Guild Wars 2

Stick to main hand daggers, you are on the right track.

The trick with big packs on enemies is control. You can provide a lot of this (blinds, weakness, area denial, etc), also you can use the off-hand focus for more survivability and control, but it will certainly not be enough just by yourself.

Many dungeons require group coordination. If your group does not output the necessary control then there is a good chance you will suffer because, as an elementalist, you have low health an armor, while your team mates can usually withstand several hits.

This is why people will advise you to go for more defensive gear, but I say nay. Go for better team mates

Sounds like you should play my builds then!

cursE.1794:

The sad thing is, that if you want to deal high dps in dungeons but you dont like the s/d might stacker combined with lightning hammer, you should switch to another class because there actually is no alternative.

I want high dps, I hate s/d + LH, and I beg to differ.

Yes my lord, I shall execute your will.

Well actually you have to give him credits for that
Swapping with staff is very suboptimal, but of course if he can’t survive just by sticking to fire …
Why am I not surprised ?

But Guanglai says ele staff is good ?? I do not compute

Gambits?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/The-Ascension-Project/first

deSade.9437:

Zelyhn.8069:

Oh please I beg you do not make atse’s posting style a trend

WHY DO YOU SHOUT YOUR BUILD IN MY FACE SILLY YOU
Dat signature.

I’m a more powerful Sith lord than you are
My master has taught me the way to great powers

dante.2864:

This trait is pretty strong in fresh air builds.
Anyone tried superspeed with greatsword elite 3 skill, swear to god that mobility seems like 2500 range and will escape anyting chasing u.

After you spend 1.5 seconds immobile casting GS

I would like to express my utmost gratitude at your renewed efforts to make this game a bug-free experience.

Many thanks and may the force be with you.

Also this:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/Profession-bugs/first#post2694429

So we won’t double post all the time and we know what is known by you etc..

Thank you very much.

You have to be kidding us.

Lingering elements ???

Great job Sandy!

I prefer when you do it as a dolyak though

What is going on with Dub’s sig?

Nonono don’t worry I don’t really agree but what you say makes complete sense

I just like to say stupid jedi stuff

Wethospu.6437:

And with build with twice as much DPS you would clear it about twice as fast. Any mistakes you made in one build would also appear in the other because there aren’t really any skill shots.

But the force that skews maths ingame …?
Could you be a non believer?
Let the force flow through you

I think lingering elements is a really nice name.

I am not allowed to say what I think about moderation on the topic of lingering elements, so I will just let readers conclude what they must conclude by reading this sentence.

Do you guys think Lingering elements should have its name changed along with the bugfix? let’s discuss!

Hello I would like to discuss Lingering Elements.

It is an elementalist trait that has been bugged for 420 days (and counting).

link

Oh please I beg you do not make atse’s posting style a trend

I disagree: it is not bad design.
This trait is the best trait we have. We just need more like this.

Leuca.5732:

Staff got some improvement, but it still needs more.

Our other weapons still need more.

Anet isn’t going to put in the work required to truly fix elementalist traitlines, since apparently adding traits like Fresh Air is a solution to the attunement recharge problem they surely know exists.

… it is a solution! If not, at least it is a good step towards a solution

It seems to me we were perfectly fine on the dundun forums until a minority came here (wrong neighbourhood) and brought the mods with them. Now our friendly elitist community has to evolve in a toxic environment fearing to be banned left and right for speaking the truth … woaw …

Piercing shards work.

The only trait that is tied to the conjures is Conjurer.

innocent ouarior.1954:

The optimal build for damage support (considering you dont team a lot with warriors) would be 30-10-0-0-30

Sorry dear compatriot but I cannot let you say that a build with more than 10 in arcana is good.

Deliberately joining a group in order to kick its players is an abuse of the LFG system and is deemed illegal by Anet. On the contrary selling paths has been confirmed to be legal. There is a demand for such service. If you have a problem with this then talk to Anet, otherwise your offence is bannable.

Play the way you want and let us play the way we want, you scumbag average-ist!

You cannot put “scepter” and “dps” in the same sentence, it does not compute.

No we really can’t use spreadsheets to model PvP, it’s simply impossible!

