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Post by Gwyd on Mar 10, 2009 23:22:22 GMT -5
the one thing i hate about anet is how they nerf skills vs buff. they make skills worth taking useless, and keep useless skills useless... come on. just buff up some elites that aren't used, so we can have a more versatile set of usable skillz! dumb anet...
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Post by Triia on Apr 1, 2009 21:17:48 GMT -5
Hehehehehe!
Update - Wednesday, April 1
Skill Updates
For more information on these changes, please see the Developer Updates page.
PvE and PvP
Assassin
* Scorpion Wire: no longer has half-range. Changed functionality to: "Target foe is teleported to your location and knocked down."
* Shroud of Silence: changed functionality to: "For 5..20 seconds, target player cannot send chat messages."
Dervish
* Increased duration of all Avatar skills to 40..70 seconds.
* Avatar of Grenth: changed functionality to: "For 10..90 seconds, your attacks steal 1..2 enchantments from any foe you hit and apply those enchantments to you."
Elementalist
* Sandstorm: now deals 10..30 more damage if the caster is standing in a sandy area.
* Searing Flames: removed Burning condition.
Mesmer
* No changes.
Monk
* Ray of Judgment: Removed Burning condition, increased damage to 10..90.
Necromancer
* Animate Flesh Golem: removed the single-golem limit.
Paragon
* Fallback!": Now ends if target ally is not moving away from a foe.
* "Incoming!": Now ends if target ally is not moving away from a foe.
* "It's Just a Flesh Wound!": This skill can now be used while dead.
* "The Power is Yours!": changed functionality to: "Sacrifice all Health. Until resurrected, 5 nearby party members gain +1..5 Earth Magic, +1..5 Fire Magic, +1..5 Air Magic, +1..5 Water Magic, or +1..5 Healing Prayers."
Ranger
* Beast Mastery: pets now have a chance of ignoring commands unless their master has a higher Beast Mastery rank than the pet's level.
* Equinox: Exhaustion duration is now based on the time of day.
Ritualist
* Signet of Ghostly Might: reverted functionality to: "For 10 seconds, target ally or foe does +10..35 damage. When this skill ends, that target is slain."
* Spawning Power: Weapon skills now last 50% longer for each rank of Spawning Power.
Warrior
* Bull's Charge: functionality changed to: "You Shadow Step to target foe and knock them down."
* Dwarven Battle Stance: duration is now based on the user's height.
* Gladiator's Defense: duration is now doubled in Random and Team Arenas.
Guild Battles
* Guild Battle NPCs now respawn at regular intervals until the Guild Lord is slain.
Miscellaneous
* Removed the Lucky Aura effect from the Lunar Fortune item.
* On a direct hit, the Zaishen rank emote now deals minor damage based on the user's rank and knocks the target down.
* Characters suffering from Blind cannot see distant enemies.
* Characters suffering from Dazed will now spin in place. The camera is locked for the duration of the effect.
* Introduced a new Cartographer title for the Battle Isles.
;D
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Post by Khunlin on Apr 9, 2009 11:27:59 GMT -5
No skill update this month?! Wha... ba... who... WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MYSELF?!
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Post by Kiwi on Apr 9, 2009 15:32:33 GMT -5
Have they said it's not coming out this month or is it just because it's not out yet? =o
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Post by Khunlin on Apr 9, 2009 15:36:40 GMT -5
Regina said that there would not be a skill update this month, since they're so busy with the content update.
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Post by Kiwi on Apr 9, 2009 15:37:12 GMT -5
Awwww. D: Well damn.
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Post by Triia on Apr 10, 2009 18:53:25 GMT -5
Well, I was going to introduce this with a lot of screaming but Khunlin's post up above just takes the wind out of my sails. In any case, with a mild quiver of excitement, I give you.... this. |
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Post by Khunlin on Apr 11, 2009 2:35:24 GMT -5
... Wailing Barrageway... /w Rainbow Phoenixes?
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Post by Jupiter on Apr 24, 2009 10:10:21 GMT -5
Holy cow I'd copy and paste but with my mouse I would give my self a hernia out of frustration. They should really have those warnings appear for a moment for those of us with the password thingie so that we skip that page. Momentary panic when my characters looked funky - then I had to take screenshots! Ooo...goodies posted from GWG (spoiler?)
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Post by Jupiter on May 14, 2009 18:50:23 GMT -5
Holy.Cow.
AEGIS? REALLY?
I was expecting PnH but some of these other things just blow my mind.
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Post by Kaiser on May 14, 2009 19:01:53 GMT -5
It has been a very long time since I have been this disappointed by a skill update. The vast majority of the changes are total nerfs, without bringing anything else up to replace them. The only one that seems to have gotten a boost is IW. Now I'm all for IW, but they are too easy to beat by simply shattering the enchantment. All-in-all, poor form, Anet.
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Post by Khunlin on May 14, 2009 20:29:12 GMT -5
As boring and lame as nerf-updates are, it's really necessary.
GW has been in a power-creep since NF came out... it's becoming rock-paper-scissors, where ANet thinks that the way to balance a crazy-overpowered skill is to buff a crazy-overpowered counter... holding back the buff to hexes by buffing hex removal, etc, etc...
It's gotten to the point that the skills are what really decides games... you can try to run balanced and have a "counter" to everything, but now that those other skills are so powerful, you can't REALLY counter them without that specific skill ANet buffed to counter it...
Like, for example: back in the day, your balanced team goes vs. hexes, your Mesmer and Ranger could shut down their hexers easily enough. But an LC has quick enough recharges and strong enough energy management that it takes a lot of focus for an interrupter to keep one down... ANet thinks it's "balanced" by PnH, but what about the other counters?
I dunno. I think there just needs to be an across-the-board nerf once in a while.
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Post by mura on May 15, 2009 11:00:34 GMT -5
As boring and lame as nerf-updates are, it's really necessary. GW has been in a power-creep since NF came out... it's becoming rock-paper-scissors, where ANet thinks that the way to balance a crazy-overpowered skill is to buff a crazy-overpowered counter... holding back the buff to hexes by buffing hex removal, etc, etc... It's gotten to the point that the skills are what really decides games... you can try to run balanced and have a "counter" to everything, but now that those other skills are so powerful, you can't REALLY counter them without that specific skill ANet buffed to counter it... Like, for example: back in the day, your balanced team goes vs. hexes, your Mesmer and Ranger could shut down their hexers easily enough. But an LC has quick enough recharges and strong enough energy management that it takes a lot of focus for an interrupter to keep one down... ANet thinks it's "balanced" by PnH, but what about the other counters? I dunno. I think there just needs to be an across-the-board nerf once in a while. They still felt lazy on a few things. For instance, Mirror of Ice and Steam---they have PvP vs. PvE for reasons. So why nerf both? But I understand the other necessity, as you've stated. |
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Post by Jupiter on May 15, 2009 11:34:51 GMT -5
... it's becoming rock-paper-scissors They need to add Lizard-Spock! |
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Post by Jupiter on May 22, 2009 8:14:32 GMT -5
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