Fix'ing Assassin Utility

ensoriki

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

To prevent crowding of Moriz's topic, or overshadowing of his idea.
I think there should be a topic dedicated
Moriz topic is more dedicated to making sure the assassin can't do over powered dagger combos.
This one is just about their utility
Im just offering ideas, and would hope that you join me in doing so.
Contents
Critical strikes lulzors1
Dagger mastery lulzors2
Deadly arts Lulzors3
Shadow arts Lulzors 4
Unlinked Lulzors 5
Shuuda's: Shudda2

Critical Strikes Lulzors1
[card]Sharpen Daggers[/card] While it applying bleed is good, why wouldn't you just put jagged strike in this slot? Letting Sharpen daggers be.
Many GW players suggest: Make it a skill
yum suggests: Make it inflict cripple whenever you attack a moving foe.
-Apply bleeding blah blah, if you critical strike you apply Deep wound for 10 seconds.
-Or make it apply bleeding but your attacks have +5 damage.
Otherwise sharpen daggers is somewhat mediocre to dagger assassin
[card]Seeping Wound[/card]
-The degen stays the same, but perhaps it should inflict Cripple if you do a critical Strike on that foe.
Making Seeping wound a way to give +10 degen and a snare.
-Or make it degen but , target foe takes 50% less effect from healing. I prefer the first form, as the second form doesn't use critical strikes.
Yum suggests: Make it 2...8 health loss (not degen) per second.
[card]Dark Apostasy[/card]
For 3...14...17 seconds, every time you successfully land a critical hit, you remove one Enchantment from your target and gain 5...30 health. If you remove an Enchantment in this way, you lose 10...5...4 Energy or Dark Apostasy ends.
[card]Deadly haste[/card]
Changed to Half-ranged and Touch Spells.
This would synergize with Shroud of Silence, and other touch skills which mean's the assassin needs to put less attribute points in Deadly arts for them to work.
and 5 energy, Or 5 energy.
This skill's potential is easy to reach and it allows use of Disrupting/crippling dagger for quick cripples and disruptions. However with its 10 energy cause its a bit more annoying to fit on a sin bar.
[card]Way of the assassin[/card]
+10 % chance to Double attack.
[card]Locust's Fury[/card]
15% chance to critical (not + chance, so it doesn't add up straight)
Yum suggests: Make it non elite, stance.
[card]Fox's Promise[/card]
Whenever you fail to attack, you do 4..25 damage to all adjacent foes
Fox's promise becomes like Sand Shard in a way.
Tyla's suggestion: if you fail to attack you do 20...40 to all adjacent foes

Dagger Mastery lulzors2
[card]Flashing Blades[/card]
, Changed duration to 5. 17.24 changed recharge to 20.

Deadly arts ,This one is rather large and tricky >.> lulzors3
[card]Assassin's Promise[/card]Changed to 1/4 cast.
[card]Augury of Death[/card]Becomes Touched Foe,
-yum suggests: Make both you and Target foe gain deep wound.
[card]Crippling dagger[/card] 3/4 cast time. cripple changed to 5. 14..17
[card]Disrupting Dagger[/card] now gives 1...4....7 disable.
[card]Dark Prison[/card] duration changed to 2...8...11
[card]Enduring Toxin[/card] And all adjacent foes.
[card]Expose defenses[/card]5 energy.
[card]Expunge enchantments[/card] 5 energy, or 20 recharge., perhaps both.
[card]Impale[/card]Changed back to original hex form, does 5...79...89 damage on your next dual attack
applies deep wound if you critical.
[card]Lift enchantment[/card]Remove 1 enchantment from target foe, if foe is knocked down remove 1....3..4 additional enchantments.
[card]Mark of Death[/card]10 energy, now does 50% less healing
[card]Mark of Insecurity[/card] and cost an additional 5 energy.,20 recharge.
[card]Scorpion wire[/card]20 recharge, changed to 200m 3 second knock down 15 recharge.
[card]Shadow Fang[/card]
recharge 30.
Tyla suggestions: recharge 40
[card]Deadly paradox[/card]All your assassin enchantments last 50% longer, all hexes have 50% less duration.
Shuuda Suggestion: Current deadly paradox stats but affects your next 1...3 skills.
[card]Shroud of silence[/card] Target foes spells are disabled for 7 seconds, all your spells are disabled for
10....4..3 seconds recharge 18 (9 seconds with high deadly haste) (inspired by someone whos name I forgot)
[card]Siphon Strength[/card]Foe can also not critical.
[card]Shameful Fear[/card] 1 second cast time, 5 energy, 12 recharge.
[card]Siphon Speed[/card]Changed to and you move 25% faster, 1/4 casting time.
[card]Way of the Empty Palm[/card]10 energy, duration changed to 5...28..34

