Skill Balance 13/11/2010

Originally Posted by drkn

I hoped to see this done to Signet of Spirits, not Binding.


Won't help much, but still - nice try.

Originally Posted by fowlero

It's a PvP update.

PvE changes'll be another time i'd imagine.

Originally Posted by drkn

It's not even a PvP update, it's a very small GvG update. Nothing else.
As a PvP neonate, i'd be happy with a bigger and more complex PvP update. As a person who likes changes and updates, i'd be happy with a big GvG skill revolution. As a guy who still plays PvE from time to time, i'd appreciate several tweaks to PvE gimmicks as well.
16 skills after 4 months since the last update (and 6 months since a valuable one), with most of them being tweaked just a tiny little bit, is just meh.

Originally Posted by Skill Update

Skill Balance

For more information on these changes, please see the Developer Updates page.
Assassin

* Black Mantis Thrust: increased activation time to 1 second; increased recharge to 6 seconds. (I'm almost 200% sure that Fox Fangs was the main problem...)
* Leaping Mantis Sting: decreased activation time to 1/2 second. Meh

Elementalist

* Mirror of Ice: increased recharge to 45 seconds. MAKE IT ACTUAL COLD DAMAGE, FOR THE LAST TIME!

Mesmer

* Empathy (PvP): decreased damage to 15...45. Actually nice nerf
* Visions of Regret: split for PvP; retains original functionality.
* Visions of Regret (PvP): decreased unconditional damage to 10...30; decreased conditional damage to 5...40; increased recharge to 30 seconds.Could've done without the recharge nerf, but now people will just run Esurge

Monk

* Heal Party: split for PvP; retains original functionality.
* Heal Party (PvP): increased recharge to 20 seconds; decreased casting time to 1 second.If you are going to do this, at least decrease the cost to 10 energy. Now PwK is better in every way.
* Healing Burst: changed functionality to: "Target ally is healed for 5...130. All party members in earshot of your target gain Health equal to the Divine Favor bonus from this spell. Your Smiting Prayers are disabled for 20 seconds."I'm seeing a trend of these "disables xx attribute for xx seconds" not complaining, though. But, now this is more OP that the LoD buff we have suggested for the last 4 years.


Necromancer

* Barbed Signet: split for PvP; changed to apply Bleeding with Necromancer skills.
* Barbed Signet (PvP): removed casting time; removed Health sacrifice; reduced recharge to 4 seconds; changed functionality to: "You suffer from Bleeding for 6 seconds. The next Necromancer skill that targets a foe causes Bleeding for 2...16 seconds."I can live with this.
* Faintheartedness: decreased duration to 3...16.Clap-clap
* Spoil Victor: split for PvP; retains original functionality.
* Spoil Victor (PvP): decreased Health loss to 15...75. Still powerful

Ritualist

* Gaze of Fury (PvP): this skill now targets only allied spirits.According to my tests, Gave of Fury doesn't actually "target" anything
* Recuperation (PvP): removed the 75% Health cap.Why???????
* Signet of Binding: changed attribute to Spawning Power; increased casting time to 2 seconds; added the following functionality: "50% failure chance with Spawning Power 4 or less." I don't know what this is referring to, but okay

Warrior

* "Coward!": added recharge of 2 seconds.An earshot range KD with a 6 second recharge.... What does this remind me of?...
* Enraging Charge: changed functionality to: "For 5...15 seconds, you move 25% faster. Enraging Charge ends when you successfully strike a target, at which point you gain 0...3 strikes of adrenaline if you hit with a melee attack."This did not need to happen. Why punish one of the best mechanics in your game this way?
* Overbearing Smash: removed unblockable property. K

NPC Updates

* Divinus Tutela [Healing Henchman] no longer uses Heal Party or Healer's Boon, he now uses Heal Party (PvP) and Healing Burst.
* Tannaros [Punishing Henchman] no longer uses Visions of Regret, he now uses Visions of Regret (PvP).

Bug Fixes

* Fixed a text bug that caused Tannaros [Punishing Henchman] to list Empathy when he was using Empathy (PvP).
* Fixed a bug that caused white lines in the Raiment of the Lich costume.

Originally Posted by Polgara Val

That has to be the most anticlimatic update I have witnessed thus far in GW, love all the anticipation has ended up being for naught. Ah well, some pie anyone?

Pol

Originally Posted by NerfHerder

Its not in the notes, but Zealous Vow got nerfed.