But you are right, paying utmost attention to the rotation calculation is crucial.

I have a lot of time and I love maths

Guides , calculators, advice, actually we are scumbag altruists!!

Number of days for which Lingering elements has been bugged and not working as described or not being as awesome as it could be:

418

Harrahou, who is banned for having yelled at atse a bit too much, tells me to tell you that being an elitist is yelling at atse.

Also he said that France is a great country and that all citizens of the world should look up to it.

His words, yes yes.

Speed is not the main objective of elitists, speed is a consequence of a quest for efficiency.

Was it removed?

The disasters of information asymmetry !

It’s the the traits and attitude that we have that makes us elitists, it’s the traits and attitudes that the pugs don’t have !

My asura defensive golem tanked the mossman in fotm 70+ like a boss yesterday

Hello developers yesterday I tried my awesome and favourite 0/30/25/0/15 spec and I appeared than lingering elements was doing nothing.

How is it possible that a trait has no effect ?

Thank you for replying somehow.

So much for “collaborative development” …

Staff is still bad.

This is a bug, nothing else.

This trait is useless in PvE.

Asurmir.7956:

I regret to inform you guys that this was working as described during beta. However! It proved to be one of the many elements that made Ele “OP”, so they nerf’d the application to just the first minor traits.

Unfortunately, it is now considered as “working as intended”

The trait is not doing what the tooltip says it should be doing, so there is a bug.

If they “fixed” this bug to work only with adept minor traits I would be angry, very angry.

It’s amazing how they avoid this thread like the plague!

I completely agree.

I have suggested many many times that lingering elements should work for all attunement bonuses and be made natural to the class (no trait required) for a shorter duration (2-3 seconds). The Arcana minor master trait (15 points) could then simply extend this duration by 3-4 seconds.

This would bring synergy and fun.
This would be in line with the theme of the elementalist.
This would increase the skill ceiling and increase build diversity.
This would be awesome.

But at the same time I don’t want to insist too much on them fixing the trait because they may decide to discard it all together

Like for example with TA F/U path, instead of a fix they just dumped it and released something new and shiny.

I just love what lingering elements could be, I LOVE it. Please Anet I beg you like I have never begged any gaming company before, please make this trait as cool as it deserves to be!

I am going to keep using the builds I am using at the moment:
x/30/x/20/10 (x being 10 points, either in earth or in fire)
30/30/x/0/x (x being 10 points, either in earth or in arcana)

Yes, the conjures have received very good buffs and some of their conjuring animation times have been reduced significantly. A lot of the skills they provide are interesting now. I would advise everybody to experiment with them!

The conjures is the highlight of the patch !!

The conjuration time of ice bow and flame axe has been reduced a lot. The skills of all conjures have been buffed to a level that I would call “near OP” for this class.

Let me be clear: I have been sarcastic in my posts here because I am frustrated and this is getting to the point I think it is a joke.

The only thing that is lingering is my frustration. My frustration, and the frustration of all other elementalists since release because since we bought the game this trait has never done what it is described or intended or admitted to do !!

It could be one of the coolest traits a “mage”-like class has ever seen. It could be the highlight of the elementalist, but instead it is a bloody joke !!

The only reason why they are not answering this thread is because they are very aware of what I am saying right now. I think they know how cool this trait could be, I think they have read the suggestions I have made about it, I think they want to do something about it but they just don’t want to tell us until they know exactly what.

I am not fine with this.

I would like a simple acknowledgement that this trait is neither working as intended nor is it working as described.

I am pretty sure I can find more bugs, just you wait!

I found a new bug with Lingering elements:
When you switch from air to water you are supposed to be able to cast air spells in the water attunement for 5 seconds but I can only cast water spells for this duration. It looks like there is something wrong …

Total bugs with this trait so far: five.

There is a post on Lingering Elements by Shadowfax in the bug sub-forum, we should all go there and support his thread.

Let’s just hope they do not butcher the potential of this trait when they finally fix it. It could be such a cool trait! Please Anet I beg you, in the name of all the gems I have bought since release and in the name of all the gems I won’t buy until you fix Lingering Elements, please give this trait the awesomeness it should have always had!!