That update when a bunch of ritu spirits caused exhaustion.
Fortunately, they noticed that they KILLED rits and reverted everything back to the old state in only two days. I hope they never scare me like that again...
What do you think was the worst skill nerf
enxa
Holly Herro
Anet in their office probably see a fly just buzzing around..
"Ehh, I'll give you the shotgun treatment!"
*Ka-blaam, ka-blaam*
"Ehh, I'll give you the shotgun treatment!"
*Ka-blaam, ka-blaam*
cebalrai
I don't have problems with any nerfs or buffs.
XiaoTheBlade
Shroud of silence.
t00115577
Energizing Wind, why nerf trappers, they werent doing anybody any harm 
Quru
Death Magic minion nerf. My main is necro and sometimes i'm really RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOed up when my 10 (TEN! WHAT THE RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO! Theres millions of corpses but my poor necro can only have 10 minions! yes what the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO ANET) minions all die because of some dervish-mob. Holy damage in my ass.
phan
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Shroud of silence.
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MagicWarrior
I think Watch Yourself! has been the worst. It will never see my skill bar again.
Ctb
Watch Yourself!
I think that nerf really proved once and for all just how little ability ANET has to manage the games bloated skill system anymore. That they had to completely gut and rewrite a once-useful core skill that went virtually untouched through 2 campaigns really just drove home the point, to me anyway, that they've just completely overextended themselves on the skill system. Changing core skills like that because a completely different profession is abusing them is just sad.
Um... that's more or less what it does. In fact, what you're suggesting is actually slightly more forgiving than what it does NOW. The unclaimed gifts lose their assignment after 10 minutes like any other drop, so AFKers have 10 minutes to get their drops or they're up for grabs.
Personally, I think the new mechanism is much more fun. Everybody who's actively playings gets a few even if their connection sucks and the greedy jerks like me get to fight over the remains at the Rings games.
I think that nerf really proved once and for all just how little ability ANET has to manage the games bloated skill system anymore. That they had to completely gut and rewrite a once-useful core skill that went virtually untouched through 2 campaigns really just drove home the point, to me anyway, that they've just completely overextended themselves on the skill system. Changing core skills like that because a completely different profession is abusing them is just sad.
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Personally, I think the new mechanism is much more fun. Everybody who's actively playings gets a few even if their connection sucks and the greedy jerks like me get to fight over the remains at the Rings games.
ShadowsRequiem
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Shroud of silence.
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Ekelon
That N/A, Shadow walk, dark aura, cultist's fervor fix was sad panda. I really liked dealing 1000 damage per second to people!
*Paris*
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Eh it wasnt so bad really. It was just funny how long it took for people to actually run it to see how overpowered it was. I was using it in ab over a year ago XD when black spider and black lotus still worked
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Juk3n
Worst skill nerf - Keeping Warriors Cunning at a 60 sec recharge for 2 extra campaigns AND an expansion...
Ravi
clearly the worst Nerf evar: nature's renewal
Tyla
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Energizing Wind, why nerf trappers, they werent doing anybody any harm
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Hyper Cutter
Any nerf made after a year or more of something being just fine definitely belongs here. Soul Reaping, most notably (goddamn timer), but also Horns of the Ox and a handful of other things...
Master Knightfall
The worst nerf was to Soul Reaping and the energy gain from death of pets, spirits and other bodies. This timed delays still suks and should be removed since they took away spirits.
On a good note though all nerfs to assassins and rangers are justifiable. <grin>
On a good note though all nerfs to assassins and rangers are justifiable. <grin>
MisterB
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Energizing Wind, why nerf trappers, they werent doing anybody any harm
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Agree with Nature's Renewal being the biggest nerf, but definitely not a bad one.
SilentVex
Clearly the worst nerf ever was the additional 10 sec recharge on Ursan Blessing. I can't pve anymore, it's just too hard.
Mickey
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Clearly the worst nerf ever was the additional 10 sec recharge on Ursan Blessing. I can't pve anymore, it's just too hard.
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Worst skill nerf.....hmms....Incoming to 3 secs at max, lol, now you need to chain 8 people to piss off PvPers.
FyrFytr998
Clearly any nerf associated with monk soloing UW was the worst starting with protective bond.
Fried Tech
mending. used to be so uber leet.
Pyro maniac
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Lol at this comment.
Worst skill nerf.....hmms....Incoming to 3 secs at max, lol, now you need to chain 8 people to piss off PvPers. |
raja
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when they gave exhaustion to rits..
