01/17/08 update!

here is a list of all skills buffed and nerfed in the update, some make me smile, others make me cringe, other's reactions?Caltrops: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds. Heart of Shadow: functionality changed to: "You are healed for 30..150 Health and Shadow Step to a nearby random location." Scorpion Wire: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds. Viper's Defense: changed Skill type to a spell; increased casting time to .25 seconds; functionality changed to: "All adjacent foes are Poisoned for 5..20 seconds, you Shadow Step to a nearby random location." Pious Assault: increased Energy cost to 10; functionality changed to: "You lose 1 Enchantment. If this attack hits, you deal +5..20 damage and inflict a Deep Wound for 5..20 seconds Chilling Winds: increased duration to 30 seconds. Elemental Flame: increased Burning duration to 3..5 seconds. Glyph of Essence: decreased recharge time to 20 seconds Hex Eater Vortex: decreased damage to 30..90; increased recharge to 15 seconds. Kitah's Burden/Ethereal Burden: reduced recharge time to 30 seconds. Mind Wrack: increased duration to 30 seconds. Wastrel's Worry: increased damage to 20..80 Aura of Stability: decreased duration to 1..16 seconds. Divine Healing/Heaven's Delight: increased the area of effect to earshot. Patient Spirit: decreased duration to 2 seconds; increased healing to 30..120 Health. Renew Life: decreased casting time to 4 seconds. Restore Life: decreased casting time to 4 seconds. Vengeance: increased damage bonus to +25%; decreased recharge time to 30 seconds Signet of Agony: increased damage to 10..70. Wail of Doom: decreased Energy cost to 10. "Fall Back!": decreased Energy cost to 10. "We Shall Return!": decreased Energy cost to 5. Spear of Fury: increased adrenaline gain to 2..6 strikes. Magebane Shot: increased Energy cost to 10. Penetrating Attack/Sundering Attack: decreased activation time to 1 second. Power Shot: decreased activation time to 1 second. Precision Shot: decreased activation time to 1 second. Rejuvenation: increased Spirit's level to 1..16. Sight Beyond Sight: increased duration to 12..25 seconds. Sundering Weapon: now affects the next 3 attacks. Warmonger's Weapon: increased recharge time to 30 seconds "Coward!": decreased adrenaline cost to 4 strikes. "You're All Alone!": increased duration to 8 seconds Any comments about all these? Personally some of the buffs (Wastrle's worry) make me grin.

I like the: Chilling Winds/Sight Beyond Sight/Renew and Restore Life/paragon changes (ALL), ranger changes (almost all, I dont get the power shot change, still useless skill), Mind Wrack/Kiteh's and Ethereal Burden/Vengeance (WOW maintainable) changes.

I dont like: Warmonger's Weapon, Magebane Shot, Aura of Stability, Elemental Flame (still crap), Hex Eater Vortex and... That's it. Pretty nice job, especially the return of YAA.

Well Coward seems really good now, the 4 adren will make it more usable/flexable.

Fall back energy to 10 i liked, seeing as 15 energy seemed to much for it.

Personally i dont like Heart Of Shadow now. It seems more like a nerf, because I know lots of assassins used this BEFORE battle so if they get spiked they heal a little of the damage.

Scorpion Wire , i dont even understand why this skill is in. Seeing as you have to literally run away in the time given.

Glad that Heavens Delight will have a use now.

And Sight Beyond Sight seemed a bit pointless. Seeing as all you need is like a +20% enchant and then it would last until recharge'd

I'm pretty happy with most of these changes actually.

Um so the ele changes... how can they be used? I never used them cuz I found they were useless... any goood side of them?

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