Shadow Arts lulzors4
[card]Beguiling Haze[/card] Reduce, energy cost to 10, increase Activation to 1 second, Turn to half range, and let it affect all adjacent foes.
or. Full range, now affects all adjacent foes. Not a huge problem in pvp as people shouldn't be bunching up, good in pve now for aoe daze.

[card]Blinding Powder[/card]
1.recharge lowered to 15, duration changed to 2....11...13 (11 is 12 Shadow arts)
Or make it affect all Nearby foes cast time 3/4.
[card]Caltrops[/card]
Either make it full-range for for what it cost now.
Or make it 5 energy, 15 duration.
2nd option makes it good with Deadly haste, and promotes a half-range utility build.
[card]Dark Escape[/card]
Remixed natural stride, 12 recharge, duration 2...8...10,
or, Recharge 20, duration 3....11...13, 33% speed buff
[card]Death's Charge[/card]
3/4 cast time, recharge 25
[card]Feigned Neutrality[/card]
Revert to original form, armor reduced to +60
[card]Heart of Shadow[/card]
Target ally, makes it good for /A secondarys or A/* itself.
[card]Hidden Caltrops[/card]
Either 1/4 cast time,
or 4 recharge. Not both.
[card]Mirrored Stance[/card]
Whenever target foe enters a stance, that stance ends and you enter it.
Recharge 10.
[card]Shadow Refuge[/card]
Lose 1 condition, you gain +3...7...10 Health regen (nerfed), conditional heal boosted to 25....78..90
[card]Shadow Shroud[/card]
Recharge 15.
[card]Shadow of Haste[/card]
Revert to original factions form (not the imba form)
[card]Shadowy Burden[/card]
Snare removed, armor deduction increased to 35
[card]Shroud of Distress[/card]
1/4 casting time, 30 recharge.
[card]Unseen Fury[/card]
you cannot be blocked by blinded or dazed foes.
[card]Vipers defense[/card]
The next time you are struck you take no damage and are teleported to a random nearby location.
Poison decreased to 3....14...17
[card]Way of the Fox[/card]
35 recharge, your next 2...7...10 (7 is 12 shadow arts) attacks cannot be blocked.

Unlinked lulzors5
[card]Dash[/card]
Recharge put to 6 seconds, or duration put to 4.

[card]Mark of instability[/card] 5 energy, 3/4 cast time.

[card]Recall[/card]
you move 5% slower while recall is on, not a large nerf but its easier for people to kite from you.

[card]Shadow Walk[/card] Recharge stays at 30, Duration changed to 25.
[card]Signet of Twilight[/card] Change loses enchantments, to you lose hex's =P

[card]Spirit Walk[/card]
Shadow Step to target spirit, and gain 50 health. Target spirit takes 80 damage.
[card]Swap[/card] Target Foe, Shadow steps to a nearby location and takes 20...90 damage becomes linked to shadow arts

[card]Wastrel's Collapse[/card] Name reverted to shameful waste (thats wtf it is)
After 5 seconds, target foe is knocked down.
This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill.
If this hex ends prematurely, you and all nearby allys are knocked down for 3 seconds and all foes within earshot are knocked down for 3 seconds.
- Bohemian Keith Suggests: After 5 seconds, target foe is knocked down and you shadowstep to that foes location.
This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill.

