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Twinsoul

Twinsoul

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha

Rogue Clan [Rg]

Mo/N

Someone, please post the Luxon and Kurzick skills. PLEASE! I don't want to have to farm that much faction just to see them.

Andisa Kalorn

Andisa Kalorn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

[PMS]

The only reason why I was ok with the sunspear skills is that it's very easy to max, and it takes hardly any at all effort to get to spearmarshal, which is good enough for many of the skills.

Even with the updates to the faction titles, that's still an insane amount of grind to max. And they didn't even add all the faction we previously got on the account (and spent on amber), which would have at least got me to the first rank of the kurzick title... so I'm not happy.

Zexion

Zexion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Warrior Nation [WN]

N/Me

Now they just need to add the option of using PvE only skills on heroes!

_Zexion

Goney

Goney

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

N/

Luxon/Kurzick skills



Found the image at guildwars.incgamers.com

JGaff

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Lotus Eaters

Me/

Wait, both sides have the SAME skills? That's a letdown. I mean, you'd figure they'd make "Archemorous's Might" and then something like "Viktor's Valor" to counter it...

Artwork seems to be slightly different though for both sides...

holababe

holababe

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2006

Goon Squad [LLJK]

Mo/

If you combine the elementalist Sunspear skill with the Luxon skill, you seem to get an insane damage boost.

JGaff

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Lotus Eaters

Me/

My bro is farming there right now. He says everything seems to be the same. Make sure your attributes,etc are correct. No need to panic yet...

qazwersder

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

I'll be looking soon

E/

So searing flames can now do.... 180 damage

VitisVinifera

VitisVinifera

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Northern California

HoTR

N/Me

can't wait to start playing around with these........

.......but I sigh at all the jades and ambers I've converted........

My Green Storage

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Arizona

My Blue Storage

N/

Yea lol

I was stupid lmao
I was like WTF is going on?!?!
I made the post, I go back, I'm like, Man I need ot find something to keep me alive.
I look up at my attributes, they're at 12 .. I didn't have my headgear with the +4 on

All is fine!
All is Dandy!
ANET I love you!

Enko

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

VA

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by holababe
If you combine the elementalist Sunspear skill with the Luxon skill, you seem to get an insane damage boost.
looks like you can get 23 to elemental attributes now: 16 + 2 from glyph + 2 from elemental lord + 1 from golden egg + 1 from blessings + 1 from lunar fortunes + 1 from master of my domain

add the extra 25% damage from the sunspear skill. mobs go boom

-Loki-

-Loki-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

A non-elite RaO for rangers. How disappointing.

Yichi

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...

Dark Alley [dR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by seut
just tested..it does!
yeah perma avatars. dervish just got way too easy to play..... Thank God these are pve only.

noblepaladin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

I think this made mesmers even worse relative to the other classes. In particular, paragons can keep up -31% damage indefinitely (combine with they're on fire, not sure how it stacks but I think that will become way too strong) and elementalist nuking is stronger than ever. I guess I can't make too much judgment yet, since secondaries can use these skills. But I don't see any reason for anybody to play a mesmer primary. Dervishes got a great boost as well as assassins, but I think Dervishes will be the preferred melee class now.

On another note, my guess is that you will NOT be able to get into ANY pug without having these skills now.

Winterclaw

Winterclaw

Wark!!!

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

W/

Silly question but was this the update that was supposed to give mesmers pve usability?

Series

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by MistressYichi
yeah perma avatars. dervish just got way too easy to play..... Thank God these are pve only.
So instead of sitting around for 30 seconds when the form ends, then using it again on the next mob, you get to skip the waiting time. Not that overpowered. I like it because it makes Avatar of Grenth a viable choice in PvE, which it definitely is not because of short duration and effect that is not that useful in PvE. With perma-duration, it could be pretty nice.

Traveller

Traveller

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Finland

League of Extraordinary Explorers [LOST] (my one man guild)

Me/

None of my characters have any Friend of the X - titles, so I guess no Luxon / Kurzick skills for me. Bah.

Oh, I tried to exchange one jadeite, since that also gives points towards the title... the lowest tier is 100,000? I think I'll just skip that. Sunspear skills look fun, though, and many characters should automatically have enough rank to find them useful just from playing the campaign.

Lord Nibiru

Lord Nibiru

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Croatia

KoD

Mo/

omg,I will now make Deadly Arts assassin...A/N and combine all their Sunspear/Kurzick skills so I can have +40 armor and health reg,with necro skills to get energy and do more damage...lol,it can work.

TriXor

TriXor

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

Ascalon City

Guildcast Listeners United [GLU]

Mo/

In all honesty, the new skills are fun, the nerfs are as always un-needed. (give us something we need WITHOUT taking something we like. )

And might i ask why there STILL isn't a factions transfer NPC in the AB areas? It get's annoying having to travel to the GH all the time. /fistshake

~Trixor

Miral

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Series
So instead of sitting around for 30 seconds when the form ends, then using it again on the next mob, you get to skip the waiting time. Not that overpowered. I like it because it makes Avatar of Grenth a viable choice in PvE, which it definitely is not because of short duration and effect that is not that useful in PvE. With perma-duration, it could be pretty nice.
grenth isnt too bad, but permanent balthazar or melandru or lyssa or dwayna are going to be horribly overpowered I think...

sindex

sindex

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

California

Swords of Night & Day [SWRD]

Hey has anyone noticed that you can attach the mesmer elite skill, “Signet of Illusions” to these new PvE spells, and it pretty much works out that way? I wonder if A-net knew about this, since they did buff fast casting for signets.

Theus

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

W/Mo

So..about Summon Spirits...Does it have only a distance of that of say Draw spirit?

Or is it the same radius of the Compass?

Code=007

Code=007

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

Tomorrow Never [dies]

A/

the dragon mosses outside saint anjeka's shrine all of them gone...
well not a big loss anyway.