Handin.4032

Barrage is *meant* to not be constrained by line of sight. However, it should be changed so the barrage arrows act as projectiles so they can be blocked by the associated skills. The reason I'm guessing they don't is because it would be too costly to do this (i.e. make barrage make a bunch of actual arrows, rather than just the graphics).

> @"schloumou.3982" said: > No idea why you quote me tbh. Nothing you wrote has anything to do with what i said. Oh, I think it was just because I was following up on what you were saying. I think - I cannot remember exactly!

> @"schloumou.3982" said: > > @"ArchonWing.9480" said: > > Grenades are broken yes, but I've never taken anyone that uses Mortar Kit seriously. > > It's quite strong. Just not like most peops use it in wvw. Its a great utility pick with the pulsing blinds of flash shell, waterfield, poisen for down control etc. > In large group fights, grenades lose a lot of their impact due to the "projectile hate" (e.g. bubbles, reflects, etc), except throwing them point blank at your feet. In smaller fights sure, it can be quite strong. For siege clearing - sure? But that's nothing other professions haven't been able to do, and is moreso an issue with how silly "walls" are in WvW for defense. If you die to an engi spamming mortar while it's running away, it's kind of your fault. The mortars don't move exceptionally fast and they show an AoE ring... so I'm not sure if you're standing still or running in a straight line to get to them? Not saying it's entirely a l2p issue, but if they're running away and you pursue, don't go in a perfectly straight line, or just don't pursue them.

This looks quite fun, but not necessarily meshing well with the engineer. But at least it's unique! I can imagine though, just looking at it quickly, with a firebrand this would become quite OP in WvW. How? Simple: Get in a party with a firebrand (who provides a lot of stab). Then take traits 3/6/8 and build as tanky (e.g. Plaguedoctor or Apothecary or Shaman). Also get something like purity of purpose. Slot Elixir Gun (fumigate), Minion 2 and 4 and the elite. You'd be able to basically walk into a raid, heal and provide cleanses to some degree, and just constantly pump out AoE fear. There are likely other combinations which would be even more obnoxious.

As someone who has played in a game, with heavy pvp, and collision detection let me say this: NO! Not only would it likely blow up the servers, but it is super easy to exploit and troll. Imagine a couple of spy trolls who get in golems and sit in specific points to block people, or just raids starting to use a lot of pets and spawns to body block. As for the choke points, if they REALLY wanted to fix that, they could just re-implement the broken AF ballista spread shot...