Shuuda's Suggestions (shudda2)
Return - All adjacent foe a crippled for x - xx seconds, and you move 33% faster for x- xx seconds.
[card]Death's Charge[/card] - You move 33% faster for x - xx seconds, when this stance ends you gain xx - xxx health. Reduce recharge to 15 - 20
[card]Beguiling Haze[/card] - you move 33% faster for x - xx seconds, the next foe you hit is dazed for x - xx seconds. Change cost to 5, or 10 if 5 is over powered.
[card]Shadow Prison[/card] - you move 33% faster for x - xx seconds, the next foe you hit is crippled for x - xx seconds. Change cost to 5 and recharge to 15 - 20.
[card]Dark Prison[/card] - You move 15% faster for x - xx seconds, if you hit a moving foe, they are crippled for x - x seconds. Reduce cost to 5 and recharge to 20
[card]Death's retreat[/card] - You move 40% faster for x - x seconds, when this stance ends you gain xx - xx health and an extra xx - xx health for every ally in the area (maxium of xx) ( or replace the extra health gain with a condition for every ally in area max of 1 - 3)
[card]Scorpion Wire[/card] - You move 10% faster for x - x seconds, if the next foe you hit is moving, they are knocked down. (50% chance to fail if 4 or less in deadly arts) reduce recharge to 15 - 20.
[card]Shadow Meld[/card] - While you maintain this enchantment you move 0 - 33% faster, but you will be unable to use stances. When this enchament ends, you lose all enchaments and 1 condition for each lost. Move to Shadow arts or critical strikes.
[card]Aura of Displacement[/card] - While you maintain this enchantment you move 0 - 33% faster, but you are unable to use stances. If you are targeting an ally when this ends, you shadow step to his position and lose all enchantments and stance (range of half radar) reduce cost to 5. Move to Shadow or Critical.
(Rusbish I know, but I'm stumpped on how to change that)
[card]Shadow Fang[/card] - for x - x seconds you move 25% faster, the next foe to hit will suffer deep wound for x - xx seconds if you critical them. reduce recharge to 15.
[card]Shadow Walk[/card] - For x - xx seconds you move 40% faster, but you cannot use or be the target of allied spells or enchantments. Move to shadow arts. reduce recharge to 25.

[card]Spirit Walk[/card] - For x - xx seconds you move 33% fasters and gain x - xx health for each second moving if there are allied spirits in the area.
[card]Vipers Defense[/card] All adjacent Foes are poisoned for x - xx seconds, and you move 33% faster for x - xx seconds.
[card]Swap[/card] - If target Foe is moving faster than normal, they lose xx - xx health and you move 25% faster for x - xx seconds. Move to deadly arts. Increase recharge to 15.
or Putting in Shadow arts and giving it a scaled hp and scaled damage
eg. 12 shadow arts would give 90 health and spirit takes 130 damage
[card]Recall[/card] - If you are targeting an ally you move 40 - 50% faster, if target ally has less health than you when this stance ends, you lose 20 - 10 energy and skill are disabled for 10 - 7 seconds. Move to critical or shadow.
[card]Deadly paradox[/card] affects your next 1...3 skills.
[card]Mark of Instabilit[/card]adding target foe attacks 25% slower to current skill

Note that all stance that have an effect upon hitting a foe will end when you hit them.



Okay...I've finished ALL the skills.
Now I need feedback and suggestions.
So that we can all decide on things.

JR

JR

Re:tired

Join Date: Nov 2005

W/

Fixing assassins to make them other than an entirely one dimensional class would require a complete overhaul. You may as well just remove them from the game and be done with it.

winterheart

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

A/

I have my main as an assassin and although everyone is complaining about the nerf of sins, i really do not mind too much, realistically, all the skills that were nerfed are still going to be used, it just took the class and made people think slightly more about their builds as apposed to " ill get the SP sin".
It makes people re-look as sins and im glad that they are, the "balance" has opened up the class and makes people look to more unused elites/builds.
feel free to pick my comments to pieces but thats my view.

MercenaryK

MercenaryK

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

What A Mess

W/N

I don't understand your reasoning behind switching Way of the Assassin's effects to a watered down Locust Fury. Why not keep them the way they are?

ensoriki

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

There is no switching, it was a buff.
Promotes variety if they're similar but different.

Way of the sin gives higher crit boost and a small chance to dual strike

Locust's Fury gives higher Dual strike and a small chance to crit strike.

When using skills, way of the assassin is clearly better.

Locust's fury provides stronger pressure.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by ensoriki
To prevent crowding of Moriz's topic, or overshadowing of his idea.
I think there should be a topic dedicated
Moriz topic is more dedicated to making sure the assassin can't do over powered dagger combos.
This one is just about their utility
Im just offering ideas, and would hope that you join me in doing so.

