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ppl that by there avatar jun 08 should not call other ppl nobbs cough cough I don't know if you're aware of this, but your ingame account is not linked to your Guild Wars Guru account. Therefore it doesn't really say anything, and you have to judge people by their posts, not their join date.

By the way, learn the difference between noob and newbie. Learn to spell while you're at it.

okay, everyone raise your hands if your in the roster of the top 10 GvG guilds, that means acctivly playing ing GvG, also anyone raise your hand if you have won any offical tournoments lately? No? Then I see no experts' here. It is this kinda of mentality that seems to radiate off these fourms. Didn't realise you had to be in a top 10 GvG guild to know how to play Dervish well. Sorry, my mistake. You seem to be pro enough to know what you're on about.

you werent agreeing with the person. you were agreeing with me, and saying the same thing. ok my post was misread kinda like I thought I was agreeing with you about the poster un installing it the second comment probolly shoulda been better directed but it was sent at the poster who should un install

[skill]Avatar of Grenth[/skill] + [skill]Wild Blow[/skill] > [skill]Spirit Bond[/skill][skill]Guardian[/skill][skill]Protective Spirit[/skill][skill]Aegis[/skill] [skill]Avatar of Grenth[/skill] + [skill]Wild Blow[/skill] < being blinded.

Of course, there are weaknesses of any build, but blinding is absurdly popular in many PvP situations, meaning you need a way to deal with it... if you have an RC monk you're set, but there's still the issue of whether enchant stripping is worth an elite when you can get a necro to do it cheaper (or you could use rending touch, which is also unblockable last I checked, except with a very uncommon skill).

If it had a longer duration it would be fairly well-balanced, I suspect - at least enough to warrant use in TA and HA - in random it's still a risky proposition since it's difficult to be sure what the monk will have. (Most builds I see from people who seem to know what they're doing do have restore condition, though.)

AoG cannot be balanced in the meta eiter way. If the duration is long enough o use t, its stupidly overpowered. If the duration is short enough to make up for the insane effect no one will waste a space on their bar for it.

failed skill. Would making it like Rend Enchant., where you take damage for monk enchant removal help it I wonder? That way there would be at least a little disincentive to just wail on everyone, or a way to work punish doing that.

Edit: I agree that w/o changing its' effect this one is probably unbalanceable.

Would making it like Rend Enchant., where you take damage for monk enchant removal help it I wonder? That way there would be at least a little disincentive to just wail on everyone, or a way to work punish doing that.

Edit: I agree that w/o changing its' effect this one is probably unbalanceable. it would be a very strange mechanic as forms are un-removable, you would have to attack through the damage. it could work though.

okay, everyone raise your hands if your in the roster of the top 10 GvG guilds, that means acctivly playing ing GvG, also anyone raise your hand if you have won any offical tournoments lately? No? Then I see no experts' here. It is this kinda of mentality that seems to radiate off these fourms.

AoB is used because people enjoy to use it, play around and experiment. So tell me what is wrong with the concept of the skill that it gives you Holy damage which ignores armor, a good speed boost and extra armor. Tell me what is wrong with it without comparing it to another skill, because I know there are better and worse skills. Oye, people play around and experiment and wind up using AoB? No, I think not, I think that the reason they wind up with AoB is because the bonuses to it sound cool, use it... and never play around and experiment with other skills. As an elite, it is quite pathetic. I will not comment on pvp as I do not get involved with that (although I do know that AoM is the favorite for most pvp types). However, in pve, there is no reason (other than actually running) why you need a run boost and even if for some reason you think you do, pious haste is better for the job. The holy damage is easily replaceable by other skills, one pve from factions so if someone didn't have it I would understand, but heart of holy flames should at the very least be available. Then there is the armor, the best (but still pathetic) use of AoB. When a paragon can boost the armor of the entire team, I just don't see the need for this benefit from the skill, even with the inability to boost armor over 25 by combining two skills (single skills can exceed the max of course).

If there was some kind of sundering ability added it would make it a bit better, but I think that with so many things it does already, it would just get people even more narrowminded about where this elite stands compared to the others. What I would think would make it reasonable would be to make it affect all partymembers (maybe tone down the run rate to 25% to be fair to charge) of course, this wouldn't make sense as it is a form.

Tell me what is wrong with it without comparing it to another skill Every single skill in the entire game is good if you do not consider opportunity costs.

Back when Avatar of Grenth had a longer duration it was decidedly imbalanced. Now that it has a short duration it's decidedly unused.

I detect a case for something in between!

Now that it has a short duration it's decidedly unused.

I detect a case for something in between! If the duration is at any point that would make AoG worth using - it will be overpowered. The whole functionality of the skill needs to be changed.

If the duration is at any point that would make AoG worth using - it will be overpowered. The whole functionality of the skill needs to be changed. I agree with this statement. Avatar of Grenth has such a ridiculous effect that if it's useful at all, it's doing awful things to gameplay and the metagame. Without a rework it needs to be on the very edge of playability and no closer.

1. Way to be elitist.
2. Way to be PvP elitist in a PvE forum.
3. Way to be PvP elitist in a PvE forum when you don't know what you're talking about.
This coming from the man who is posting in a thread why this skill and everyone who uses it sucks. Can you say, Hypocrite much? And I was using that as an example that most people on this fourm think they are the top 10% of guild wars when really they fall in the middle. they shouldn't call themselves experts. Last post in this thread by the way, don't want to start any trolling.

they shouldn't call themselves experts. Because it's a well known fact that everyone else who isn't in the top 10 knows diddly-squat about what skills are good and what skills are shit, m i rite?

o ok

back to using Mending for me, then

(if you failed to see the sarcasm - you don't need to be in a pro guild to have a clue, btw)

This coming from the man who is posting in a thread why this skill and everyone who uses it sucks. Can you say, Hypocrite much? And I was using that as an example that most people on this fourm think they are the top 10% of guild wars when really they fall in the middle. they shouldn't call themselves experts. Last post in this thread by the way, don't want to start any trolling. you defined him as elitist actually