zealex.9410 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) With the new changes will either trait into alac or quickness which will aply on well use. Problem is,those wells also have their own effects and buffs which i may or may not want to save and use at apropriate times. Theres a conflict of interest here because one one hand i want to get the quick/alac out the door but on the other i may wanna keep the superspeed for a certain moment, save the aegis to block an attack or use the boonstrip well to remove boons off a boss. I also if i want to get out a string amout of quickness have to spend alot of my utility slt economy on wells while previously quickness chrono was able to have multiple flexible slots because the spec relied on shatters. Some of the qol namely instant quick/alac and bigger radius are great however having to disregard what the well do for them already sounds unappealing. Edited June 27, 2022 by zealex.9410 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veprovina.4876 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 So what you're saying, playing mesmer is super janky and weird... What else is new... 🙄 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NICENIKESHOE.7128 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Alac application is going to be quite unreliable unless you spec at least 3-4 wells, which is pretty much similar to before but you saved the hassle of mimic. Quickness application however can now ditch wells all together and just slot whatever utility since no point in well of action. Unfortunately it may meant you need to aim 100% boon duration and tie yourself to shatter storm though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaylin.1860 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 12 hours ago, zealex.9410 said: Theres a conflict of interest here because one one hand i want to get the quick/alac out the door but on the other i may wanna keep the superspeed for a certain moment, save the aegis to block an attack or use the boonstrip well to remove boons off a boss. This applies to literally any effect linked to Utility skills. That's nothing new and hardly an issue only seen with Chrono. It's the exact same for Specter and Ranger when it comes to Alacrity (aside from Specter Wells being Chrono Wells+ 🙄). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximillion.3425 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 9 hours ago, NICENIKESHOE.7128 said: Unfortunately it may meant you need to aim 100% boon duration and tie yourself to shatter storm though. When I tried my rotation at the golem without the Well (I just changed the Quickness one with the DMG one) I was lacking about 33% of quickness. So my guess is that QuickChrono will probably stay as it is, just with more Diviner's Gear. Yes, it will result in a DMG-loss, making the QuickChrono the lowest DPS Quickness-Provider, but maybe they'll add some Power → Concentration conversion like the Scrapper has. Or they maybe increase the Quickness you apply with STM to maybe 1,25-1,5 s per Clone shattered, so you can go full Bersi again with the DMG staying as it is. The thing is, shield is not a viable weapon. Even with the Power Scaling increase of Tides of Time, it won't make up for the loss of the Swordsman. You need 4 Shield Phantasms to do as much DMG as one Swordsman - also it has a more CD as the Swordsman and to get the second phantasm cast you need to block an attack, which is always a bit situational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximillion.3425 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 5 hours ago, Xaylin.1860 said: It's the exact same for Specter Yeah, I agree with you, but the Wells of the Specter are much more useful. The Healing Well is fine for the Specter, as they don't need to recharge anything like we with our Signet. The Boon and Condition Wells are excellent, as they both synergize nicely with your Supportive Role. But what do we have? Yes, we have the DMG Well, which comes in handy and does OK DMG, but the rest? We can't use the Heal Well, as we need our Phantasm recharge from the Signet. Superspeed is not that useful tbh and very situational. The Boon removal is just Overkill on one hand, as we already have enough Boon removal in our Kit (AA-Chain (-1 Boon), with the Disenchanter (-5 Boons) and our CC (-2 Boons)). And on the other hand, it's just a glorified null field with minor DMG. The Stability Well is only good on things like Deimos when you tank or maybe at Vale Guadian to Block Ports, but doesn't provide DMG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exciton.8942 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 What chrono needs is proper well rework, not two overloaded GM traits to band-aid fix the stationary well problem. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethion.8745 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Don't worry, you will never need those wells for what they actually do in PvE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anbujackson.9564 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 On 6/27/2022 at 9:25 PM, Maximillion.3425 said: making the QuickChrono the lowest DPS Quickness-Provider The lowest would probably be warrior followed by herald before chrono. Scrapper is now the best for power quickness I guess? Now thats funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny.7260 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 At least you can use Well of Calamity for a 5s CD shave on granting Alacrity to allies versus using the previous Well of Recall. Except now we just spam wells as a GM, are forced to take an offhand, and need at least 3 wells to keep reliable Alacrity. Quickness seems like a really weird identity issue since going it doesn't really provide a unique amount or damage or anything. The fact Chronomancer doesn't supply its own Regeneration still hurts me. We got Swiftness instead- feels like rubbing salt in the wound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResJudicator.7916 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 (edited) On 6/26/2022 at 6:32 PM, zealex.9410 said: With the new changes will either trait into alac or quickness which will aply on well use. Problem is,those wells also have their own effects and buffs which i may or may not want to save and use at apropriate times. Theres a conflict of interest here because one one hand i want to get the quick/alac out the door but on the other i may wanna keep the superspeed for a certain moment, save the aegis to block an attack or use the boonstrip well to remove boons off a boss. I also if i want to get out a string amout of quickness have to spend alot of my utility slt economy on wells while previously quickness chrono was able to have multiple flexible slots because the spec relied on shatters. Some of the qol namely instant quick/alac and bigger radius are great however having to disregard what the well do for them already sounds unappealing. The balance team's approach is to encourage you to just spam all your skills off-cooldown at a PvE boss's foot in order to maintain boon uptime for your party (with PvP being a distant afterthought). There was zero thought given to what the skill's underlying purpose is, or how the skill is actually used in practice. And that's because the devs who do the balancing just play raids/strikes, so that's all they know. They never think about things like interrupting a key skill, kiting with mobility skills, or having to read other players' animations. That's why the latest patch pushes chronos to just spam their shield5 stun off cooldown to maintain quickness/alac. That's also why specters maintain alac by spamming wells off cooldown, etc. Edited June 29, 2022 by ResJudicator.7916 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agrippastrilemma.8741 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, Vinny.7260 said: The fact Chronomancer doesn't supply its own Regeneration still hurts me. We got Swiftness instead- feels like rubbing salt in the wound. Imo they should consider giving Tides of Time fury instead of swiftness. Or superspeed. Edited June 30, 2022 by agrippastrilemma.8741 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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