Critical Strikes
[card]Sharpen Daggers[/card] While it applying bleed is good, why wouldn't you just put jagged strike in this slot? Letting Sharpen daggers be.
-Apply bleeding blah blah, if you critical strike you apply Deep wound for 10 seconds.
-Or make it apply bleeding but your attacks have +5 damage.
Otherwise sharpen daggers is somewhat mediocre to dagger assassin dont forget the critical barrager:P
[card]Seeping Wound[/card]
-The degen stays the same, but perhaps it should inflict Cripple if you do a critical Strike on that foe.
Making Seeping wound a way to give +10 degen and a snare.
-Or make it degen but , target foe takes 50% less effect from healing. I prefer the first form, as the second form doesn't use critical strikes..or make it a skill aswell so its unremovable but remove cripple and add +dmg?
[card]Dark Aspostasy[/card]
For 3...14...17 seconds, every time you successfully land a critical hit, you remove one Enchantment from your target and gain 5...30 health. If you remove an Enchantment in this way, you lose 10...5...4 Energy or Dark Apostasy ends.remove the energy loss.
[card]Deadly haste[/card]
Changed to Half-ranged and Touch Spells.
This would synergize with Shroud of Silence, and other touch skills which mean's the assassin needs to put less attribute points in Deadly arts for them to work.might get a little imba imo
[card]Way of the assassin[/card]
+10 % chance to Double attack.fail update
[card]Locust's Fury[/card]
25% chance to critical (not + chance, so it doesn't add up straight)i dont get what you mean here.
[card]Fox's Promise[/card]
Whenever you fail to attack, you do 4..25 damage to all adjacent foes
Fox's promise becomes like Sand Shard in a way.make it 20..40

Dagger Mastery
[card]Flashing Blades[/card]
, Changed duration to 5. 17.24 changed recharge to 20.
energy cost to 5 and some other thing imo

Deadly arts ,This one is rather large and tricky >.>
[card]Assassin's Promise[/card]Changed to 1/4 cast.keep it how it is
[card]Augury of Death[/card]Becomes Touched Foe, this nerf wont change much
[card]Crippling dagger[/card] 3/4 cast time. cripple changed to 5. 14..17 keep this the same
[card]Disrupting Dagger[/card] now gives 1...4....7 disable.this is fine how it is
[card]Dark Prison[/card] duration changed to 2...8...11 isnt that the same nerf SP got?
[card]Enduring Toxin[/card] And all adjacent foes. scale it to 1..5 foes in the area
[card]Entangling asp[/card] 5 energy, that or 3/4 casting time. leave this untouched
[card]Expose defenses[/card]5 energy. and revert the buff to rigor mortis
[card]Expunge enchantments[/card] 5 energy, or 20 recharge., perhaps both. both sounds good!
[card]Impale[/card]Changed back to original hex form, does 5...89...100 damage on your next dual attack
applies deep wound if you critical. /agree
[card]Lift enchantment[/card]Remove 1 enchantment from target foe, if foe is knocked down remove 1....3..4 additional enchantments. might need some recharge/cast/energy changes too then
[card]Mark of Death[/card]10 energy, now does 50% less healing 33% is fine,lingering curse is almost exactly the same then
[card]Mark of Insecurity[/card] and cost an additional 5 energy.,20 recharge. gogo
[card]Scorpion wire[/card]20 recharge, changed to 200m 3 second knock down 15 recharge. just change recharge
[card]Shadow Fang[/card] recharge 30. 40 recharge
[card]Deadly paradox[/card]All your assassin skills recharge 50% faster, all your assassin attacks, activate (you attack) 50% slower. Activation clause for skills has been removed.just remove from the game!!
[card]Shroud of silence[/card] Target foes spells are disabled for 6 seconds, all your spells are disabled for
10....4..3 seconds recharge 12 (inspired by someone whos name I forgot)isnt this exactly the same function of blackout(including the stats)
[card]Siphon Strength[/card]Foe can also not critical.yes,gotta agree.
[card]Shameful Fear[/card] 1 second cast time, 5 energy, 12 recharge.still an enemy speed boost though...
[card]Siphon Speed[/card]Changed to and you move 25% faster, 1/4 casting time.recharge:8
[card]Way of the Empty Palm[/card]10 energy, duration changed to 5...28..34
leave this how it is imo
Need more ideas for shadow arts, Looking as Hidden caltrops right now

Some skills were nerfed (See Augury of death, can be kited from now) and quite a few were buffed
Deadly paradox, now lets skills recharge fast, but they won't activate fast (thus they can be interrupted).
Hopefully if Moriz and others can get the assassin dagger fix's working, they can blend in well with these.

