Still no skill updates???

/crosses fingers
Maybe they realized that Ranger energy spirits don't stack right, and that Draw Spirit is broken, and that they forgot to fix them and are working on that!

EXACTLY!

It shouldn't be about who can adapt quickest, Anet should give us some headsup on skills balances, so we can adapt before the season starts, rather than trying to do so during the season, which can bring losses pretty quickly. This is pretty shabby of Anet, although I imagine the leaked skill balances has made Anet rethink what skills to fix.

For the record, Gaile confirmed that the leaked skill balance was fake. However, she didn't confirm when the real one will be released.

I doubt that it was fake, it was probably just a proposed balance, not the actual one. Probably just a stage one update, or a first draft or whatever.

/me energy management is gonna get raped :'(

:edit:
just read up there i guess the leaked update was fake?

I agree with the OP here, I think it would be nice if the update came a bit sooner so we could adjust our build apropriatly if we need to. Having to come up with a new concept as well would suck.


There were a couple of posts that bothered me though, and those were the ones ragging on people who copy builds. There are 2 types of teams in a guild battle, the winner and the loser. There is no award, or rating given to the guild who was origional, just the one that won the battle. While farming the ladder by staying up for days at a time can be a problem, just becuase someone uses someone else's build doesn't mean they're worse at it. Guild Wars PvP is about winning, not being origional.

Something like that, the skills they had listed are wrong but the balance update isn’t. She said by the end of this week more then likely Thursday some time, if I recall is seemed when they did skill balance is was always update then. Also she added that a new log in screen was coming soon.

1) Gaile OF COURSE said that the leaked list was fake...Do you expect them to be embarrassed like that and show the flaws in their alpha program?

Its just like I said probably, It was a proposed list from the alphas and they are probably rushing now to tweak what they'll be updating so they can scream that the list was fake and everything on their front is A-Ok.

2) I am starting to beleive shady Geocity (or w/e) sites more than I beleive what Gaile says nowadays..

I agree bout the timing....but maybe this will be the idea of this season start?...anyway:

The fake skill list got some pretty good ideas, I hope some of them are already in the real list, also I would like to see skills that need boost and not listed in the fake upgraded as well

So we can only sit and wait (where the "sit" part is optional)

If they were fake, she wouldn't have asked everyone and everywhere to remove them; she would just have commented about them being fake.

My guess is that the final skill balance will be 95% true to what was leaked.

What I find rather interesting is that I didn't have the perception that the Alpha-Testers were SO many. Recently it turned out that A LOT of the top guilds, plus people working in forums, have someone with the alpha-tester status. I understand that ANet wants to hear from people who use and push their skills to the limit, but that's like having a strong insider for many many guilds.

In this occasion, skill balance will come the same day the ladder reopens; unlike the OP, I'm under the impression that most top guilds have already been experimenting new builds in the light of the new changes, which are still unknown to the mass. And I feel rather disappointed for that.

9/14 Update

Assasin
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/f...play.php?f=223

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Gooooood luuuuccck Ritualist(rtLord)

Creation Boon :
gain 3~7 Energy > 1~6

Shelter :
>>When this Spirit prevents damage, it loses 60~36 Health.
When this Spirit prevents damage, it loses 75~45 Health.
Energy Cost 15 > 25
Recharge 60s > 45s

Soothing :
Energy Cost 10 > 25

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Union & Displacement :
Recharge 60s > 45s

Ritual Lord :
>>For 30 seconds, your Rituals recharge 15~63% faster.
For 30 seconds, your Rituals recharge 15~60% faster.

Creation boon X
woot
Boon of Creation

I think your skill update just popped up!

WTF NIGHTFALL LOGIN SCREEN!11


http://www.guildwars.com/support/gameupdates/


Skill updates

Yup, 15MB downloaded...it's a really big update...

OH WAIT....NIGHTFALL LOGIN SCREEN!!! WOOT!

HOLY SH*T!!! Assassin got a big boost in damage.

Assassin do need a boost...but this is over doing it..

//Elementalist
{E}Ether Prodigy :
>>you take 2 damage for each point of Energy you have.
you take 3 damage for each point of Energy you have.

Mind Burn :
Energy Cost 15 > 5
Recharge 10s > 5s

Mind Freeze & Shock :
Energy Cost 15 > 5
Recharge 20s > 8s


//Monk lalala AoE/smiter
Balthazar's Aura :
effect time 10s > 8s

Bane Signet :
Recharge 25s > 20s

Banish :
damage is doubled if you attck minion

Divine Boon
Recharge 1s > 10s
>>that ally is healed for 25~61 points.
that ally is healed for 15~60 points.

Extinguish :
Cast time 0.25s > 1s
Recharge 10s > 12s

Purge Signet :
Cast time 3s > 2s

Signet of Judgment :
Recharge 25s > 20s

Zealot's Fire
Recharge 30s > 45s


//Warrior
Bull's Strike :
Recharge 8s > 10s

Dismember :
Adrenaline 7 > 5

{E}Eviscerate :
Dmg 10~34 > 1~31

Irresistible Blow :
Recharge 4 > 6s
Dmg 1~24 > 5~20

Wary Stance :
Recharge 45s > 30s

15MB? you should have left it in your login screen for a while longer. I downloaded over 400MB worth of stuff.

//Mesmer
Images of Remorse

Leech Signet :
Recharge 45s > 30s

Signet of Disruption :
Recharge 30s > 20s


//Necromancer
Plague Signet :
Recharge 10s > 8s


//Ranger
Broad Head Arrow :
Cost 25 > 15

{E}Equinox
{E}Famine
{E}Greater Conflagration
{E}Lacerate
Recharge 45s > 30s

Savage Pounce :
Recharge 15s > 10s

Tiger's Fury & Bestial Fury
>>attack 33% faster
attack 25% faster.

er... Thumper

lmao, well this thread is pointless now :P