and looks like they killed primal rage too -.-
On the other hand, changes in stance + aura of restoration = win
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Very interesting, but I am afraid that this does not solve all the problems. Especially in HA, now there is not much reason anymore to take a warrior over a sin. (gogo gwenway) WoWing the ghost now makes less sense, so this might be a good one.
Good thing the turret rangers are gone, but nerfing Read the Wind??? Flail is fine now.
Others skill updates do not really do something.
Good thing the turret rangers are gone, but nerfing Read the Wind??? Flail is fine now.
Others skill updates do not really do something.
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Originally Posted by moriz
so um... dstrike is now useless. who the hell will use it when you can just use [[distracting blow]?
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Sounds fine to me.
A lot of the skill updates are fairly okay. Aura of restoration change was unexpected and nice. I will be nice to be able to use it for something besides a cover enchant in PvE.
And all the people complaining about not getting free money should really just stop. I mean, I got short changed with z-keys too, but its free money/title points, so just stop complaining. Prices are already starting to tick down due to oversupply.
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Woo! Go Go Boreal chest running?
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Umm... did you not notice the "disables skill" part? Its the same as distracting blow, with an extra 5s cooldown in exchange for a conditional disable.
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yep, definitely should run a slower recharging interrupt, just for the off chance that i'll interrupt a target that JUST HAPPENS to have cracked armor also.
not to mention, distracting blow is AoE. THAT conditional effect is much more likely to be met.
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you actually count the cracked armor conditional? let me guess, you think body blow is a reliable source of deep wound because of the same conditional.
yep, definitely should run a slower recharging interrupt, just for the off chance that i'll interrupt a target that JUST HAPPENS to have cracked armor also. |
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Assassin * Hidden Caltrops: now disables all your non-Assassin skills for 10 seconds. * Shadow Refuge: increased duration to 6 seconds. |
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Elementalist * Aura of Restoration: decreased Energy cost to 5; increased recharge to 12. Functionality changed to: "For 60 seconds, you gain 0..1 Energy and are healed for 200..500% of the Energy cost each time you cast a spell." |
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Mesmer * Ether Feast: increased Health per Energy drained to 20..65. * Illusion of Haste: reduced the duration of the Crippled condition to 3 seconds. |
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Necromancer * Gaze of Contempt: increased casting time to 2 seconds. * Rend Enchantments: increased casting time to 2 seconds. * Wail of Doom: increased recharge to 15 seconds. |
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</facepalm>
But these 3 nerfs are still decent. IMO a cast increase would have been better on WOD then a recharge increase.
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Warrior * Defensive Stance: decreased duration to 1..5 seconds; decreased armor gain to +10. * Disciplined Stance: decreased duration to 1..4 seconds; decreased armor gain to +10. * Distracting Strike: functionality changed to: "If Distracting Strike hits, it deals no damage and interrupts target foe's action. If target foe has Cracked Armor, that skill is disabled for 20 seconds." * Flail: decreased duration to 1..15 seconds. * Healing Signet: increased healing to 82..172. * Primal Rage: increased recharge to 15 seconds. * Shield Stance: decreased duration to 1..6 seconds. * Soldier's Defense: decreased duration to 1..5 seconds. |
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PvP Ranger * Read the Wind: functionality changed to: "For 24 seconds, your arrows move twice as fast." |
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Ritualist * Ancestors' Rage: increased duration to 3 seconds; decreased damage to 1..31. * Weapon of Warding: functionality changed to: "For 5..10 seconds, target ally has a Weapon of Warding, granting that ally +2..4 Health regeneration and a 50% chance to block. Weapon of Warding ends if that ally attacks." |
As for WoW. I guess its ok. It hurts the C-space builds but encourages more defense by maintaining it on backliners only.
I don't see the logic in nerfing both the more powerful offensive skills for 4v4 play and the more defensive skills for 4v4 play. Sounds like a recipe for pushing imbalance in what ever direction it was headed in already.
Also, I'm disappointed at not seeing anything done to RoJ, mainly that there's no stating that the AI will recognize it as AoE.
Got my 75 tourney points just fine, for those who think there are problems.
Also, I'm disappointed at not seeing anything done to RoJ, mainly that there's no stating that the AI will recognize it as AoE.
Got my 75 tourney points just fine, for those who think there are problems.
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The interrupt is still unconditional though. Please don't troll with theorycraft an hour after an update declaring a skill "useless" when you haven't even been able to see how it works.
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-if you want a disabling interrupt (at least for axe): disrupting chop
-if you want a energy damage compressor: protector's strike
-if you want a fast recharging energy interrupt: distracting blow
-if you want a interrupt with +damage(for axe): agonizing chop
there isn't a purpose for distracting strike now, hence, it is useless. nobody in their right minds will run it, unless the team has a ton of cracked armor sources.