Please suggest your idea's, I'll edit the post with the ideas I think are best =P those're my opinions.

ensoriki

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

Dark aspostasy has the energy loss to prevent it from being IMBA.
Otherwise you have avatar of grenth...the enchantment.
ya 20..40 for fox's promise seems fine.
No reason not to chance Way of the empty palm though.
Shameful Fear is an enemy speed buff of course, balances it out well.
Shroud of silence is a bit better than black out, its 6 seconds and with max DA your spells are only disabled for 2. Also blackout disables all of your skills, this leaves you with your attack skills to slaughter.
40 is to long a recharge for scorpion wire, 20/25/ or 15 max. I changed it so that it gives better rewards to positioning.
Enduring toxin may be too strong with Foes in the area, in pve this would Intoxicate all enemies AND its automatically reapplies itself.
In pvp that would be even worse a hex that reapplys itself, and affects the entire area...monks would throw a fit.

The locust fury this is this

Theres % to critical and then theres +% to critical, just as there is damage and then there is +damage.
+% critical stacks perfectly.
Normal % stacks multiplicatively, thus 33% to critical is not actual 33% +33% is.

The way of the assassin is a failure update? It just gives it a +10% chance to dual strike on top of what it already has.
Lift enchantment removes 4 enchants at 15/16 Deadly arts.
and as Deadly arts is utility, the attribute range put in may just be 2---7 points.
Thus it will generally only remove an additional 3 enchantments (4) if you knock down.

The dark prison thing is a buff actually.
Im starting on Shadow arts now >.> I have a bad rep for making shadow refuge to strong.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by ensoriki
Dark aspostasy has the energy loss to prevent it from being IMBA.
Otherwise you have avatar of grenth...the enchantment.
eeeh guess you're right:P
Quote:
40 is to long a recharge for scorpion wire, 20/25/ or 15 max. I changed it so that it gives better rewards to positioning. i ment 40 on shadow fang.

ensoriki

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

added your suggestion for shadow fang.
Finished the entire assassin line.

Need comments and suggestions.

Shuuda

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

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Your suggestions are overpowered as long as Deadly Paradox effects recharge of all spells, change it to effect the next 1 spell only, it fails if you have less than 5 deadly arts.

ensoriki

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

Added Shuuda's deadly paradox suggestion.
Changed my suggestion from affecting skills and attacks to affecting enchantments and hexes.

BohemianKeith

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Wastrels collapse
After 5 seconds, target foe is knocked down and you shadowstep to that foes location.
This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill.

I think that would make it equal in strength to SP since SP helps you meet the requirements for hexes this change would allow you to start with a offhand requiring kd. Seems like a good idea to me.

horseradish

horseradish

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

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Rt/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by BohemianKeith
Wastrels collapse
After 5 seconds, target foe is knocked down and you shadowstep to that foes location.
This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill.

I think that would make it equal in strength to SP since SP helps you meet the requirements for hexes this change would allow you to start with a offhand requiring kd. Seems like a good idea to me. Yes, Wastrel's Collapse definitely needs a buff. I like the above suggestion.

ensoriki

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

0_o >.> I'll note your suggestion in a second

Shuuda

Shuuda

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Join Date: Jul 2006

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I also feel that:

- Spirit walk should be added to shadow arts and have the health gain and spirit damage scaling.

- The Knock down on Scorpion Wire should scale.

- 50% less healing on mark of pain is too much, it should scale 5/10% - 33%, and cost 5e.

- Mark of Insecurity should maybe reduce attack speed by 25%.

- Swap seems too much, swapping with anything could be havoc for PvP.

yum

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by BohemianKeith
Wastrels collapse
After 5 seconds, target foe is knocked down and you shadowstep to that foes location.
This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill.

I think that would make it equal in strength to SP since SP helps you meet the requirements for hexes this change would allow you to start with a offhand requiring kd. Seems like a good idea to me. It still sux balls. That is one of the skill that should be deleted.

Dark aspostasy: is fine as it is.

Locust fury: remove the elite status,make it a stance: while you are in effect of this skill, you cant gain adre.

Seeping wound: instead of -1...4 degen => lose 2...8 health each second.

Sharpen daggers: make it a skill. If you hit a moving foe, he is cripple... The DW is too much.

