Air of Superiority - Guild Wars Forums

Olle · Aug 15, 2011, 01:09 PM // 13:09

Air of Superiority
Skill. For 20...30 seconds you gain a random Asura benefit every time you earn experience from killing an enemy.

At the moment i am farming Vaettirs on my warrior, making me kill 36/24 foes at once every minute(you know the farm so w/e)

Now, what happends with AoS if i kill these mobs at once?
when i used to do raptor farming, i actually didnt see anything happen, like, i just got it as 1 kill.

Anyone has any input about it?

Thanks.

halfies · Aug 15, 2011, 02:13 PM // 14:13

you get all the kills i think, its just you wont notice alot of them because skill recharge, double xp and remove conditions are only noticeable once, and they make up the majority.
at least that what seem to happen

Quaker · Aug 15, 2011, 03:13 PM // 15:13

If I recall correctly, with AoS you get a random benefit when you kill a foe, and then it changes to a different (or the same) one when you kill another foe, etc, for 20 - 30 seconds.
I'm not sure exactly what you're asking here, but if I read you correctly, if you kill a bunch of foes "at once", you'll get a bunch of Asura benefits "at once", which in the end means, you'll end up with one Asura benefit - the last one.
On a programming level (I think) you wouldn't actually kill all the foes "at once", but, one after another very rapidly. You would get a random benefit from each death, but, after the dust settles you only get the last one long enough to notice.

PurpleFlamingo · Aug 15, 2011, 04:18 PM // 16:18

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Originally Posted by Quaker

If I recall correctly, with AoS you get a random benefit when you kill a foe, and then it changes to a different (or the same) one when you kill another foe, etc, for 20 - 30 seconds.
I'm not sure exactly what you're asking here, but if I read you correctly, if you kill a bunch of foes "at once", you'll get a bunch of Asura benefits "at once", which in the end means, you'll end up with one Asura benefit - the last one.
On a programming level (I think) you wouldn't actually kill all the foes "at once", but, one after another very rapidly. You would get a random benefit from each death, but, after the dust settles you only get the last one long enough to notice.

You may be thinking of a different spell. The benefits from AoS are +5 energy, recharging all skills, all conditions removed, +50 hp, and double xp gained. They aren't lasting buffs with a duration, so it's not like one effect will replace another. If you have Balthazar's Aura going and you kill 5 enemies (that yield experience) at once with AoS active, you will get 5 benefits from AoS, not just one.

IronSheik · Aug 15, 2011, 06:50 PM // 18:50

This skill can be moderately good if you use Aotl as your only minion skill, or good for the occasional aegis recharge

Olle · Aug 15, 2011, 08:19 PM // 20:19

Im using it in a farm , for the +50% xp, so i just need to know if its worth using(cant try it at the moment)

Crom The Pale · Aug 15, 2011, 08:54 PM // 20:54

This is actually one of the best PvE skills, from a certain point of view. The trick is that you only gain a benifit if you gain EXP. So killing things in normal mode might not show any resulting gain from this skill. Also you won't notice things such as condition removal if your not currently under a condition or energy/health gain if your already at max.

Each time you gain EXP you gain a benifit so if you kill a mob and see 10 EXP numbers on screen you should recieve 10 activations of AoS.

Aug 15, 2011, 01:09 PM // 13:09	#1
Olle Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ign: Miniature Julia Guild: Teh Academy[PhD] Profession: W/	Air of Superiority Air of Superiority Skill. For 20...30 seconds you gain a random Asura benefit every time you earn experience from killing an enemy. At the moment i am farming Vaettirs on my warrior, making me kill 36/24 foes at once every minute(you know the farm so w/e) Now, what happends with AoS if i kill these mobs at once? when i used to do raptor farming, i actually didnt see anything happen, like, i just got it as 1 kill. Anyone has any input about it? Thanks.

Aug 15, 2011, 03:13 PM // 15:13	#3
Quaker Hell's Protector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Guild: Brothers Disgruntled	If I recall correctly, with AoS you get a random benefit when you kill a foe, and then it changes to a different (or the same) one when you kill another foe, etc, for 20 - 30 seconds. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking here, but if I read you correctly, if you kill a bunch of foes "at once", you'll get a bunch of Asura benefits "at once", which in the end means, you'll end up with one Asura benefit - the last one. On a programming level (I think) you wouldn't actually kill all the foes "at once", but, one after another very rapidly. You would get a random benefit from each death, but, after the dust settles you only get the last one long enough to notice. Last edited by Quaker; Aug 15, 2011 at 03:18 PM // 15:18..

Aug 15, 2011, 02:13 PM // 14:13	#2
halfies Academy Page Join Date: Sep 2010 Guild: [HiDE] [ToA]	you get all the kills i think, its just you wont notice alot of them because skill recharge, double xp and remove conditions are only noticeable once, and they make up the majority. at least that what seem to happen

Aug 15, 2011, 06:50 PM // 18:50	#5
IronSheik Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wolfenstein: Goldrush Guild: Zombies Go Nom Nom [Nom] Profession: N/	This skill can be moderately good if you use Aotl as your only minion skill, or good for the occasional aegis recharge

Aug 15, 2011, 08:19 PM // 20:19	#6
Olle Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ign: Miniature Julia Guild: Teh Academy[PhD] Profession: W/	Im using it in a farm , for the +50% xp, so i just need to know if its worth using(cant try it at the moment)

Aug 15, 2011, 08:54 PM // 20:54	#7
Crom The Pale Furnace Stoker Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Ageis Ascending Profession: W/	This is actually one of the best PvE skills, from a certain point of view. The trick is that you only gain a benifit if you gain EXP. So killing things in normal mode might not show any resulting gain from this skill. Also you won't notice things such as condition removal if your not currently under a condition or energy/health gain if your already at max. Each time you gain EXP you gain a benifit so if you kill a mob and see 10 EXP numbers on screen you should recieve 10 activations of AoS.