Conditions on non-living beings

[Hock.6740]

Why is it possible TO BLEED for non-living beings like mines, spirit barriers, gates, turrets?)

I can understand poison on them, coz it also can be counted as acid.

Also didn't remember if they can be affected by conditions like Confusion and Torment

[Inc.4753]

It's probably just a gameplay thing to balance condi and power builds. As for possible lore explanations, where applicable I usually view bleeding more as leaking. A spirit is losing its matter, a turret has leaking hydraulics etc.

[castlemanic.3198]

As Inc said, it's more than likely just a gameplay over lore thing. It would be pretty terrible to force a condi build to take ten times as long to destroy a gate as a power build just because they prefer condis. With the way how mounts just pop up under you and you don't have to go to a stable, choose a mount and go out into the world on only that mount, it's clear that convenience trumps lore in some situations (because i doubt a raptor can swim and then high jump to certain places that only a skimmer can reach) and condis on turrets, gates etc. is just a convenience (and balance) issue.

[Konig Des Todes.2086]

This is 100% mechanics and shouldn't be taken as lore. It's done to make conditions a bit more available since GW1, which did have non-bleedable creatures, had hexes to coincide with direct damage and conditions.

[Ayakaru.6583]

When you bleed a mine, the flammable oil leaks out, if you poison a gate, it corrodes (metal),if you torment a piece of siege equipment, it will wonder what it ever did to you to deserve this kind of treatment.

[draxynnic.3719]

@Ayakaru.6583 said:if you torment a piece of siege equipment, it will wonder what it ever did to you to deserve this kind of treatment.

Bombarding mid in Khylo wasn't enough?

(Although I have a feeling the Khylo trebs are still immune to conditions... don't quote me on that, though.)