Augury: if hp drops below 50%, you and target foe suffer from DW and you tele to his position.

ensoriki

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

I prefer my suggestion for wastrels.

In pve, it would give team sync for skilled teams. The assassin goes in (pre-protted)
with Wastrels collapse (although anyone can use it =P) casts it on something, and as no allys are nearby they are not knocked down, however all those monsters are... and the ele just nukes em while there down.
in GvG, this would also be useful against flaggers or monks, who would have to decide, to continue their action and put their team in a bad situation, or be the sole victim of a normal 2 second knock down. This of course can be removed with Pre-viel =P or if someone else removes it.
To balance this wastrel's I made it so that all nearby allys are Also knocked down, so if your team isn't positioned right, They are also knocked down, which can really suck if your monks on the ground while your dying from degen.

Div

Div

I like yumy food!

Join Date: Jan 2006

Where I can eat yumy food

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Mo/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by JR
Fixing assassins to make them other than an entirely one dimensional class would require a complete overhaul. You may as well just remove them from the game and be done with it.
Agree completely.

Too bad Izzy feels too much pressure from the little ninja wannabes to nerf the instagib-ness out of existence. That and the fact the Japanese GvG community will completely die, as evidenced by HAnD and Me's pathetic attempt to run a non-sinsplit build. Seriously, I'd rather watch KT vs XoO.

Shadowstepping is stupid and annoying, but what Anet should've done was focus on the mobility of the sins (which I'm all for in terms of things like dash and AoD). What actually happened was that they got mobility on top of spammable snares (siphon), instagib against anyone trying to monk with japanlag (expose helped by tiger stance), unprotibility (DA sins) and ridiculous teleporting ability (SP).

Quote:
Originally Posted by ensoriki
Then post a suggestion and its included Maybe, NOT buff sins since they're already retardedly powerful?

yum

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by holymasamune


Maybe, NOT buff sins since they're already retardedly powerful? I think the OP wants those buff after nerfing instagib to oblivion.

And BTW, I want locust none-elite but you cant gain adre under its effect too. Locust is somewhat too specified to be an elite, imo.

iridescentfyre

iridescentfyre

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by ensoriki
[card]Wastrel's Collapse[/card] Name reverted to shameful waste (thats wtf it is)
After 5 seconds, target foe is knocked down.
This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill.
If this hex ends prematurely, you and all nearby allys are knocked down for 3 seconds and all foes within earshot are knocked down for 3 seconds.
- Bohemian Keith Suggests: After 5 seconds, target foe is knocked down and you shadowstep to that foes location.
This hex ends prematurely if target foe uses a skill. Wouldn't this change basically make Wastrel's Collapse a more easily-removed version of Scorpion Wire? 5 seconds is a pretty long time to go in a PvP fight without noticing you're hexed with something so easy to cancel..

Shuuda

Shuuda

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Join Date: Jul 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mokone
stop posting when you have NO idea...when i see things like impale and asp...ugh, please stop. QFT, Impale certainly needs it's deep wound taken away, put twisting fangs back in the frame. And is Asp is going to be 5 energy, one of it's clauses should be removed.

glountz

glountz

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

W/Mo

I like sins.
Some of their builds are overpowered, but, still, they are not a push 1234567-WIN!. If they were, you would see sins all over HA and GvG, which is not the case.
I don't agree with the general mentality "sins are imba remove it from the game".
Yes some of their builds was OP but seriously, they are also so frail....
Now that daggers have been seriously hitted, only DA is left.
Now actually you can block sins, prot from them, and they can't any more bar-compress insta gib. If they IAS, they can be blocked, if they take anti-block, their chain is slow enough to be easily countered, their snare can be removed as they don't have 999999 self covering hexes, so, no, sins are no more that IMBA.
Yes they are a powerful split/gank character, which they are supposed to be. Saying they are imba for this is like saying warriors are the most IMBA prof cause they have unmatched DPS and armor.

ensoriki

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

glountz there talking about the 3? Over powered builds.
SP sin, Paradox sin >.> Not to sure about shattering assault sin >.> but whatever.

LightningHell

LightningHell

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Join Date: Aug 2005

Hong Kong

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Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by glountz
I like sins.
Noted.

Quote: Some of their builds are overpowered, but, still, they are not a push 1234567-WIN!. If they were, you would see sins all over HA and GvG, which is not the case. Generally, they are a 1234567-WIN! button, requiring the defender and his/her/it's team to play almost perfectly to survive the spike.

