditions. If you’re healed from the ones you already have, then the movement lock is worth. Also because you can stunbreack and heal your vulnerability just by legendswapping.

Forced Engagement is the only thing that prevents me from using Jalis. It’s a very cool but wasted skill. Cost is too much if you compare it to Jade Winds.

yeah, 45, not 90, sorry.

Jalis rite however stacks with protection and it’s 50% alone, meaning that with Jalis+Glint you can achieve +80% damage reduction.

If you’re not healed from conditions then the “prevent point capture” makes no sense compared to the same drawback from regular invulnerability.

If it’s like Defiant Stance then we may have a solution for conditions right there.

How is herald going to be in PvE group support compared to Tempest and Guardian?

Herald probably has more boon output at the moment (while Glint has energy at least), but has literally ZERO aoe condi cleanse support (not to mention the low self cleanse).

Tempest can aoe heal conditions while sleeping, as Guardian, even dps one.

To achieve a similar result an Herald needs to stay in Mallyx form absorbing conditions from allies risking his life and completely giving up to Glint boon support except for Facet of Nature.

Discuss.

Herald has no condi cleanse AT ALL, ele can aoe heal conditions while sleeping, as guardian.

NeroBoron.7285:

Btw revenant is the wrong subforum

No other class needs a talk about cleansing sigils

sigils with the same base sigil will share cooldowns between weapon sets.

Thank you, I can’t access gw2 and try today.

If I equip 2 of them on 2 weapon sets, do I get separate cooldowns or it’s shared?

And if I equip 2 on the same weapon do I get 2 conditions cleansed?

For runes is just lyssa I believe, and it’s every 90 seconds, and losing tons of dps (over 20%) compared to rage.

For sigils is just 1 condi every 9 secs on weaponswap

Draeyon.4392:

cut

I’ll be using rune of rage all day long with changes on invocation and glint.
Traveler is useless with perma swiftness upkeep

+1 on this thread. I agree with 99% of what you said

Wasted chance for the first aoe resistance in the game
Could be traded with that aoe protection on healing skill that basically kills Glint’s heal.

The question here is shiro/jalis or shiro/glint, both invocation/devastation/herald for max multipliers.

Using rune of rage for extra multiplier and no need to compare fury uptime (100% anyway)

Only thing I don’t like about jalis is that taunt is still 50 energy. The rest of them is good.

xarallei.4279:

Griffith.7238:

Kidel.2057:

Roy Cronacher.1576:

Kidel.2057:

Since so many are asking for condi cleanse I’m sure it will be considered. Shiro+Glint has none.

Revenant as a whole is designed to not have much condition cleanse. That’s not to say there won’t be any tweaks for removal, but it won’t be any large changes. can’t have everything.

Something would be great ahah
At least to make powerbuilds viable on pve.

There is Jalis, Ventari, and Staff.

All of which are not optimal for max dps. I don’t think there is a single other class that has to sacrifice damage for a condi cleanse. Unlike other classes, Rev doesn’t have the ability to freely choose its heals and utilities. You are stuck with an entire legend and all of its utilities, whether you want them or not.

+1 this

No way to get that sigil anymore on my beta Rev, since it wasn’t in my bank when beta slot was reset.

But yeah, can be tested in pvp area at least. Wanted to try dungeons however.

Given that facet of nature and traits are on both builds, which legend is batter to pair with shiro in your opinion?

3 game modes, not only pvp (where I prefer mallyx).

Discuss, shoro/jalis or shiro/glint

Lol, didn’t notice that. That means you reduce your healing by almost 30% (base heal is the same). Too bad because it’s great with ventari and shiro.

I’m thinking about that, but it will be impossible to test in the next beta

Pugs are not always what you may want.

Some self condi cleanse should be viable even without Jalis.
I hardly imagine myself doing some fractals without self cleanse.

Yeah griffith, but this means that shiro+glint is not a viable combination unless you equip staff just for cleanse, reducing your dps a lot compared to sword, or giving up to ranged option.

I get that condis are revenant’s weak point, but we should at least be able to use powerbuilds without exploding for burninf in CoF.

Roy Cronacher.1576:

Kidel.2057:

Since so many are asking for condi cleanse I’m sure it will be considered. Shiro+Glint has none.

Revenant as a whole is designed to not have much condition cleanse. That’s not to say there won’t be any tweaks for removal, but it won’t be any large changes. can’t have everything.

Something would be great ahah
At least to make powerbuilds viable on pve.

Since so many are asking for condi cleanse I’m sure it will be considered. Shiro+Glint has none.