[Do any of the flamethrower abilities count as strike damage?]

Thank you both so much for the feedback!  

 

7 hours ago, ThrakathNar.4537 said:

The only exception to this is if you want to play celestial, but in that case you'd be far better running a celestial rune, like divinity (that way you get additional crit chance and crit damage, as well as condi and boon duration).

 

I am running celestial, so divinity might be the way to go!  I wanted something that still had toughness or vitality as part of it, so divinity looks like a much better fit.  

[Do any of the flamethrower abilities count as strike damage?]

I am thinking of running runes of the engineer for my solo open world build, and one of the perks of that set is a 7% increase to strike damage from kit weapons. Does the flamethrower do strike damage on top of condition damage?  Thanks in advance! 

[Upcoming Balance Notes]

Mesmer

• Speed of Sand: Instead of granting superspeed when dodging, this trait instead causes Mirage Cloak to grant +66% movement speed.

How long does the movement speed last, the same duration as Mirage Cloak?

[Upcoming class changes]

@Lincolnbeard.1735 said:

@everyman.4375 said:Chrono aside why did they nerf mirage cloak again ? After the mirage cloak duration nerf, jaunt nerf and now superspeed nerf AOEs are now mirage's worst nightmare ... nice ...

I'm just going to say that mirage will get nerfed every patch to calm down the hordes of crying monkeys. If mirage doesn't get any nerf they will give birth to a thousand threads asking why the godmode mirage didn't get nerfs. Heck even this way they say its a buff.

How could this be seen as a buff? Genuinely asking, not meaning to be mean.

[GEMSTORE REQUESTS: New Items; Items offered again - [Merged]]

Especially with the rework to PoF events, I'd enjoy having a portal device for PoF events like the World Boss Portal Device and Maguuma Pact Operation Portal Device. Getting chat notifications for what is going on in the world is super convenient.

[Open World Domination: Mirage]

@"AliamRationem.5172" said:Post-Patch Update:

Not much has changed for the open world PvE build. Evade uptime is down a bit, but survival still feels quite effortless even against powerful enemies. Sustained damage remains remarkably strong given how tanky the build is. I even added the Legendary Forged Rampager to my list of solo kills!

Here's the latest build, which hasn't changed significantly since the addition of torment runes:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAnfWnELDNohFMDupBMMjlZjqMAutkxsC2tWyv+7//H-jxxHQBxT9HadKACn+gAq8DAPBAKqEEX7PQKgqEtB-e

I love this build so much, definitely the most fun I have had with my Mesmer, thanks so much for all your posts! As a returning player who never dabbled in fractals, I know this build isn't meta or optimal for that type of content, but do you think it would be enough to handle T4s and get Ad Infinitum? I have a long way to go before I'm at that point but I'd like to know if I can stick with Mirage long term, as I like it a lot more than Chrono personally.

[[NA][PvX] Mucklucks [Luck] Active Social Casual Guild]

I'm looking for a pretty casual guild. I've never done fractals but would like to start doing some low level ones as I work towards a legendary. I'm probably not going to raid, however. I'm looking for a pretty relaxed group to socialize and learn fractals with, would this guild be a good fit?

[Could someone help me with a strong solo Chronomancer build for open world content?]

I've looked at metabattle and a few various builds and am still trying to find something that fits what I would want out of a build. Basically, I'd like to run sword/shield + greatsword for range, and then have blink as one of my support skills for mobility. Aside from that, the main thing I am looking for out of the build is something that can solo champions and has great survivability. I would greatly appreciate any help, as I am pretty terrible at making my own builds.