Update - Friday December 12

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

Skill Updates

Mesmer

Power Leech: Energy cost reduced to 5.

Necromancer
Aura of the Lich: Energy cost increased to 15.

Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused "It's Just a Flesh Wound" to apply even if no conditions were removed.
Fixed a bug that caused Cultist's Fervor to work with non-Necromancer spells.
Fixed a bug that stopped Lingering Curse from changing the Health bar to pink.
Fixed a bug that stopped Mark of Insecurity from changing the Health bar to pink.
Fixed a bug that stopped Weaken Knees from changing the Health bar to pink.
Fixed a bug that caused the Ritualist spirit Bloodsong to deal an extra hit when affected by Signet of Ghostly Might.

Miscellaneous
Increased faction gain per kill in Amatz Basin to 5.

SmartBomb

SmartBomb

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2008

Illinois

Necropolis Warlords

R/Mo

Meh.........

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

So now amatz is a non-bottable form of getting only 1/5 the amount of faction as the old HFFF which was only nerfed because it was bottable.


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Zeek Aran

Zeek Aran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Earth, sadly

BORK

A/

They buffed Amatz, not nerfed.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

...I know that.

Read what I said.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

aura....neh--15 is still negligible....still having fun with it either way......and hm, my bloodsong wasnt doing extra hits.....oh well, guess either way its 'fixed' now.....

may go do amatz for a bit...need some more faction-----

Zeek Aran

Zeek Aran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Earth, sadly

BORK

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by A11Eur0 View Post
...I know that.

Read what I said.
I did and I don't get what you were saying. Amatz is only 1/5 of the hourly faction of HFF?

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

N/

I agree Zeek, I don't get his argument.

TempusFidget

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2006

P/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeek Aran View Post
I did and I don't get what you were saying. Amatz is only 1/5 of the hourly faction of HFF?
Amatz faction for saving refugees was nerfed yesterday.
Increasing faction per kill is less a buff than a partial de-nerf.

Either way, it's pretty self evident that the way it is 'intended' to be played is to protect the refugees by killing the things hunting them, rather than by distracting them in perma Shadowform. Which by way of a trade off probably needs to be looked at as an alternative to beating Shadowform any harder with the nerf bat.

As far as the one fifth...
...HFFF was unplugged for being bottable.
And one of the stated intentions of Lindsay's vast update last month was to stop that, while introducing more options.

Amatz is one such option, but it's considerably less lucrative than pre-nerf HFFF.
Maybe about 1/5th.

-Shrug-

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Not understanding the energy cost boost to Aura.

lol @ Amatz "buff". Nobody ever played to faction farm through kills. Clearly ANet hopes we'll slam Sliver Armor on the bar or spam Burning Speed moar. owait, was there a SF nerf yesterday?

JQ superiority.

Queenie

Queenie

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

When are they going to decorate the towns?

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Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Queenie View Post
When are they going to decorate the towns?

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In a week.

durrrr.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke View Post
Not understanding the energy cost boost to Aura.
I'm guessing it was to make archane echoing it more difficult. That was happening a LOT in RA today. And its still terrible. MMs are not good in a PvP area with 4 people. When we kill you, your masterless minions are more of a threat to your teammates then the other team. Play a real bar please. This is really only an AB/FA/PvE build.

Xx Da Best Xx

Xx Da Best Xx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2008

LA

Its December first?:S
Its nice to see they fixed Cultists Fervor. Was getting pretty annoying seeing every class use it to spam crap at no cost.

Queenie

Queenie

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke View Post
In a week.

durrrr.
Excellent.
12char.

Smurf Minions

Smurf Minions

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Somewhere you can't see

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by A11Eur0 View Post
So now amatz is a non-bottable form of getting only 1/5 the amount of faction as the old HFFF which was only nerfed because it was bottable.


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go vanquish drazach thicket? it is faster than HFFF and it is also faster than the previous amatz basin...

SirSausage

SirSausage

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

Poland

Architects of Forgotten Truths [AoFT]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xx Da Best Xx View Post
Its December first?:S
Its nice to see they fixed Cultists Fervor. Was getting pretty annoying seeing every class use it to spam crap at no cost.
Yea that's strange.
It's probably the update for the 12th December (since yesterday was friday).

Shadowfox1125

Shadowfox1125

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

PST

W/

Mmm, so they realized reducing faction gain to 1 per refugee was too little, however it's not enough. Boost it to at least 10 before we talk about EVER entering Amatz again.