Divine Boon bugged?

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GWplayer745
Academy Page
#1
I am a secondary monk, and have had Divine Boon in my skillbar for quite some time. Just for the record, the skill description is as follows:

While you maintain this enchantment, whenever you cast a Monk spell on an ally, that ally is healed for 25-61 health, and you lose 2 energy.

I remember just last night I could spam Divine Boon for a quick +25 health, and since it has a recast time of 1 second, it was the best spell I could find that I could really spam a lot. However, I was using the skill today and noticed that I was not getting the +25 health bonus I was used to getting. And for the record, I normally have at least 1 enchantment on me in addition to Divine Boon, and yes I am casting all spells on myself. So, I figured this might be a bug with my game. I exited and ran the game again and again, however, no matter what I did I was no longer getting the health bonus from spamming Divine Boon. (I was however, getting the +25 health bonus whenever I used another spell on myself, such as Healing Breeze.

Has ANet changed this skill? I have not noticed anything in the game updates section on the website.

Anyone else noticed this problem?
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Jamski
Academy Page
#2
ANet has changed this skill. Spamming it for self-heal was an unintended function.
Immortal Flame
Immortal Flame
Lion's Arch Merchant
#3
Wait...so it no longer heals yourself when you cast "Divine Boon - a monk skill" on yourself?
Narcissus
Narcissus
Lion's Arch Merchant
#4
Quote: Originally Posted by Immortal Flame
Wait...so it no longer heals yourself when you cast "Divine Boon - a monk skill" on yourself? While enchanted by Divine Boon, you do not gain an additional heal when you recast it.

In addition Divine Boon now cancels peace and harmony.
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Rieselle
Krytan Explorer
#5
Skills that only target self - Boon, Shouts, Stances, etc. no longer trigger Divine Boon or Zealots Fire. It was deliberately changed in the last update, read the notes.
kawaii_bat
kawaii_bat
Lion's Arch Merchant
#6
Quote: Originally Posted by Jamski
ANet has changed this skill. Spamming it for self-heal was an unintended function. Monks kill their dopplegangers in the desert too easilly with Zealot's fire and spammin Divine boon.

I think that's one of the reasons they changed it.
kg_lildude1
kg_lildude1
Frost Gate Guardian
#7
easy fix... spam mend ailment or other 2 recharge skills 5 cost, and whammo, just as good as boon
zehly
zehly
Sunshine
#8
There is a monk skill right now that has unintended uses that can used in a brilliant solo farming technique my guild came up with. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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Deathlord
Krytan Explorer
#9
Quote: Originally Posted by Narcissus
In addition Divine Boon now cancels peace and harmony. What was the point of that? I can understand cancellation of zealots fire since it would mean seriously jacked up damage (I never thought of it, but I only ran a LB Prot monk so I didn't use ZF anyway.), but how in the world would you abuse it with P&H??
EmperorTippy
EmperorTippy
Jungle Guide
#10
Quote: Originally Posted by zehly
There is a monk skill right now that has unintended uses that can used in a brilliant solo farming technique my guild came up with. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Yeppers. Its quite fun if were both talkign about the same skill.
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Seron Dalar
Academy Page
#11
Tsk, tsk. Don't abuse the game, guys.