While it is an instakill chain, Warriors are much more flexible, hence people at higher end PvP use Warriors more instead.

Quote: I don't agree with the general mentality "sins are imba remove it from the game".
Yes some of their builds was OP but seriously, they are also so frail....
Now that daggers have been seriously hitted, only DA is left. I don't know, they're still usable. Just probably even more gimmick than was.

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Now actually you can block sins, prot from them, and they can't any more bar-compress insta gib. If they IAS, they can be blocked, if they take anti-block, their chain is slow enough to be easily countered, their snare can be removed as they don't have 999999 self covering hexes, so, no, sins are no more that IMBA. Which is good, mm?

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Yes they are a powerful split/gank character, which they are supposed to be. Saying they are imba for this is like saying warriors are the most IMBA prof cause they have unmatched DPS and armor. I'd like to see a sin take on a skirmish character. Bring me some popcorn when that happens.

Point is, an instagib function is either unusable - i.e. the instagib function is too unreliable - or overpowered - it's reliable enough, hence people take it to instagib. There is pretty much no in-between. Hence the two threads that advocate changing the model of the 'sin entirely.

This is especially the case when it takes your toe to roll over to keyboard to achieve such a goal.

Div

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Originally Posted by glountz
Some of their builds are overpowered, but, still, they are not a push 1234567-WIN!. If they were, you would see sins all over HA and GvG, which is not the case. So you're in support of a skill that says "Press 1234567 on your keyboard. Targeted foe has a 50% chance of dying. That chance is increased by 45% if they are suffering from Japanlag, not within range of monks, or if opponent monks have less than 5 energy." Oh ok.

Pretty sure they're still imbal. Press b and watch some matches.

LightningHell

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Originally Posted by holymasamune
So you're in support of a skill that says "Press 1234567 on your keyboard. Targeted foe has a 50% chance of dying. That chance is increased by 45% if they are suffering from Asialag, not within range of monks, or if opponent monks have less than 5 energy." Oh ok.

Pretty sure they're still imbal. Press b and watch some matches. Fixed that for you.

Clarissa F

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

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They want to "fix" sins the way Anet "fixed" mesmers and paragons.

How about this for a great idea......wait a while. If you have a little more patience than some 13 year old ADHD tard, it might just work itself out. I notice the better sins on the forum aren't bothering with much posting on this page. You are sounding like a bunch of players who can't adapt to the world, so want the world to adapt to them.

A good warrior can resist a sin spike. A good mesmer can shut down a sin. A good monk can stop the damage. A simple SV necro can own a sin. You all should take your own advice and look at some HA/GvG matches. I did. It happens all the time.

zling

zling

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

why remove Assassins from the game?
they're not a bad class to begin with. the problem is with the strength of instant killing alone not the entire class.
nerf their attack chains so they wouldnt be able to solo kill so easily but buff their utility side instead.
which is what I think the mod here was attempting to do...

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Originally Posted by Clarissa F
I notice the better sins on the forum aren't bothering with much posting on this page.
I laughed. You'd have to be mentally challenged to be a bad sin.

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Originally Posted by zling
why remove Assassins from the game?
they're not a bad class to begin with I stopped reading there.

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Originally Posted by Clarissa F
You all should take your own advice and look at some HA/GvG matches. I did. It happens all the time. Seriously, you guys don't know what you're talking about. I'd like any of you to put together a team and "adapt" to HAnD's sinsplit. Since you're so good at adapting and understand the sin class completely, you should have no reason to lose right?

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Originally Posted by Clarissa F
They want to "fix" sins the way Anet "fixed" mesmers and paragons. If by that you mean, they want to make assassins a proffession that actually take some real skill to play, that would be great.

The fact you bash Mesmers (and Paragons) proves your lack of intelligence. Please stop posting.

X Cytherea X

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

A/Mo

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HAnD's sinsplit.
are those the guys with the poison tip sin with unblockable SP combo + impale + sots? they're frickin awesome, i always root for them on observer mode. (and Spnv and Me too when they run sins) ...man i wish i were japanese.

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make assassins a proffession that actually take some real skill to play they take LOADS of skill, stop fooling yourselves

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

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Originally Posted by X Cytherea X
they take LOADS of skill, stop fooling yourselves Loads of skill?

