timmyf

I don't really think it's about what they "said" so much as what they "did" - they created a couple Legendaries that are not so Legendary.

They should really go back and beef up some of the less impressive Legendaries so that players like me (who run Scepter+Focus primarily) have a Legendary we actually want...

Who says Mesmers wield weapons the same way as everybody else? Greatsword showed they don't need to.

1: Clone Gun - slow autoattack that creates a half-health clone at the enemy's location.
2: Ethereal Rift - tear a rift in front of you that reflects projectiles (closes after a projectile is reflected)
3: Boomerang - throw your pistol at foe, dazing and applying confusion (perhaps 1s daze and 3-5s confusion x3)

Question: I use offhand sword in my build and would love the aura. Any chance you get the aura when wielding in offhand after the patch?

Not invisible dye, but Mirror Dye could be awesome.

Somebody doublecheck my math. It's been awhile...

Let's try looking at this a different way. How many hits does it take before it procs? We can express this as a percentage only, but...

% Chance Rune Will Not Proc After X Hits: 100*(.95^x)
% Chance Rune Will Proc (At Least Once) After X Hits: 100(1-.95^x)

(I'm simplifying by ignoring internal cooldown.)

Now, what's interesting is that we can compare this to a rune that procs on crit, for example. Say you have 50% crit chance and a rune that does an effect with a 20% proc on crit.

% Chance Rune Will Not Proc After X Attacks: 100*(.90^x)
% Chance Rune Will Proc (At Least Once) After X Attacks: 100(1-.90^x)

What you can do is then compare the two based on how many attacks you'd do over a period of time that you take a certain number of hits. Say you think you can land 2 hits for every 3 that hit you in an area...

100(1-.95^3) = 14.3% chance on 3 hit rune procs
100(1-.9^2) = 19% chance on 2 attack rune procs

And with some fancier math, you can find the attack/hit ratio where on-hit and on-attack would flip spots... Solve 1-.95^x = 1-.9^y down a bit. I've been drinking, though, and can't even do simple math at this point. Blame bourbon.

Also, it's possible this is all nonsense and a waste of your time. Like I said, been awhile since I've done maths.