Guild Wars 2

Mechanico.3194:

I probably would have already been at eighty if I didn’t keep switching by what people say on the forums.

This. My engi is 55 and I have 4 other alts over level 30 that I keep swapping to because of all the criticism I see.

Blowtorch would be the new flamethrower.

Cero.5132:

vgfanatic.1049:

Only elixir gun and flamethrower. Grenade kit does not.

Huh, I couldn´t use elixier guns kit refinement and immediately after grenade kit´s.
It was something like this: I swapped to elixier gun, then swapped to grenade kit. No grenade barrage happend.
The second time I swapped to elixier gun for the kit refinement and as soon as the field was gone(after 10 seconds) I swapped to grenade kit and the grenade barrage was working.
So I figured both of them are affected by the internal cooldown.

ALL of the kits are effected by the global cd (I don’t think it was intended for med kit and bomb kit to get it), but only flamethrower and elixir gun actually trigger the global cd. If you use elixir gun first and then grenade kit before 10 secs, you won’t get the grenade barrage effect. If you use grenade kit first and then elixir gun, you will get both.

Cero.5132:

Not true, google. Look at it more closely. Only Elixier gun, grenade kit and flamethrower trigger the internal cooldown.
So the patch notes are a lie! :o

Only elixir gun and flamethrower. Grenade kit does not.

google.3709:

so dumb… bomb kit got the global cooldown lol

It’s effected by it, and so is the med kit, but it doesn’t trigger the global cd.

I’ve been playing around with the changes in game, and have noticed that the global cooldown is NOT working as stated. Right now, I have grenade kit, flamethrower, and tool kit equipped. I can use ALL of the refinements, so long as I used flamethrower last.

For example, if I use tool kit > grenade kit > flamethrower, I get all of the effects before the cd applies.

If I use grenade kit > flamethrower > tool kit, I won’t get the tool kit effect.

If I start with flamethrower, I don’t get any of the other effects.

I haven’t had a chance to test the other kits yet, but I find this interesting.

EDIT: Elixir gun works the same way as flamethrower, unfortunately. Turns out the most common kit combo has the only kits that trigger the global cds.

EDIT 2: Also, jumping while changing kits does activate the global cd if the kit is flamethrower or elixir gun, but doesn’t trigger the effects.