They take about 8 skills, sometimes less.

12345678lol instagib

X Cytherea X

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

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dude, watch high-level gvg sins on observer

and also, most goods sins in hb are good monks too and vice versa, having played both extremes of offense and defense

Shuuda

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No one is saying sin damage is weak, we are saying it's too strong, and takes too little skill to perform, that's why those medicre guilds like hand run sinsplit, because it's the easiest (way that requires the least skil) way to split. There are no good sins when you compare them to the standards of a good warrior/ ranger/ monk/ Mesmer / any other none sin proffession. I'd rather root for a cripshot ranger in a split (they use/used them in splits right, I ain't the biggest GvG boofin)

Your the one fooling yourself.

ensoriki

ensoriki

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Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by X Cytherea X
are those the guys with the poison tip sin with unblockable SP combo + impale + sots? they're frickin awesome, i always root for them on observer mode. (and Spnv and Me too when they run sins) ...man i wish i were japanese.


they take LOADS of skill, stop fooling yourselves They only take skill if your not running the Imba Overpowered stuff.
In which case you fail, apparently.

X Cytherea X

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

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medicre guilds like hand
they're top 20, sometimes top 10
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because it's the easiest (way that requires the least skil) way to split
splitting isnt easy... against noobs perhaps
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I'd rather root for a cripshot ranger in a split oh those guyssszzzzz..... /snore
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They only take skill if your not running the Imba Overpowered stuff.
In which case you fail, apparently. i dont listen to anything you say in regards to sin (which is everything) cuz they're always so noobish. press b, select a high-level japanese guild and watch their sins play. and maybe get some build pointers cuz all yours are terrible.

ensoriki

ensoriki

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Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

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Rank means shit >.> Some of those high ranked in HA were just IWAY dudes from way back when. Same can be said for guilds >.> some of em are just running a tree and a sin.

>.> Don't be mean to rangers , rangers are almost as cool.

Shuuda

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Originally Posted by X Cytherea X
splitting isnt easy 100% true, which is why they run sinsplit, because it makes it much easier than running something that takes skill.

And your mockery of Crippling shot Rangers only proves how noob you must be. Please stop posting.

Smilin' Assassin

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Cantha

Pixies O Wickid Nawtyness [pixy]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by ensoriki

[card]Beguiling Haze[/card] Reduce, energy cost to 10, increase Activation to 1 second, Turn to half range, and let it affect all adjacent foes. hum, this is great utility as it stands; it's the only full-range interrupt in the Sin line ~ by making it 1 sec and halfrange reduces its utility ..
the only change to this one I'd like maybe that it interrupts all actions as [edit]*previously* stated {atm it only interrupts spells} ..

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Originally Posted by X Cytherea X
they're top 20, sometimes top 10
splitting isnt easy... against noobs perhaps
oh those guyssszzzzz..... /snore
i dont listen to anything you say in regards to sin (which is everything) cuz they're always so noobish. press b, select a high-level japanese guild and watch their sins play. and maybe get some build pointers cuz all yours are terrible.
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Originally Posted by X Cytherea X Quote: So wait, you're saying that you SHOULD be able to kill people by pressing 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 through any sort of positioning, blocks, and with powerful KDs to hold them in position and keep them from protecting themselves?
yes.

Quote: I'll agree that lead-offhand-dual sucks, but ANet needed to kick double-duals in the face before they can even think about trying to make the class useful. It was just a bad concept in general. Now if they want to make viable lead chains they can (and they have in SA tbh), but finally without the ridiculous 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 instakill chains that were taking over every aspect of PvP.
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The problem with this is that the attacks go up in strength the further you get into the chain- at least, they're supposed to. Leads are shitty, Offhands are so-so, Duals are awesome. There have always been way to skip lead attacks, but these were usually at a great cost, or you could only do it once in a chain. Sins weren't built to be able to use two doubles in one chain, it makes them way too strong. BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO KILL THINGS AND BE GOOD AT IT.
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Originally Posted by X Cytherea X
instagib is needed for the game to not be boring. i wanna see bodies dropping! anywho, ive got a new flail sin that rapes face. Your track record says a lot about your knowledge of game balance. I could QED here.

In any case, please explain how the Japanese guilds fail at running anything else other than sinsplit.

Also, irrelevant question...but do you simply like watching sinsplits simply due to them killing stuff faster?