So...hows the absorption nerf for everyone?

Heylo~ i just wanted to know how drastically, or not drastically people's gameplays have been since the absorption rune and shield changes to physical damage only.

Weve had some time to test it out. so how is it for everyone?

Changed my playstyle, yes. Changed the endurance of my tank, yes. My solution? Instead of 9 in Earth magic, I use 12, taking it out of Swordsmanship.

I still see warriors at the top of the ladder with exalted aegis's. I haven't seen much difference with whats used against them either, except when I see sworders attacking other warriors they are often using an IDS or FDS. Can't tell with other weapons, but I would assume that they are switching to elemental to attack them. So, it's a pretty expected change, but not much of a change. Hell, I still see warriors at the top of the ladder using the old gladiator + ascalon boots combination, so even that hasn't hit very hard if people at the top haven't bothered upgrading their PvE warriors equipment.

Didn't change much. Though I did craft a Sentinels chest piece a little sooner than I had planned.

Hasn't impacted me much at all, PvE or PvP. -Loki- has it, though, IDS/FDS ftw.

I actually haven't played my warrior much since. But not because of the change, I've had my focus on some other characters for the moment.

Err, all I know is I can still farm where ever I want and it doen't affect me so I'm having a good time

I stopped playing my warrior, but then again I never really enjoyed playing her.

I haven't changed a thing. Still haven't gotten rid of the Ascalon gloves.

I don't see a difference, still alot of damage<.<

Hasn't changed my playstyle but my war dies much faster than it used to.

Wands doing more than hammers in PvE, it just bugs me.

Haven't changed at all, I had to tweek my Ghail Farming build but that's all. And as far as Loki noticing wars using FDS/IDS on each other, I did that long before the nerf

I can no longer stay and let the mergoyles charge me up with spirit of balth anymore (they did 0 damage but i still get energy ^^) while farming ettins but it's nothing i can't manage to live with. Also now i tend to farmo vermin, which only deal physical damage

Correct me if i'm wrong, but the base armor of the shield is vs physical only too? Or is it just the bonuses?

Balance Stance = my new friend.

Cost me 15k, but on the other side I finally did finish my set of 15k glads.

It doesn't remotely affect my eles ability to kill warriors. -7 damage off of a lightning orb wasn't significant before and still isn't.

My monk hasn't noticed it being any harder to heal.

My warrior is still sitting neglected in Shing Jea at level 12 wondering what all the fuss is about.

I mean really, -7 elemental damage, is that really something to worry about? Warriors can still kill and tank, that's what is important.

I hate this nerf, my warrior was made useless so i deleted him, sodding anet with there nerfs, after all the money i spent on him for his fow armour, whaaaa whaaaa whaaaaa.

That sums up 90% of the complaints.

The other 10% are the sensible niggly little things mentioned before this post.

Compared to the MAJOR whines that it caused it really has had very little effect on anything

And it's exactly as I would have expected it be, people tend to overreact and cry "OMG you nerfed my wammo, I quit GW and I'm never coming back" for no good reason.