Zebulon.1850 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Mechanists are currently able to use toolbelt skills, F1, 2, 3 and F5. (WvW and PvE only) I don't know if I should actually share how this is done, but anyone can do it, and it cannot be disabled if it is already happening to your character. I spent a bit of time messing around with this, and it's pretty clear that in the current state of mech, they need to bring toolkit back normally. There's barely any bump in power or survivability, because of how weak most of the toolbelt skills are. There are a few troll interactions like playing zerk mech and using nade barrage and jade mortar at the same time to 1 shot anyone, but you have to be pure glass, and the target can't be moving at all. At the minimum, please bring back toolkit while your mech is away. Or if anet really wanted, they could make it so using your mech skills or toolbelt makes the corresponding skill go on a short cd. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebulon.1850 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Here is 2 quick video clips showing it in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qzv3J93afQ https://youtu.be/HSF8JTJ7gCk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coro.3176 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) That's pretty neat! I think the biggest thing would be being able to use Med Kit without giving up its main heal. Probably wouldn't be better than the signet in terms of overall effectiveness, but it's nice to mix it up. Is this a spec/keybind swapping glitch, or is it possibly something form a future patch leaking in? Edited March 16 by coro.3176 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebulon.1850 Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 No, it's something incredibly dumb and obvious, so I'm actually surprised I haven't seen people posting about this yet. I'm going to call it spaghetti code leaking, although it is something they changed recently as far as how those toolbelt work. I'm all for more builds being at least partially viable, even if they don't become meta. Especially with how strong the signets are. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coro.3176 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 this? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerus.4350 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Been around since late last year at least, no way to avoid it, if you have a newer Engi that’s how mechanist works. It’s a bug, but it’s not some strange exploit people are going out of their way for, it’s just how things are working right now. I have one Engi this works on, and 3 it doesn’t, the one it works on was made in Nov or Dec iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebulon.1850 Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Yeah, it is a bug that only affects new characters. I'm surprised that reddit thread is 2 mo old, I didn't see anyone else commenting about this recently. I assumed lots of people would have mentioned it. Maybe new players aren't playing mech? Or they can't tell that their toolbelt skills are casting. That's pretty typical that a bug like that would be going on for months though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vomact.5693 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 That's something i usualy see underwater, not always, never elsewhere, only in PVE ... I can't say if the bug it to have it or not to have it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeyeti.8347 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 This game is a gem with all those bugs 😆 Whenever they come up with a patch to resolve bugs , a bunch of others appears , like a non ending circle. Eod release , the giant ice golem from Bjora march was bugged ... how is that even related ? spaghetti code i guess . Can make a lot of bolognese with this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneHotBuildTest.7251 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) OH! you are a honest man, it's hard to find honest man nowdays. Edited March 18 by noneHotBuildTest.7251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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