Why Ursan is a blessing

First off let my start by saying that I do think Ursan is a noob skill. It takes no skill whatsoever to use, and anyone can run it. I have not even bothered to do the quest to get the skill with any of my characters because it is a waste of time, and I know I would never use it.

So why do I support Ursan? The reason for this is its simplicity, which makes it ideal for 50%-75% of the Guild Wars playing population. Let me further explain this with an example of the typical human Guild Wars group I tend to get in with my Mesmer or necro. *Disclaimer- These are NOT the builds I run, nor am criticizing any particular class, just the way people manage to screw those classes up* Here is the typical human group I seem to end up in when none of my friends/guildies are on, and I have to find a random group for a mish.

The group finally zones into to the mission after waiting 20 mins for someone to figure out their build. Then after another 5 mins of waiting for that one person to load, the w/mo is itching for a fight. So what does that sword wielding w/mo cast before going into battle? Mending! Yes, our faithful tank put on mending and rushed in eager to start doing what he believes to be some devastating AoE damage with hundred blades. But wait! The ele just ran ahead of the tank because the only elite they have is double dragon. So now one of the monks with his black obby armor and chaos gloves (how unique!) spends all his energy healing the ele, as the tank dies he starts screaming at the obby monk. However, the obby monk is pinging his energy at 1 of 23, and has somehow managed to lower his total energy. Now, you might ask what the other monk is doing while this is going on. While to my horror he just cast SoJ on himself, and with his beloved totem axe/grim cesta rushes into battle, not taking into account that unlike the trolls outside of droks, these enemies have enchant removals. All of his 55 health doesn’t last long, and he is taking a dirt nap with the tank and ele.

So my point here is Ursan compensates for the previously stated stupidity that is prevalent in Guild wars. Ursan allows those that have no clue whatsoever, to not drive the more experienced players insane. Its inherent simplicity makes it so when I want to do DOA with my monk, I can, because I know those 5 human ursans have less of a chance of screwing up with their premade build. Ursan has personally made my life a lot easier, because it compensates for stupidity. So I am in strong support Ursan not be nerfed, and if anything made more powerful.

Those in support of Ursan (for others) feel free to add your thougts.

Guild team may be better for you. PuGs usually end up this way.

I would like to get into an active PvE guild, but I only play consistently 3 to 4 months of the year, and I have no desire to pvp whatsoever, so I am not that appealing of a candidate to the good guilds

that really is the worst PuG you can get 0.o

Stop With The Red Engine Gored Engine Gored Engine Gored Engine Going Ursan Threads.

Gtfo.

Gee Tee Ef O

What is it with all these XP players putting ursan blessing down. Lets be honest 99.9% of the so called XP players got they'r so called exclussive build from someone/ somewhere else. But for the 0.1% mathematical genius that invented those builds, using ursan is no different than using any other build!

I do smite runs in the UW. Yes, i use a w/rit vengefull build. I have tweeked it to the point that i dont have to use more than two skills at any given time during the entire run; and my health never drops bellow 600! YES, I can bake a cake and farm ectos at the same time!

So tell me, whats the difference in using ursam blessing to using all those other premium builds that only 0.1% of players should get credit for inventing.

Bottom line its a game; and if you like using ANY skill, use it! As long as you are having fun!

No, i'm not a noob. I am currently running a "people know me" title and am well on my way to getting the next one.

.....and yes i use ursan all the time. I'd rather run it with heros and henchies than have to deal with the above mentioned.

I say god bless the Ursan Blessing! Hands off! Dont fix it, its NOT broken!

Ursan is skill-less crap whose power is determined solely by amount of title-grind, and as such in conflict with the stated ideology of Guildwars: skill over time. But that's not the only reason to dislike it.

The problem with all the norn skills is that they have no trade-off: there is no downside to them. Presumably the loss of the other skills and the energy degen were supposed to be the trade-offs, but that doesn't work. All you have to do is equip a zealous weapon and you'll not run out of energy, and the only other skills needed are healing skills (which is why there's still need for monks). Apart from lack of self-healing the norn blessings have no weakness or counter, so there's no need for any other skills.

To make matters worse, this lack of trade-off means that the more ursans there are in the group, the better: adding more copies means better damage mitigation through knockdown and more dps. Positive feedback loops like that are a sure sign of a broken skill - a well-designed skill is one where adding more copies of the skill has diminishing returns.

Now, if Ursan at least was fun to play that might be a mitigating factor - but it's not. It's target closest and cycle all skills without thought or planning as soon as they recycle, and that's it. You do not have to time ursan attacks, or put any thought into which order you do them, or anything. Target nearest and cycle skills, that's all. Looking at the screen is optional.

Do I run it? Yes, because it's so enormously better than any combination other skills despite the fact I only play with H/H and there's only one copy of Ursan in the team! If I could put Ursan on all my heroes I would - there's no other skill I could give them which might be better.

That a 5+3 ursan team can steamroll anything doesn't make the skill any less broken, it shows just how broken it is.

So how would I fix ursan?
I'd fix it by making the knockdown cost 10 energy. That's all it'd take to remove its godliness.