I don't know about the crafting cost for such a thing, but at this point even enabling the general option for slumbering versions of all Trinket slots, allowing implicitly full Legendary trinkets, is worth the utility and agency given to players. I can understand this reasoning, coming from personal experiences with similar systems in videogames.ĭid you evaluate to enable the crafting of "slumbering" versions of these items if you've unlocked the Original ones? We understand how important this is to all of you and that this isn’t the response you were hoping for, but in the spirit of transparency we wanted to let you know where things currently stand. That investment isn’t something we can commit to right now–our engineering team is focused on End of Dragons, Alliances, and DX11. įixing this for Aurora, Vision, and Coalescence would require a rework of the visual effects for these items and how they’re applied (which would likely leave some players unhappy as it would change their appearance), or a significant engineering investment to build a one-off solution. Conflux and Transcendence previously got their effect from a buff not the item, but because they were a non-stacking buff we were able to move the effect to the item with a small amount of work and allow it to benefit from the toggle.
This makes it much more difficult to convert them to the system where effects are on the item itself and can be toggled. it’s not switching to the slumbering version). The toggles in the Equipment panel control the visual effects on the items themselves– it’s not changing which item is slotted ( i.e. the effect is actually added by the buff, not the item). That probably sounds silly – it’s just a checkbox, right? A quick peek behind the curtain: these items are set up using a stacking buff (based on the number of equipped legendary trinkets) to determine which visual effect is added to the character model ( i.e. Unfortunately, these three items are setup differently from other items with visual effects and giving them a toggle is a complex problem. Similar betas will also be available for three other elite specs, including a pistol-wielding Necromancer, in the following months.We wanted to make a toggle for the three legendary PVE trinkets (Aurora, Vision and Coalescence). Players will be able to try out the Virtuoso elite specialization in a character beta that’s scheduled for mid-August. The lack of clones and damage-over-time effects might skew this elite spec more as a PvE class rather than a PvP one, however, as the lack of hard CC and defensive options may prove to be difficult to play with when facing other players. They also have solid defensive options as well in the form of the class’ unique Distortion mechanic and AoE knockback.Īt a glance, the Virtuoso is more geared toward being a DPS class with a fair bit of offensive utility and self-peel. The Virtuoso’s Utility Skills offer decent damage on top of debilitating effects like Vulnerability and Immobilize. Dagger abilities are focused on dealing multiple hits to one or many targets at once, making this elite spec a prime candidate for Power/Crit builds. Mesmers will remain short-medium-ranged casters even with a dagger equipped. Blades can be created by casting certain skills and they are spent by casting Bladesong abilities. The Virtuoso’s class mechanic revolves around phantasmal blades for their new Bladesong abilities that grow stronger depending on how many phantasmal blades are available. Phantasms will still be available to the Virtuoso, though no clones will be created. They sacrifice the Mesmer’s signature illusory clones in favor of phantasmal blades, which they can launch at enemies or use to protect themselves from harm. Armed with a dagger and the class’ trademark magic, the Virtuoso excels at dealing damage from close-medium ranges.
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