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Dark-NighT

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Stygian Veil

Shoop Da Woop [Lolz]

N/Mo

18 Feb 2011 at 01:52 - 81

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arieon Ito

2 players could probably keep this up indefinitely. 3 would make it an assurance. All 8 would mean unless everyone died at the same time, you wouldn't really need any healers. Although DP will still be racked up pretty quickly but the new Asuran Scan will cover that.

BUH+Asuran Scan will be the new kamikaze meta?

Haha i love that idea!

New run available, Kamikaze uw, requirement = just die a lot.

Atro

Miss the good ol' days

Join Date: Sep 2009

Where don't I live?

A/

18 Feb 2011 at 01:53 - 82

LOL new 100b anyone?

Wrath of m0o

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Boston Ma.

Is That Your Build[HaHa]

P/W

18 Feb 2011 at 01:55 - 83

/deaths
If we were getting a Survivor update..shouldnt we have known before the patch??

ChrisCo

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

[ToR]

W/

18 Feb 2011 at 01:55 - 84

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acolyte Firestar

LOL new 100b anyone?

/crying at the end of 100b fowsc

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

18 Feb 2011 at 01:55 - 85

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dzjudz

/deaths

Wtf?

Uh-oh, looks like something has been let out of the bag a little bit early...

Atro

Miss the good ol' days

Join Date: Sep 2009

Where don't I live?

A/

18 Feb 2011 at 01:56 - 86

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisCo

/crying at the end of 100b fowsc

just tried it on a group of minotaurs with my buddy, does a good amount of damage lol

mage767

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

LOVE

Me/E

18 Feb 2011 at 01:56 - 87

I do not like this update.

Here's why: The PvE skills (Luxon/Kurz and Sunspear) for derv got nerfed. As a result, dervs lost the ability to spike big damage in PvE HM.

Vow of strength (enchant) is like 100b but conflicts with many scythe based skills which REMOVES enchant. Yes, you can bring adrenaline skills, but they take time to charge (there are ways around this but cost skill slots), but these skills have activation times which are slow. Eremite attack .... nerf....also not good.

What should be reverted: Bring back old scythe attack skills which did not remove enchant on use. Also there are just WAY TOO MANY adrenaline skills. Tone it down, we don't need half of all scythe skills to be adrenaline based.

/From the perspective of DERV primary

iay1455

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2010

Invasion

Terra Noise [Zraw]

A/E

18 Feb 2011 at 01:57 - 88

new buh is really dumb.

change it back!!!

fr.aodhan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2010

D/Mo

18 Feb 2011 at 01:58 - 89

Test of Faith takes enchantment from a foe?

Edit: it removes, as usual.

Dark Saviour

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2009

Saviours of the Innocent

R/

18 Feb 2011 at 01:58 - 90

Well, if we are getting a Survivor update, then my apathy/mild disdain for this update is completely replaced with joy.

Not having to suffer through more Arborstone VQs for that horrid Kurzick title would be ever so nice...

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

18 Feb 2011 at 01:58 - 91

K im pissed.
How the hell can Dervishes run at 50% faster than my assassin.
My dervish is having fun for real but wtf.
Dash must by obligation be buffed to 60% movement speed now.

Warvic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2009

The Netherlands

A/W

18 Feb 2011 at 02:02 - 92

25 wins in RA with 3 dervishes and a Mo/D. lol!

ElMantis

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2009

18 Feb 2011 at 02:02 - 93

Derv's are absolute beasts at capping in JQ now. Just throwing together Pious Assault, Chilling Victory, Sand Shards and VoS with any combination of others already has me taking down bunched up foes ridiculously quickly.

Steps_Descending

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

IN my pocket plane. Obviously!

Little Tom's Pocket Plane [THom]

Me/Mo

18 Feb 2011 at 02:03 - 94

All I can say :

Houra at PvE skills chnages!
Love new BUH (if only for the lol and free +%dmg are boring to play with, admit it)
Prefer new AoHM (at least thematically, will need to field test when I can)
Love new Enernal aura (heed heed! it'an enchant AND a rez)
Love the new Intensity. I think they are trying to push Air Spikes build with this one. <3
(I only have doubts that dmg might be too low to make it worth it, or cooldown slightly too high)

Xiaquin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2010

[aRIN]

R/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:03 - 95

Quote:

Originally Posted by DokkyDok

So...uh...What am I supposed to run on my ranger now?

AS and BUH needed to go, as they were OP. There are other buffs, but as someone else said regarding eles, (like rangers) there's an even bigger argument for reworking them.

As for dervish heroes, I can see Avatar of Dwayna being handy.

Edit: Healing affects minions, too.

Mashiyu

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2010

E/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:03 - 96

since all partymembers die simulanously: DEATH NOVA SPIKE!

