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New Dervish scythes 'unlocked' by update?

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Xethrion
Frost Gate Guardian
• #1
Hey all, happened to read this line in the update and was pretty excited at what it means

Fixed a bug that prevented the following bosses from dropping their unique items: Acolyte of Balthazar, Acolyte of Dwayna, Acolyte of Grenth, Acolyte of Lyssa, and Acolyte of Melandru.

Does that mean we'll be getting 5 new Dervish greens? And to those lucky people who've managed to snag one already, please post pictures!
drupal
drupal
Wilds Pathfinder
• #2
Please let them have really nice skins :x
Servant of Kali
Servant of Kali
Jungle Guide
• #3
Sadly enough, there's not a single green scythe at this moment, known to me, that has an interesting skin.

But hey, sword axe and hammer will always get a million skins..
Thanato
Thanato
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #4
Well i somehow lucked out and got Grenth's Grasp with a full hero/henchman team.

a lil disappointing skin wise, but the scythe aint half bad

Solus_the_Deadly
Solus_the_Deadly
Frost Gate Guardian
• #5
Cool scythes! I wonder if Balthzars Scythe we'll be dealing holy dmg, maybe a new mod?
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dgb
Jungle Guide
• #6
Quote: Originally Posted by Solus_the_Deadly
Cool scythes! I wonder if Balthzars Scythe we'll be dealing holy dmg, maybe a new mod?
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Of course it wont - that's balance breaking. Seriously it's going to have standard mods, green text and probably will be worthless. Like most greens.
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macie28
Wilds Pathfinder
• #7
post your pics of the new scythes here pls if you got any of them! thanks!
Solus_the_Deadly
Solus_the_Deadly
Frost Gate Guardian
• #9
Quote: Originally Posted by dgb
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Of course it wont - that's balance breaking. Seriously it's going to have standard mods, green text and probably will be worthless. Like most greens. How is a holy Dmg mod balance breaking? With a dervish you can have holy dmg constanly with 3 different Aoe spells and Balthazars Avatar.
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NinjaKai
Forge Runner
• #10
Quote: Originally Posted by Solus_the_Deadly
How is a holy Dmg mod balance breaking? With a dervish you can have holy dmg constanly with 3 different Aoe spells and Balthazars Avatar. I've tested it. Avatar of Balthazat doesn't deal proper holy damage.
Skuld
Skuld
Furnace Stoker
• #11
Light damage.
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dgb
Jungle Guide
• #12
Quote: Originally Posted by Solus_the_Deadly
How is a holy Dmg mod balance breaking? With a dervish you can have holy dmg constanly with 3 different Aoe spells and Balthazars Avatar. It would be inherently better than every elemental mod. It doesn't matter that you can convert your damage in game with skills, that's balanced by the skills. It's the inherent damage factor. It would be significantly more powerful than elemental mods which are allready balanced - hence it would break the balance.
darkdawn
darkdawn
Frost Gate Guardian
• #13
Balthazar's Fury totally sucks. exept if you go warrior/para with shout as a secondary prof.(wich isint good at all).

I love Lyssa's Bedlam skin tho.
Muk Utep
Muk Utep
Frost Gate Guardian
• #14
Dwayna's Kiss is pretty damn good. I'd use it if I had it, but these avatars are kinda hard to kill with a small team, and good luck farming any unique with a party of 8 :P Too bad about the skin though.
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ogami_ito
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #15
The skin on Balthazar's Fury is just friggin awsome...best looking scythe IMO. But the mods are probably the worst of all the green scythes. Can you re-mod a green?

I imagine that Dwayna's Grace is going to sell for big $$$. This weapon makes certain builds (like the Invincible Derv with that sin elite Shadow-something). This has got to be one of the best derv weapons in the game!

Lyssa's Bedlam...looks...meh...stats...meh.

Melandru's Grip looks cool IMO. Its really to bad the mods are crap. Not as bad as Balthazar's Fury. But still not good. Its a scythe inteded for a R/D.
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ogami_ito
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #16
OH. And Avatar of Balthazar does do Holy Damage. Holy Damage is NOT armor-ignoring if part of a weapon mod or "imbued" into a weapon attack skill. It is armor-ignoring if the damage comes from a skill or spell itself. It still does 2X damage to undead though. So if it did have a holy-damage mod, it would be somewhat imbalancing in PvE (and I guess in PvP when fighting minion masters).
Fallen Hunter
Fallen Hunter
I Saw That
• #17
Mod-wise: I want Dwayna's Grace!
Skin Wise: I want Balthazar's Fury or Melandru's Grip!
Skuld
Skuld
Furnace Stoker
• #18
Quote: Originally Posted by ogami_ito
OH. And Avatar of Balthazar does do Holy Damage. Holy Damage is NOT armor-ignoring if part of a weapon mod or "imbued" into a weapon attack skill. It is armor-ignoring if the damage comes from a skill or spell itself. It still does 2X damage to undead though. So if it did have a holy-damage mod, it would be somewhat imbalancing in PvE (and I guess in PvP when fighting minion masters). see

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Light_damage

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Holy_damage
Servant of Kali
Servant of Kali
Jungle Guide
• #19
Dwayna's Grace is the best scythe in the game, for PvE. It's pretty much what i use on embossed scythe i have. Of course, there are 1% dervish builds which require different mods, but 99% of em need those. Sundering can be replaced for other mod true, but 15% while enchanted and 20% longer enchants is a must.
sh4d0whunta
sh4d0whunta
Academy Page
• #20
im sure all of the scythes would be ownage otherwise why would anet make them?? im sure they test all there greens before they put them ingame