So i finally reached Dragoon and now that i got all my skills atleast at rank 1 i am wondering if gae bulg is really worth it.
I mean the Damage is wonderful and the Attributes we can get at Rank 5 are awesome aswell.
BUT since we cannot aim where our spear flys (its a set travel distance) i wonder if this skill is really worth to max or should we just stick with 5 in all of the other skills.
Thanks in advance and have a nice day
I took 1 rank and it seems to be decently useful in group play, especially if your group is heavy in physical multi-hit abilities. It’s practically useless in solo play though, unless you’re killing a group of turret monsters or something. And even then, by the time you run over to pick up your spear, there will only be enough time left on the debuff to fire off a single ability.
I wouldn’t recommend getting it to 5 at the moment since the Defense/Attack Zone attributes seem VERY lackluster (2% in a small area). For a Rank 7 class ability Gae Bulg is probably one of the most shoddily designed.
P.S: Having too many multi hit attacks go off with the Gae Bulg debuff can cause client crashes due to floating combat text overload.
Really think this is mostly gvg skill. It is one of those skill that get ridiculous as there are more of them.
It has a minimum range, so you can’t throw at your feet like Peltasta.
WHAT? Peltatsa?!??!
I think you mean hoplite Spear Throw
Yeah, I actually meant Hoplite.
but in pvp Gae Bulg is so useful instant 5k damage ggWP
I play exclusively PVE. I’d get 0-1 FPS in Guild Wars so I’m not going to bother until the game is optimized.
In pve having the level 5 of gaebolg is usefull too:
-1st : ennemies becomes weaker against physical attacks for 5.5+0.5/lvl sec
-2nd : the lvl5 gives access to two attributes that is good in 5man and will be really great in 10man : +2% damages and defense for number of allies in the circle. Making it a 10% damage/defense boost in 5 men, so a future 20% buff in 10 men.
-3rd it’s a ranged attack, that may be the weakest in term of overall damages because of multi-hits from other attacks. But when you are up against big number of mobs, you can’t always place your serpentine for example because you would take a lot of damage while doing it. While you can do a knockback skill like doom spike, and if placed right, the monsters will be knockback without being too far from each other and you can have all of them being hit by gae bolg and becoming weaker to physical damages. ^^
Is Gae Bulg physical weakness strong? How much dmg does it add approx.?
…mouse…mode…
It’s a physical weakness so depending on the armor of the foe, it will affect a lot or not, but sadly there are no explications to how much it affects it, and if the level of the skill gives a better weakness or not. But i think it’s a really decent amount of damages gained and combined with the lvl 5 attributes it will be far better.
The “Weakness to Physical Attacks” takes the form of an additional hit applied to every attack made against the target. I’m still not certain what percentage of the original attack’s damage is replicated, but it seems to be modified by armor/weapon type effectiveness as well.
Just curious, does using the ability in mouse mode give it a targeting reticle?
I’m not sure about that i forgot if i tried or not, i don’t think so:
Throw spear from hoplites have the targetting reticle in keyboard mode, so why wouldn’t have they putted it in dragoon in keyboard mode while putting it in mouse mode when they tips you “mouse mode doesn’t match well with swordsman class” ^^