Nerf Escape

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Escape

Proposed change: For 1...7 seconds, you move 33% faster and have a 75% chance to block attacks. Escape ends if you attack.

Reasoning: It looks very ripe for a nerf right now, and I'd rather have it kill this than this.

street peddler

street peddler

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

pious assault

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by street peddler
pious assault
To be honest, my only SWAY experience is playing trapper, and I hardly got hit by other SWAYers.

If that's the real issue, I'm fine with Escape staying as it is.

street peddler

street peddler

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

make pious assult require an enchantment to be removed to apply the dw imo

Killed u man

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by street peddler
make pious assult require an enchantment to be removed to apply the dw imo
One of the necro's can easily go OoV, OoP or OoA...

blakecraw

blakecraw

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Austin, TX

/signed

to "escape" implies running away, not smashing the crap out of stuff with a farming implement

Master Ketsu

Master Ketsu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

middle of nowhere

Krazy Guild With Krazy People [KrZy]

R/

Wow how retarded. So make it an elite that is worse then the non elite natural stride ? Escape is nowhere near problematic.

Maybe if you actually looked at R/D way you would realize that they only deal decent damage when you try to kite them due to crits. Other then that, the damage is feeble. The only problem with R/D way is that pious does not require an enchantment for the deep wound. If you think Escape is the problem behind that build, you fail @ game balance.

Stop crying for nerfs on whatever happens to be the meta. Cry for nerfs when it's actually overpowered.

If you keep nerfing the current meta you end up with worthless skills in the next meta.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

/notsigned
Escape isn't that good anyways. Its in the SWAY meta just because the R/Ds don't have any better elite options (no dervish skills besides sycle mastery, and those all apply deep wound, defeating the purpose of pious).

It's A Me

It's A Me

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

N/

/notsigned
Never been a problem until R/D and even though im no HA expert ive played enough to realise that Sway is not overpowered and can be steamrolled pretty easy.

the Puppeteer

the Puppeteer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2007

omg I got owned by R/Ds too - lets nerf em

RyXXed

RyXXed

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke
Escape

Proposed change: For 1...12 seconds, you move 33% faster and have a 75% chance to block attacks. Escape ends if you attack.

Reasoning: It looks very ripe for a nerf right now, and I'd rather have it kill this than this.
Fix`d.

This should be a lot better.

Bront

Bront

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2008

Honored Order of Light

W/Me

I point you to Natural Stride

Almost identical skill, just 50% block rate instead of 75%.

Escape is an Elite, and looks fine. Natural Stride looks maybe a little cheep compared to other skills that either only run or only block.

The Red Messenger

The Red Messenger

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

America

What about the rangers that use bows?

sometimes you gotta use pindown and still escape...

ranger already suffered enough nerfage with sundering/penetraging shot, power shot, and precision shot anyway

tehshadowninjar

tehshadowninjar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Nite

A/D

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Red Messenger
What about the rangers that use bows?

sometimes you gotta use pindown and still escape...

ranger already suffered enough nerfage with sundering/penetraging shot, power shot, and precision shot anyway
FYI, Escape isn't common on rangers who use only bows for their builds. I shall give you a ratio based on my experience of seeing how many rangers with bow ranger builds use Escape...

1:75

KKTHXBAI

Div

Div

I like yumy food!

Join Date: Jan 2006

Where I can eat yumy food

Dead Alley [dR]

Mo/R

Stop nerfing my PvE skills.

~ Dan ~

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

D/

/signed, just so Divine's running build is ruined.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

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It is an elite. It only affects attacks and can be removed.

You cannot come here and complain about a skill anytime you cannot kill someone in RA because you had a horrible build.

legion_rat

legion_rat

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

668 the neighbor of the beast

TFK

A/

/notsigned

To many ways to stop this other than NERF. Stupid PvP, "Lets screw up PvE even more because we are to lame to counter a build."

Escape (elite stance)
Full: For 1...7 seconds, you move 33% faster and have a 75% chance to block attacks.

Its a stance, end it, kill the R/D, have a nice day.

Good day sir.

~the rat~

BlackSephir

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

A/N

Ends if you hit with scythe attack.
LOOLOL im so smort

Ctb

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/

Quote:
Wow how retarded.
Quote:
omg I got owned by R/Ds too - lets nerf em
Quote:
Stop nerfing my PvE skills.
Quote:
You cannot come here and complain about a skill anytime you cannot kill someone in RA because you had a horrible build.
Quote:
Stupid PvP, "Lets screw up PvE even more because we are to lame to counter a build."
Quote:
Ends if you hit with scythe attack.
LOOLOL im so smort
This is why I can't get my friends to play Guild Wars with me. It's a great game, but it has the most ridiculous group of people playing it I've ever seen in my entire life.

Seriously. Grow up.

Artisan Archer

Artisan Archer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2007

Free Wind

R/

Wild Blow recharge = 8 sec. Escape recharge = 12 sec.
I don't see the problem, why nerf a balanced (meaning usefull yet counterable) skill?

Elite God

Elite God

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

The Island Below Shing Jea Monastary

Forever Knights

R/

Escape lasts for 7 seconds, and recharge is 12 seconds.

Water Spell to slow + Wild Blow = Dead Ranger.

Not only would you royally screw over Ranger PvP, but Ranger PvE.

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

I vote for a duration increase but ends when you hit with an attack skill. And while we're nerfing rangers, let's fix distracting and savage shot.

