A Pepto Skill Balance

This is a Fan based Skill Balance based on experience from PVP
Changes Made are intended to balance out the usage of skills being over abused
Their is no plan known of to actually make these changes happen
Feel Free to Leave Comments and Suggestions
Additional skill changes suggestion if good enough can be added to list

Warrior

[skill]Decapitate[/skill]-Along with original effects this skill now cause cracked armor.
[skill]Belly Smash[/skill]-Reduced Recharge to 20seconds.
[skill]"I Will Avenge You!"[/skill]-Now excludes pets.
[skill]Disarm[/skill]-Increased Recharge to 15 seconds..Increased Disable

1...6sec.

[skill]Flail[/skill]-Reduced movement reduction 25%

Ranger

[skill]Archer's Signet[/skill]-Decreased recharge 30second.
[skill]Burning Arrow[/skill]-Increased Burning duration 1..5seconds.
[skill]Concussion Shot[/skill]-Decreased energy 15.
[skill]Escape[/skill]-Increase Energy 10.
[skill]Penetrating Attack[/skill]-Increased recharge 6 seconds.
[skill]Sundering Attack[/skill]-Increased recharge 6 seconds.
All Spirits in Wilderness Survival decreased Recharge 45.
Cannot equip pet with lower than 5 beast mastery.
Monk

Divine Favor Increased Bonus to 3.5
[skill]Healer's Boon[/skill]-Increase energy to 10 recharge 20.
[skill]Healers Covenant[/skill]-Increased energy to 10 casting time 1 second.
[skill]Protective Spirit[/skill]-Decreased Energy to 5 Increase recharge 10 seconds.
[skill]Balthazars's Pendulem[/skill]-Increased casting time 1 sec increased recharge 10 seconds.
[skill]Holy Strike[/skill]-Increased casting time 1 sec
[skill]StoneSoul Strike[/skill]-Increased Casting time 1 second.
[skill]Purge Signet[/skill]-Decreased energy lost 5 increased recharge 25 seconds.

Necro

[skill]Cultist's Fervor[/skill]-Decreased Recharge 20seconds.
[skill]Foul Feast[/skill]-(Maximum 100) Increased.
[skill]Atrophy[/skill]-Increased duration 1...11 seconds.
[skill]Pain of Disenchantment[/skill]-Increased Damage 40...110.
[skill]Meekness[/skill]-Now Changed to."For 10-25 seconds Target Foe and all foes in area attack 50 slower and suffer 1...5 health degeneration."

Mesmer

[skill]Aneurysm[/skill]-Increased damage 1...5 (UNDER DEBATE)
[skill]Chaos Storm[/skill]-Decreased energy 10...decreased recharge 20seconds.
[skill]Shatter Hex[/skill]-Decreased energy to 10.
[skill]Clumsiness[/skill]- Now lasts for 1...7 seconds
[skill]Crippling Anguish[/skill]-Reduced Recharge 15 seconds.

[skill]Wandering Eye[/skill]-Reduced Recharge 6 seconds.
[skill]Energy Trap[/skill]-Reduced Recharge 15 seconds.

Elementalist

[skill]Shell Shock[/skill]-Increased Damage
[skill]Magnetic Aura[/skill]-Reduced Recharge 45 seconds.
[skill]Obsidian Flame[/skill]-Skill Changed to "Spell Deals 10.110 Damage."Increased recharge 15 now does not cause exaustion.
[skill]Mirror of Ice[/skill]-Now affects ether you or target ally.
[skill]Glyph of Renewal[/skill]-Increased Recharge 20 seconds.

Assasin
[skill]Shattering Assault[/skill]-Now Blockable.
[skill]Moebius Strike[/skill]-Changed to recharges if enemy bellow 40%.
[skill]Siphon Speed[/skill]-Increased Recharge 8 seconds.
[skill]Dash[/skill]-Now lasts 4 seconds increased recharge 10 seconds.
[skill]Shadow Meld[/skill]-Changed to shadow to target ally for 20 seconds.

Dervish
[skill]Ebon Dust Aura[/skill]-Increased skill casting time 1 second.

Any Furthur ideas pliz post Lets make the list longer their are many gimmicks out their.Also link this to Friends spread the word.

