What elite skills will they change?

Recently there's been a note in the developer updates stating that they will be changing underpowered and underused elites in the coming month or so. What elite skills do you think they'll change and how?

nobody knows
so don't ask

Get out your spectacles and speculum...time for speculation I suspect.

the idea of your speculum usage worries me ever so slightly

You got it wrong.
It's:
A bit on topic:
Let's be honest here.
As long as Assassin's Promise is in the game - and being able to run 3 elites (aka PvE skills) - who cares if they buff shit to stink a bit less.

Upier, is there a single build you run without AP? Especially for us rits? lol (That's a joke, btw)

Anyways, why stop at elites anet? Your two bastard childs, spawning power and communing (along with a few other lines from other professions) sure could use some lovin'.

Or is this to... drastic of a change in pve for ya'?

I'm going to hope the usage of the speculum here is either naivety or a joke...



No one knows, but I'm sure we could throw out some good guesses. Maybe Quick Shot or Balthazar's Pendulum. Those are two of the most horrible elites I know of.

[wounding strike]

as long as that dies im fine with whatever they do. wait i take that back, dont do stupid stuff.

please buff [word of censure], ive been waiting for a spike using that!

[skill]Hundred Blades[/skill]

[lightbringer signet]
seriously
who uses it?

this balance is going to be probably for PvP so even AP may get a buff lol...but if it is for PvE, than ROFL....

lmao... its a pve skill..
only elite skill being used in pve is [skill]ursan blessing[/skill]lol

Because some people play PvP...

Although, I think we can all agree Assassin's Promise is pretty instagib.

not gonna lie

anet better make peace and harmoney the new monk standard elite

Those of us who know aren't allowed to post about it and won't do it.

Those that don't know will just make bad guesses and mislead people.

Conclusion: you won't get your answer here, and this thread won't get you anywhere.

QFT. This post>>>>>>>>>>>>>>This thread.

People will be mislead taking stuff for fact that is only a guess. You can't guess which skills will be and which won't, so there is no real reason to try.

My dog knows but he wont say

The idea of the thread was to speculate what elites you think they'll change. Not to figure out what they are. I don't expect to gather any info from this.

Unyielding Aura - complete reworking.

No need to get on your high freaking horse and do the whole /pompous thing, it's just a thread where people just light-heartedly make guesses and JUST say what they would like to see in the said update. That's it.

Pretty sure Divine wasn't being a pompous high freaking horse, ok? He just stated a fact, that this thread is pretty pointless.

seeing as you know then, i'm gonna ask you a question. Is Blessed Light getting a 5 energy cost -5energy if hex is removed buff?

if i'm wrong, please still say yes for it would make me truely happy. I know, it's sad how easy it is to please me.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Weaken_Knees - Terrible elite...

Most necro elites are decent, all though some need to be tweaked, especially in blood magic.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Amity - lol

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Mark_of_Protection - even worse

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Boon_Signet - weak, too little heal and energy for 1 sec cast

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Life_Barrier - sad when life bond is used over this for energy management

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Ray_of_Judgment - since when do we see enemy minions in pve or pvp?

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Unyielding_Aura - cool skill, but totally useless in pvp

I'll stop there...

Where to begin...

So many definitions, so little time. I could very well have meant an alloy comprised of copper and tin used until the mid 1800's to create mirrors...the reference may, then, have referred to "reflecting" upon the topic of the OP...but, that would be pretty obscure.

I may have also meant the bright plumage on the inner part of the wings of some birds. This, then, might refer to the feather itself, which when trimmed properly becomes a quill pen with which one might choose to write a response to the OP...since the advent of the computer keyboard, this is not only obscure, but also quite unlikely.

Could this, then, refer to the quarterly journal published by the Medieval Academy of America, the oldest journal devoted exclusively to the Middle Ages? If so, I suppose it might me used as reference material to support some harebrained idea a responder might have about keeping GW in line with the genre from which it was created...probably would be a weak argument and the terribly obscure reference would go well past the understanding of the average poster (including myself)...would more than likely be misconstrued as a political statement about the current state of affairs with the gaming industry in general and would likely result in a flame-war causing this and several other threads to be summarily closed.

