[Malicious sorcery is a terrible GM trait. Plz fix anet.]

I would just be happy to have something not totally useless.  Although I would have to say it would be nice to have a reason to use scepter on mesmer, so a GM that actually encouraged that would be nice.

[Malicious sorcery is a terrible GM trait. Plz fix anet.]

The attack speed bonus you get from this trait is overwritten by quickness.  That just leaves the 20% recharge reduction on scepter skills.  This is a GM level trait that is worse than similar weapon cooldown + effect traits, which are primarily master tier for main hand weapons (zealous blade for guardians, forceful greatsword for warriors, heck, even fencer's finesse).

 

It might be worthwhile if the 20% attack speed stacked with quickness... Alternatively, why not give it something a little more synergistic with the illusions line, like allowing you to stack an extra clone/dagger (like how with thief you can get bonus initiative), summon a double illusion, etc..., or apply a unqiue debuff when you shatter that increases condition damage on the target?

[Catalyst Feedback Thread]

If the problem was that DPS was too high for the amount of quickness given, just reduce the amount of quickness on jade sphere and adjust scaling so that quick catalyst had to go harder into boon duration (and therefore give up damage stats).  This whole nerf is absurd and destroys the entire point of the spec (being able to generate lots of combo fields with your jade sphere), which is why they changed it in the first place from beta.

 

For the record, I don't think the DPS was too high.  Maybe on a golem, but that's not real gameplay in practice, and the amount of effort it took to get that DPS is absurd compared to other specs.  The effort:reward ratio for this class is broken.

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

Looking for the armistice bastion pass to return please!!

[Legendary Armory: Follow up clarifications]

4 minutes ago, Dannyus.2518 said:

How is it gonna work when the "free" amulet from returning story will drop Catmander Neko.5643? Will that not mean, that basically everyone who made any version of PvP amulet just flushed 2K gold + effort down the drain? It seems a bit unfair, but so does the decision to not refund people that made multiple versions of legendary armor (PvE, WvW and PvP) when all you get is essentially another skin, that you can get even without crafting the legendary..

 

You get your red orb of shame at least.  I made transendence right before the leg amulet giveaway announcement and support said no reefunds.

[Legendary Armory: Follow up clarifications]

40 minutes ago, Catmander Neko.5643 said:

Players will not be able to acquire new slumbering trinkets after July 13 release and any existing slumbering trinkets will not be absorbed into the Legendary Armory. The recipes for these items will instead reward the awakened trinket.  

But what about current slumbering trinket owners? We’re going to be adding a vendor to the game that will allow you to upgrade any slumbering trinket to the fully awakened version

 

Will this vendor have a cost associated for the upgraded version, like with the current mystic forge requirements?  Or will the base recipe post-July 13 be set to the current slumbering version?  

 

Just curious if there is any benefit/penalty for crafting a legendary trinket this weekend or waiting for the 13th.