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!
New Dervish scythes 'unlocked' by update?
Xethrion
drupal
Please let them have really nice skins :x
Servant of Kali
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..
But hey, sword axe and hammer will always get a million skins..
Thanato
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
a lil disappointing skin wise, but the scythe aint half bad
Solus_the_Deadly
Cool scythes! I wonder if Balthzars Scythe we'll be dealing holy dmg, maybe a new mod?
dgb
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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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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.
macie28
post your pics of the new scythes here pls if you got any of them! thanks!
Nestaron
Balthazars Fury
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Balthazar%27s_Fury
Dwaynas Grace
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Dwayna%27s_Grace
Lyssa's Bedlam
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Lyssa%27s_Bedlam
Melandrus Grip
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Melandru%27s_Grip
Grenths Grasp
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Grenth%...unique_item%29
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Balthazar%27s_Fury
Dwaynas Grace
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Dwayna%27s_Grace
Lyssa's Bedlam
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Lyssa%27s_Bedlam
Melandrus Grip
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Melandru%27s_Grip
Grenths Grasp
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Grenth%...unique_item%29
Solus_the_Deadly
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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.
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.
NinjaKai
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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
Light damage.
dgb
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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
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.
I love Lyssa's Bedlam skin tho.
Muk Utep
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.
ogami_ito
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 $$$. This weapon makes certain builds (like the Invincible Derv with that sin elite Shadow-something). This has got to be one of the best derv weapons in the game!
Lyssa's Bedlam...looks...meh...stats...meh.
Melandru's Grip looks cool IMO. Its really to bad the mods are crap. Not as bad as Balthazar's Fury. But still not good. Its a scythe inteded for a R/D.
I imagine that Dwayna's Grace is going to sell for big $$$. 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.
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).
Fallen Hunter
Mod-wise: I want Dwayna's Grace!
Skin Wise: I want Balthazar's Fury or Melandru's Grip!
Skin Wise: I want Balthazar's Fury or Melandru's Grip!
Skuld
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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
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Light_damage
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Holy_damage
Servant of Kali
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
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
Shadowfox1125
2 of the 5 have Sundering mods... X.X
and Balth has a Furious mod.
and Balth has a Furious mod.
Venus was her name
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Originally Posted by Servant of Kali
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.
completly disagree
lots of derv builds act on ending and re-applying enchants making a +20% enchants mod pointless.
lots of derv builds act on ending and re-applying enchants making a +20% enchants mod pointless.
drupal
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Originally Posted by Venus was her name
completly disagree
lots of derv builds act on ending and re-applying enchants making a +20% enchants mod pointless. Completly disagree.
Some Enchantments you might want to keep up all the time: Mystic Vigor, Mystic Regeneration, Fleeting Stability, Ebon Dust Aura, Mirage Cloak... (just a few I remember atm).
There're so much Enchants you want to keep up all the time. It's no coincidence that the enchantment mods sell for more than 15k.
btw, I don't think Dwayna's is so good. My own preference would be a Zealous <nice skin here> of Enchanting for tanking and a Vampiric <^^> of Fortitude. I would prefer them even over a perfect Sundering one...
lots of derv builds act on ending and re-applying enchants making a +20% enchants mod pointless. Completly disagree.
Some Enchantments you might want to keep up all the time: Mystic Vigor, Mystic Regeneration, Fleeting Stability, Ebon Dust Aura, Mirage Cloak... (just a few I remember atm).
There're so much Enchants you want to keep up all the time. It's no coincidence that the enchantment mods sell for more than 15k.
btw, I don't think Dwayna's is so good. My own preference would be a Zealous <nice skin here> of Enchanting for tanking and a Vampiric <^^> of Fortitude. I would prefer them even over a perfect Sundering one...
Muk Utep
Most of the time, if you want to use an enchantment for its end effect, you use another skill to strip it off rather than wait for it to expire. In this case, an enchanting mod isn't good but it's not bad either. But pretty much every build uses enchants the regular way, either entirely or in combination with self-rending ones. +20% duration to your enchantment is IMO the best mod in any build that uses more than one enchantment for their full duration. For a green, and one that you can get so easily at that, Dwayna's is exceptionally good. Compared to the other scythes it's awesome.
kh1ndjal
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Originally Posted by sh4d0whunta
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
all greens are not max dmg, therefore certainly not ownage
Kijik Oni Hanryuu
yeh these greens are kinda lackluster... considering they are avatar greens.. I mean..FURIOUS? COME ON ANET! Also besides that point, these greens all have bloody reused skins... I am tired of reused skins.. Bloody Swords and Axes and (maybe) hammers often get new and pretty skins for their greens.. Why not show us Dervs the love huh? Bloody Wammos..
Muk Utep
Yeah. I'm especially disappointed that the one great scythe of the bunch (Dwayna's) has the same skin as SUNTOUCHED SCYTHE! What is up with that?!
Soldat
Too bad all these scythes look bad, or if they look cool they aren't that great.... too situational.
dargon
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Originally Posted by kh1ndjal
all greens are not max dmg, therefore certainly not ownage
Just what drugs have you been taking and where can I find some for myself? The only greens that aren't max damage, are those found in the beginner areas, Istani Island in Nightfall and the island with Shing Jea Monestary in Factions, all other greens are max damage.
AuraofMana
Dwayna has the best weapon -.-
Wrath of m0o
Stygian Scythe i belive is the best in the game, thats why i carry a gold req9 Vampiric Shadow Scythe of Enchanting. Cost me 40k to build, but much less than the 100-200 plat the Stygian Scythe is apparently going for.