Alas...we are left with the obvious. While a gynocological grimmace may twist the grins of many of our female members, please note that this particular medical instrument may be used by medical professionals to gaze within the body cavities of both men and women. While nasal specula exist, I was thinking about a little something different. My particular thought was without gender bias, leaving the gazing to be done into a certain orifice from which many threads may seem to originate.

I'm not saying they are neccissarily "shitty" or that the authors require surgery to remove their heads from that particular area...plainly put, I'm saying that because topics such as these are without reference material from which one might form an adequate response, the only way in which a respondent might acquire information is to pull it from their ass...hence the need for the speculum.

Maybe [reapers sweep] will get a buff? XD

[Life Sheath]

PvE version could EASILY become something along the lines of "For X...Y...Z seconds, damage from the next A...B...C sources is negated."

A heal cap in PvE is terrible, especially considering the damage output in HM, but the skill could easily be strong with the description if altered.

thank you, THANK YOU for being one of the few that notice this besides me.

on topic, I'd love to see at least a fourth of the elites that we pretty much can't use get reworked/buffed into some sort of play (it'd be nice if some were for pvp too... seeing as its as stale as Holy's ego).

nominees (for now :P):

Aura of Faith
Rav Gaze
Tease (rework?)
Primal Rage (classic!)
Archers Sig (moved?)
Quick Shot (pve?)
Onslaught possibly
Para elites in general need a bit of love
Mirror of Ice
small buff to Boon sig maybe (in pve)

Skills that need to be buffed/reworked ?
Well... A LOT. I would mention them but it would really take too much of my time and i really plan to do something this weekend, at least sleep. So ill leave to A.Net. It's not like they really listen when we say "buff some underpowered skills please"... well, they do, after 2 years.
Dont wanna sound like a ungrateful son of a %*#@$ but yes, it did took too much time.

Yea and... buff all these skills already, rework Ursan Blessing already, rework Hall of Monuments already, rework titles already. Do this until the end of the month (i know you can) and focus 100% on Guild Wars 2, okay? Okay! Great! Ill send you a present on chirstmas and we will all be a happy family! After that maybe i can let you come over my place to eat chocolate and play lego!

I'm guessing they'll buff only the elites that no one cares about and make them still underpowered so they aren't used.

For example, instead of reworking 100 blades, which people have been asking for for years... Volfan blessing and Raven Blessing are going to be buffed but not so much people will ditch ursan.

Buffs:
[Boon Signet][Amity][Archer's Signet][Assault Enchantments][Aura of Faith][Auspicious Parry][Cultist's Fervor][Life Sheath][Lightbringer Signet][Signet of Ghostly Might][Unyielding Aura]
others...there are a lot, and I am tired.

i really like the choices you've made so far.

Change back Sig of Ghostly Might so it instakills after 10 secs.

I don't really think it's overpowered...well, maybe change it to target loses 98% of their health. Sounds pretty balanced to me.

You sure?
Well, NOT in terms of people actually playing PvP - but rather in terms of it being a PvP change?
Since the change is mentioned in connection with the PvE update I figured it was going to be PvE only.

And it would help all the poor "casual" players to get somewhere!

My picks for both PvP and PvE elite buffs:

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10309517

Ursan is going to be beat to death with the nerf bat, and it will be lulz in Riverside. Oh, the horror of that day. Guru will probably explode from the mass QQ thread creation. Going to be a long day....

The question is why stop at just Elite skills that are underused?

There are plenty of regular skills that have been in need of a buff since day one.

[Warrior's Cunning] needs a buff, even just a reduction in recharge, to make it useable in PvE where you face mob after mob of blocking foes.

i'll run to the store and get me a big bag of crisps and enjoy the QQ'ing gheheehe
free entertainment

Yes, the Elite Skill change is PvE only, I am pretty sure, cause it is in the PvE update paragraph.

Also if you want to know what gets buffed look at every elite that sucks but would make the game easy mode if it got buffed.

o wait thats all of the bad elites LOL!

If they kill the non-core classes in PvP the update will be fine.