BlackSephir

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

A/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ctb
This is why I can't get my friends to play Guild Wars with me. It's a great game, but it has the most ridiculous group of people playing it I've ever seen in my entire life.

Seriously. Grow up.
Are you saying that my suggestion wouldn't get rid of R/D tards without destroying Escape for other builds?
Srsly, get a clue.

And your friends don't have anything to be afraid of, they'll go with another retarder PUG and fail miserabely, I'll take H/H and do what I had to do. No big deal.

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

It's a good skill, it's played and Peeveepees wants the change?

I'll update my PvE builds then...

Randvek

Randvek

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Rise From the Ashes [phnx]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ctb
This is why I can't get my friends to play Guild Wars with me. It's a great game, but it has the most ridiculous group of people playing it I've ever seen in my entire life.

Seriously. Grow up.
Welcome to the intertubes. If that kind of thing pisses you off, I have no idea how you've managed to not kill yourself by this point.

Ctb

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Randvek
Welcome to the intertubes. If that kind of thing pisses you off, I have no idea how you've managed to not kill yourself by this point.
Oh, stupid on the internet doesn't make me mad anymore. It was just a convenient place to make the observation that Guild Wars is a superior game with a massively inferior fanbase because there's such a glut of stupid, selfish, and childish comments in this thread.

Want to know one of the big reasons that Guild Wars isn't even remotely close to overtaking WoW even though it's a much deeper (and cheaper) game? Look no further than this thread. WoW has it's share of dopes, but they generally trail off after the Barrens. In Guild Wars they just hang on 'till the end...

I'm just saying: there are people here who are proving that you can have an intelligent opposition to the suggestion that was made. It's unfortunate they're outnumbered by the CS:S rejects.

Turbobusa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

By the Luxon Scavenger

The Mentalists [THPK]

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If it had to be nerfed I'd revert it to what it was before, longer recharge, longer duration.
if it had to be nerfed

N1ghtstalker

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

E/

omg something is too strong lets nerf it!
make a teambuild that can go against this ^.~
seriously less QQ and more playing
games is about playing them and having fun, not about QQ'ing cuz you get owned by a bunch of rangers
/notsigned

Killed u man

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by makosi
And while we're nerfing rangers, let's fix distracting and savage shot.
*Gives Makosi armor +24 against Fire Damage Shield*

Prepare to get flamed... (Don't the touch the Ranger skills - Mentality in top GvG)

ShadowsRequiem

ShadowsRequiem

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Inde is Smoking [Hawt] *ToA*

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackSephir
Ends if you hit with scythe attack.
LOOLOL im so smort
phft problem solved right there.

/end thread

arrowofthewood

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2007

Belgium

Never Alone Always Together [TeaM]

R/

/notsigned

try nerfing another class than a ranger besides i need escape for pve running

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Killed u man
*Gives Makosi armor +24 against Fire Damage Shield*

Prepare to get flamed... (Don't the touch the Ranger skills - Mentality in top GvG)
Thanks for the shield but I already have 3rd degree burns from previously bashing ranger interrupts so I'm kinda used to it. They are only moderately overpowered in an 8v8 situation but otherwise, if you're in a 4v4 map, you are screwed if a ranger camps on you. Anything with over 3/4s casting time is interrupted because the Savage and Distracting are too spammable.

I can't even believe they had the new version of Magebane Shot at 5 energy for so long too.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Ends if you hit with a melee attack, imo.
Kills the speedboost and block of the R/D. And we want degenerate builds gone.

Plus for bow Rangers there's Natstride, anyway. It's not like an Escape nerf like that is hurting anything...

@Artisan Ranger -- Wild Blow on a PvP bar is stupid on a Warrior. Usage = crap my adrenaline is gone.

Mr.Bimble

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

[ARSE] The Happy Campers

N/W

End nerfing..............

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by tyla salanari

@Artisan Ranger -- Wild Blow on a PvP bar is stupid on a Warrior. Usage = crap my adrenaline is gone.
Disagree. Very useful on GvG bars. The key is not to spam it.

Orange Milk

Orange Milk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Ganking, USA

Retired

R/

Defile Defenses + wanding > Escape

Or

Rigor Mortis

Or

Any of the three(3) "Wild" attacks

Or

Your standard Anti-melee stuffs, ya know, Hexes, Blind, Wards, ect.

Wow thats alot of ways to stop Escape R/D's, yup sure is over powered alright.

Take a N/P with [skill]Wild Throw[/skill] and anit-melee and all your bases is covered

GG ya QQers

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
Disagree. Very useful on GvG bars. The key is not to spam it.
Ahh, but he mentioned Escape which inquires more spam and less spiking.
But I still don't think Wild Blow is any good in PvP on a bar with Adrenaline skills.

@Orange Milk -- You forgot to mention these builds can be ran by anyone, even if it was a mouse with it's brain removed and shrunk to three times it's usual size. Too easy and mindless to play...

the Puppeteer

the Puppeteer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ctb
This is why I can't get my friends to play Guild Wars with me. It's a great game, but it has the most ridiculous group of people playing it I've ever seen in my entire life.

Seriously. Grow up.
and seriously - get a sarcasm detector

Painbringer

Painbringer

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

Minnesota

Black Widows of Death

W/Mo

not signed

Like any stance they are easliy removable. Not to mention Hexable. Run away! Run away! While my nightmare kills you