Lol this is the opposite of what other people usualy ask. Others ask for buffs but your one of the few which is asking for complete nerfs of all the already fine skills. You only have a few decent skill changes.

WTS clue 1750 ambraces.

You realize if that buff to Aneurysm goes through elementalists will be all but eliminated from the game.

The assassin ones don't seem necessary

EDA should maybe get to 1 second. It's interruptible that way, but not crazy.

There's better ways to buff Decapitate than that. I'd say, instead of "You deal x...xy...xz damage" it should be "+x...xy...xz damage". I agree with Belly Smash, but I think the IWAY thing should have been changed to "Party Members" 2 years ago. It's really not nearly as effective as it once was. Flail doesn't need a buff.


Archer's Signet needs a buff, and one waaay bigger than suggested, but you're on the right track. I don't think BA needs a buff, it's already one of the 3 best Ranger elites in game. I don't see why the other skills need nerfs at all.

Healers Boon doesn't need a nerf. Prot Spirit doesn't need a buff in the least. I agree with the Smiting Prayers and Purge Sig.

/Agree with necro stuff

Clumsiness doesn't need a buff, Ineptitude doesn't need a nerf. Aneurysm doesn't need that huge of a buff.

Please don't nerf my Glyph of Renewal. I love it too much, along with Gale on my Mesmer..... orgazzzzzzzmic.

If you made Shattering Assault blockable, it would defeat the whole purpose of the skill and fall into oblivion. I don't see a point with the Dash change, but the rest I agree with.

/Agree with Ebon Dust Aura

Are you joking? This would make roaming around and having fun with your pet virtually impossible.

No one but Beastmasters would be able to use a pet, wich would kill the entire purpose of it.

I agree with you on most of the Rangers stuff, except on Escape.

Your pet idea is sheer stupidity.

Your Meekness would be an AoE Faintheartedness on steroids - no.

Your Clumsiness idea made me LoL, and as a Mesmer, I would love it.

RPGManiac, Eles in PvP almost all run Mind Blast, and rarely ever dip too low to be at risk of an Aneurysm death.

Balthazar's pendulum NERF?

In regards to Shattering Assault:

No.

Pain of Disenchantment + Shatter Enchantment will instantly kill a Prot Spirited Warrior.

yeah i stopped reading after that...

[skill]signet of ghostly might[/skill] - Skill reverted to its original behaviour: "After 10 seconds, target dies."

^^^^ That suggestion >>>> OP's suggestions. And that should hopefully put into context how silly the OP's list is, m'kay?

leave shattering assault and moebius alone
you are now forever going to be hated by all sins for even thinking of nerfing our final two unerfed good elites

Can alex give himself kitty awards?

Why would you nerf healers covenant? It's not even good outside of TA. Even there it's somewhat of a gimmick.

Now there's a solution to dealing with PuG members who over-aggro or ignore instructions.

Pepto, you should've posted this in the PvP section, you WILL get whine from all the PvE players here.

*cough* *cough*
Anyway, you can easily see Pepto is looking at it from a TA perspective, because almost all skills mentioned are overly used in TA and for the base of the gimmicks that are played there.

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Good change on the beastmaster things, and IWAY. About time it dies.

Concussion shot should NOT be buffed. 25 energy seems a lot, but with expertise, well, if you want to daze someone you'd better be prepared to sacrifice some energy for it.

Healer's Boon: No need for a nerf, it's easy enough to strip it and divert it already.

Prot spirit: ...no

The nerf on the smite skills should DEFINITELY happen. Also turn it into a spell, not a skill.

Obsidian Flame: nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo way. That'd make a nice comeback to OBS Spike.

Mirror of Ice: Sure...it's still bad that way but at least it has some use.

Siphon Speed: needs a bigger nerf in recharge and energy imo. It's retardedly overpowered.

EDA: Yeeeeessssss nerf the crap out of that thing. It's not even remotely funny.

<3 the shattering assault nerf =)

least then one wouldnt be forced to make red bars go up all the time and actually make a good use of the prots. not tank mindless button mash.

EDA and HC are very nice too.

however, I dont think the change to purge is ok. its fine as it is.

overall, good changes, pepe :P

Shattering Assault? Blockable?

Laughable.