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Discordway?
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A physical with Asuran Scan and a quick condition inflict skill (Wounding Strike, Sever Artery, Jagged Strike) can do the job just as well. Even better, in some cases, because they can pump out DPS when the AP caller is down for whatever reason.
The caller is nice, but no, it doesn't have to be an Assassin. It doesn't even have to be that build. Anything with a quick hex + condition will work just fine. Most of the time, the heroes can handle it themselves anyway.
The caller is nice, but no, it doesn't have to be an Assassin. It doesn't even have to be that build. Anything with a quick hex + condition will work just fine. Most of the time, the heroes can handle it themselves anyway.
People seem to think that Assasins Promise is a very good elite to bring no matter what profession your character belongs to because it recharges your skills. However:
If you really depend on Assassin's Promise for the skill recharge and energy, your build and it's energy management suck, since any halfway decent build wouldn't have long cooldown or energy issues.
If you really depend on Assassin's Promise for the skill recharge and energy, your build and it's energy management suck, since any halfway decent build wouldn't have long cooldown or energy issues.
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Rather than AP, on my nec I use Corrupt Enchantment and Parasitic Bond for hex spamming, YMLAD for condition, as well as throwing in the Naga Shaman Asura summon. He has stoning 
When I play on my warrior, I use a hammer, which is beautiful with knockdown. It puts a little more steam into the steamroller builds.
Like the others were saying, the guidelines are general, but the main thing is to do enough to trigger the damage of Discord. Play around with builds and do something that suits your character and your playing style. Then when you share your build with others, they go "Huh?" Then maybe say something like, "Oh. Neat."
And, to support the concerns about dependency on AP, if you don't target properly or something goes screwy (like not taking out healers, etc.) you can be left facing the full cooldown of the skill. Better to take something with a normal cooldown and roll with it.
When I play on my warrior, I use a hammer, which is beautiful with knockdown. It puts a little more steam into the steamroller builds.
Like the others were saying, the guidelines are general, but the main thing is to do enough to trigger the damage of Discord. Play around with builds and do something that suits your character and your playing style. Then when you share your build with others, they go "Huh?" Then maybe say something like, "Oh. Neat."
And, to support the concerns about dependency on AP, if you don't target properly or something goes screwy (like not taking out healers, etc.) you can be left facing the full cooldown of the skill. Better to take something with a normal cooldown and roll with it.
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Originally Posted by Gennadios
People seem to think that Assasins Promise is a very good elite to bring no matter what profession your character belongs to because it recharges your skills. However:
If you really depend on Assassin's Promise for the skill recharge and energy, your build and it's energy management suck, since any halfway decent build wouldn't have long cooldown or energy issues. This isn't correct. AP is an energy management skill like any other, and as HigherMinion said, the real purpose is to exploit long recharge skills. AP often requires careful precision, since many builds do depend on it, but this does not make it a bad elite. It's a very simple matter of timing.
OP- Caster professions tend to work better at Discordway than melee simply because you can drop an enemy in ~2 seconds, then immediately switch to a second enemy without moving to the target. Necromancers work best of all-- Soul Reaping allows you to spam PvE skills endlessly without any energy troubles.
If you really depend on Assassin's Promise for the skill recharge and energy, your build and it's energy management suck, since any halfway decent build wouldn't have long cooldown or energy issues. This isn't correct. AP is an energy management skill like any other, and as HigherMinion said, the real purpose is to exploit long recharge skills. AP often requires careful precision, since many builds do depend on it, but this does not make it a bad elite. It's a very simple matter of timing.
OP- Caster professions tend to work better at Discordway than melee simply because you can drop an enemy in ~2 seconds, then immediately switch to a second enemy without moving to the target. Necromancers work best of all-- Soul Reaping allows you to spam PvE skills endlessly without any energy troubles.
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Originally Posted by Gennadios
If you really depend on Assassin's Promise for the skill recharge and energy, your build and it's energy management suck, since any halfway decent build wouldn't have long cooldown or energy issues.
Ever met a mesmer? 
Long recharges and high cost is kind of their trademark these days if you want to be effective.
Quote: Originally Posted by Lusciious
Quote: Originally Posted by Lusciious
check AP Boon Prot . 1 man chain aegis is sexy . how is AP bad ?
Its less of the Aegis chain, more the perma cheap prot spirit and on demand seeds of life and shields Ap is good, whats bad is the people who complain they cant use it right when they cant work around the fragility of it, hence is sucks :P
~jayson
Ap is good, whats bad is the people who complain they cant use it right when they cant work around the fragility of it, hence is sucks :P~jayson
