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~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
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~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
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That’s actually an interesting idea, although I agree with Bhawb that it shouldn’t be race dependent. This got me thinking about a variation to this theme.
Not a new Condition but a new temporary debuff (much like the Signet of Vampirism in the way it marks a target) called something like Contagious. All conditions when applied to the target marked as Contagious are spread 1 per second to 5 targets in a radius around the infected. Sort of like a slower but more sustained Epidemic.
Would be kind of the reverse of things like Berserker’s Stance or Diamond skin which are of course unremovable buffs that allow for complete condi immunity. Contagion would not be removable but would be indicated on the infected players bar and have a fairly short duration I would imagine. Traditional condi cleanses & immunities would of course be the counter, and as a last resort the infected could isolate from the group.
Could be some interesting play to something like this, although admittedly it still doesn’t address any of the core gaps in Necromancer’s utility. But that’s another topic. 
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I’m so pro-build templates, and I’m 90% sure so is ArenaNet. Just have to give them some time to put it into action.
Can’t wait. 
Edit: Here’s another thread: Multiple Trait Tabs
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Thanks draconx! And you’re so right.
I ended up ‘fixing’ the problem by switching the sigil of battle to be on the off-hand of both sets. Now no problems at all.
Glad it wasn’t just me and maybe this’ll help others that run into this problem.
Thanks again!
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Allright, last time I post on this thread I promise.
Found a work-around that is 100% repeatable.
As soon as I log in or wp to a different map sigils stop working, so this needs to be repeated each time I do so. This also happens if I go down, even if rezed in battle so swap sigils will stop working everytime I go down. Of course I can only do the work-around out of combat. So this is what I have to do…
Un-equip all weapons.
Equip main hand weapons for each set.
Equip off hand weapons for each set.
Profit.
The order is critical. If I equip main hand and off hand for the same set first the sigils still won’t work. Going into the water also works. Using a townsclothes tonic does not.
So there it is. Hopefully if this is ever looked into my experiments and work-around will help in figuring out what’s going on and one day it’ll be fixed.
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~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
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I like this.
No pain, no train. 
~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
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~An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.~
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Shhh…
You posted this at 7am Saturday morning. Let the ArenaNetians sleep-in a little, I think they deserve it.
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Just wanted to jump in here really quick and say bravo! Well done. This should be stickied somewhere (once you fix a couple of those typos)
Also, I wanted to add that one very interesting anti-stacking mechanic was added in the final battle with Scarlet and her holograms, that most I think overlooked.
- PbAoE (player centered) Damaging Condition
One of the three holograms (green I think) would occasionally put a strange debuff/condition on the player giving them a visually displayed small AoE ring around them. This AoE followed the player around damaging all those they were near. This ‘encouraged’ the player to break off from the stack so as not to wipe the group. I thought this was a great mechanic.
An Idea for a stack breaking mechanic I’ve had floating around for awhile:
- Directional Life Transfer
Another mechanic that I haven’t seen yet that would make for more interesting less ‘stacky’ fights is a directional (cone AoE) life transfer ability. The more targets hit by the life transfer the more health is sucked back into the mob, thus again ‘encouraging’ a more reactive and positionaly aware strategy to the fight.
Judging by the new mechanics that ArenaNet have been adding to the game it seems they are thinking along the same lines here. Hopefully with more interesting encounters this will breathe new life into ones that have been unintentionally reduced to stacking in a corner and glitching AI.
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Not much else for Mesmers to take as an elite in PvE. Some Rangers use Quickening Zephyre. Warriors with sword/sword and the new GM trait that makes you attack faster is pretty funny with whatever that quickness stance is called.
Edit: Ah you beat me to it Da Sonic, you must’ve had Quickness
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Re-posting this section of TurtleDragon’s post about Ranger swordplay
Sword:
Tips for dealing with the animation locking
- Don’t get animation locked in the first place. This means not pressing 1 when you know you need to dodge soon. This mostly requires knowledge of the encounter.
- Dodge earlier or predictively dodge. Basically, account for the delay in your dodges. Not too reliable because sometimes your #2/#3/dodge will fire instantly.
- Skill/swap cancel. Interrupt yourself with a weapon swap (into GS preferably, not Longbow) or use WH#4 and dodge during the cast time.
Here’s a video by GK explaining how to do this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUwHpIxY52U
- Be aware of your surroundings (cliffs)
- If you need to, you can turn off the auto attack for more control over your AA chain. This is mostly a matter of personal preference. (ie. I play with the auto attack on, but I turn it off for certain fights). Be careful not to slow your auto attack too much, otherwise you’re better off just swapping to GS briefly.
Holy smokes this is exactly what I was looking for. It’s even showing fighting the same vet I was practicing my sword on.
Thanks again Turtle
Edit: I like how the solution to the self root of the auto-attack is a self interrupt.
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Haha love this
I did the exact same thing but I went from WoW to Rift (yes paying subs for it…grrr) and then finally found GW2. Each migration I gave all my gold/platinum away and encouraged everyone in my guild to join me.
Sorry, but no one’s getting my gold anytime soon in GW2.
and I don’t even want to know what Faygo is…
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I think the solution would be to program the phantasms to start their attacks within the attack range. For example the phantasm starts attacking at 400 so even if walking away the target will be hit.
What about in pve where you want your phantasm to be at max range? This could result in staff phantasm being completely useless in pve scenarios.
I see your point. Since PvE mobs don’t run away for the most part possibly starting their attack at like 590 for a 600 max attack range. Whatever the numbers work out to when calculating the distance a mob/player could walk away at & the time the Phantasm takes to cast it’s ability plus the time for the projectile to travel the distance to the target.
The point being I guess just not having them stop at exactly max range to initiate the attack animation, thus one step backwards and the attack misses.
I just think if the animation goes off it should hit you unless you LoS it. Since we aren’t in control of when the phantasms attack, this would be the best way to handle it.
That would eliminate range restrictions entirely so is not really a workable solution.
Although it would be pretty funny seeing my iMage hitting an enemy dolyak from atop my keep’s walls.
EDIT: Oh wait I see what you’re saying. Remove the range restrictions on projectiles if successfully fired by the phantasm. But still, really unlimited range? And how would the bounces work?
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