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Oh, and i agree with eles being like a glass cannon. They should be able to dish out high amounts of damage but be killed without too much difficulty. I think the earth magic attribute line would help to balance the ele to give it a bit more defense but some ele skills should be buffed. Only a handful of ele skills are high damage dealers and are worth putting on your bar. The rest are just pretty icons..
Fear Me!
The worst nerf was the paragon elite 'incoming' from what it was originally to what it is now.
Tyla
They nerfed Cripshot by 1 second! Q.\\\
AJD
Incoming - Yes it was overpowered, now it sees no use in pvp or pve because it is such a terrible skill.
Actually I will say paragon skills in general are just dead, they killed 2 lines of skills and really all the had to do was tweak how leadership worked, the dorks.
Rit Lord got hit too hard almost making an entire skill line for rits useless.
"Watch Yourself" - I mean it just kept taking a beating until Izzy raped it until death. He must be proud.
LoD - I mean basically here...
I will truncate this, I just hate the way they FRIGGING kill skills instead of actually balance anything.
Actually I will say paragon skills in general are just dead, they killed 2 lines of skills and really all the had to do was tweak how leadership worked, the dorks.
Rit Lord got hit too hard almost making an entire skill line for rits useless.
"Watch Yourself" - I mean it just kept taking a beating until Izzy raped it until death. He must be proud.
LoD - I mean basically here...
I will truncate this, I just hate the way they FRIGGING kill skills instead of actually balance anything.
JR
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Incoming - Yes it was overpowered, now it sees no use in pvp or pve because it is such a terrible skill.
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It's not a skill in general use, but it's there as a trump card to buildwars against spike. I think that's a fairly healthy state for the skill to be in.
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Actually I will say paragon skills in general are just dead, they killed 2 lines of skills and really all the had to do was tweak how leadership worked, the dorks.
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Rit Lord got hit too hard almost making an entire skill line for rits useless.
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ShadowsRequiem
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They nerfed Cripshot by 1 second! Q.\\\
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Atleast they put it back from 15 e to 10 XD
Though it was 10 b4 that.
AJD
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Not really. Don't really care enough to explain this one, but Paragons as they are really aren't bad at all. It made pooping spirits all over the place a little harder, which has definately been good for the game. |
But paras are dead for pve as the only really useful build for them includes 3 frigging pve skills, one of which is a "warrior" one.
Pvp they are fine but that leaves a(the) whole population of the game not using them. And please do not tell me to bring 3 or more paragon teams into pve. Incoming saw a tiny bit of use, congratulations that means the skill is totally useful and great and is not shit.
I play a bit of both pve and pvp but I know how futile these arguments get when someone brings up a pve concern about skill nerfs.
So I will go ahead and tell myself I know nothing about what I am talking about and definItely save you the trouble. : )
Tyla
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But paras are dead for pve as the only really useful build for them includes 3 frigging pve skills.
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kade
All nerfs have been fine imo...some people forget that the people nerfing the skills are also the ones who created them. If they see fit to change a skill that they introduced in the first place...so be it. It makes for a better game.
The only thing I disagree with are the skills that haven't been nerfed, actually. ::cough:: PVE SKILLS
The only thing I disagree with are the skills that haven't been nerfed, actually. ::cough:: PVE SKILLS
Ulterion
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Incoming has still seen use in spike heavy metas. I know at least one guild used it in the recent mAT against sin spike.
It's not a skill in general use, but it's there as a trump card to buildwars against spike. I think that's a fairly healthy state for the skill to be in. Not really. Don't really care enough to explain this one, but Paragons as they are really aren't bad at all. It made pooping spirits all over the place a little harder, which has definately been good for the game. |
On-Topic: Shroud of Silence, Incoming, LoD, SP, WY!, FP, MBShot, ERenewal, & the list can go on & on & on &... Ya'll get the picture.
Tyla
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You don't seem to care enough, period.. and for that, your opinions are irrelevant..
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lietzaum
one that i saw pointless was flame djinn haste imo most used it for the speed not for the damage the damage was just a good benifit
Deathly_Overlord
Nothing beats the ritualist nerf where they made specific skills cause exhaustion.
RiKio
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Nothing beats the ritualist nerf where they made specific skills cause exhaustion.
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Deathly_Overlord
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Nothing beats the ritualist nerf where they made specific skills cause exhaustion.
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QFT
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Lol, No thanks to your " Ether Renewal", I went rit MM
when it happened :P
Shuuda
Ursan and Assassin were the biggest Nerfs to skill.
Boogz
[Light of Deliverance] [Mind Blast] [Watch Yourself] [Shields Up]
nothing beats the LoD nerf imo
nothing beats the LoD nerf imo