AngelWJedi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2008

orlando,florida

Society of Souls [Argh]

Rt/E

18 Feb 2011 at 02:06 - 97

so what the heck is with /deaths now?! does this mean for us that worked for the survivor title others can get it now even if they die?!

SongOf

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

18 Feb 2011 at 02:10 - 98

Eternal Aura is very strange...and fun

Master Bow

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

Poland

Tiny Siege Turtles [点点点]

R/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:11 - 99

so if attack speed of scythe is boosted then Vampiric should not be max 5/-1 but lower

mage767

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

LOVE

Me/E

18 Feb 2011 at 02:12 - 100

Vow of Strength should just be moved to Mysticism or scythe mastery. It has nothing in it to do with EARTH. Why should I spread my attibutes on 3 different lines? Sure if I use VOS, I need Earth and Scythe, then what's the damn point of mysticism?

go cubs

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2007

Chicago

[SIR]

D/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:13 - 101

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

Uh-oh, looks like something has been let out of the bag a little bit early...

Survivor Title Update ftw??

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

18 Feb 2011 at 02:15 - 102

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelWJedi

so what the heck is with /deaths now?! does this mean for us that worked for the survivor title others can get it now even if they die?!

Maybe they're changing it so that if you gain x amount of experience without dying you gain the title?
I'd drop money on the cash shop right now if they did that.

mage767

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

LOVE

Me/E

18 Feb 2011 at 02:16 - 103

Quote:

Originally Posted by mage767

Vow of Strength should just be moved to Mysticism or scythe mastery. It has nothing in it to do with EARTH. Why should I spread my attibutes on 3 different lines? Sure if I use VOS, I need Earth and Scythe, then what's the damn point of mysticism?

Also, scythe skills interfere with VoS use. Make VoS a stance.

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

18 Feb 2011 at 02:17 - 104

Quote:

Originally Posted by MisterB

So what are the scythe attack speed and critical hit changes exactly? Anyone tested it, or has ANet released that information?

Scythe swing time is now 1.5s, down from 1.75s

Critical hit damage modifier is now 9% (2^(5/40)), down from 41.4% (2^(20/40)). Critical hit rate is unchanged.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steps_Descending

Love new Enernal aura (heed heed! it'an enchant AND a rez)

It self-rezzes too (since it ends when you die, and you're in the area).

Arieon Ito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

[One]

Rt/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:18 - 105

Quote:

Originally Posted by SongOf

Eternal Aura is very strange...and fun

Stack damage on end enchants on 8 chars, cast Eternal Aura, teleport in, ball, suicide for massive damage and ress automatically since Eternal Aura ends on death.

Combine with the new BUH and Asuran Scan for massive LOL.

Wrath of m0o

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Boston Ma.

Is That Your Build[HaHa]

P/W

18 Feb 2011 at 02:19 - 106

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelWJedi

so what the heck is with /deaths now?! does this mean for us that worked for the survivor title others can get it now even if they die?!

I cant figure this out yet, but multiple tests so far do not add xp to a character that has died already, /perplexed.

Chairman Meow Meow

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2011

:(

Me/W

18 Feb 2011 at 02:19 - 107

Asuran Scan: changed functionality to: "For 9...12 seconds your attacks cannot miss target foe. Killing a foe hexed with Asuran scan removes 5% death penalty"

WTF.

April fools day is on april 1st.

Atro

Miss the good ol' days

Join Date: Sep 2009

Where don't I live?

A/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:23 - 108

just tried this with my buddy, and this has the potential to be another fowsc spike :P just a little bit more thinking vs the regular manlyway, might not be faster but its still fun

lemming

The Hotshot

Join Date: May 2006

Honolulu

International District [id???]

18 Feb 2011 at 02:25 - 109

Do multiple instances of Asuran Scan stack the same way that multiple copies of Life Siphon do?

mage767

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

LOVE

Me/E

18 Feb 2011 at 02:25 - 110

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arieon Ito

Stack damage on end enchants on 8 chars, cast Eternal Aura, teleport in, ball, suicide for massive damage and ress automatically since Eternal Aura ends on death.

Combine with the new BUH and Asuran Scan for massive LOL.

Well, if this is what GW has come down to....with devs trolling the user-base with useless skills, then I have lost all hope in future updates.

The only good thing out of this update was "Flash enchants". But they ruined everything else.

Mayh3m

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Montreal

Mind H A C K [OMG]

W/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:28 - 111

Good I can finally sell all of my furious snathe

Chronos the Defiler

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

W/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:29 - 112

The staff left in charge of skills balance....please get fired -.-

jayson

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2007

18 Feb 2011 at 02:29 - 113

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chairman Meow Meow

Asuran Scan: changed functionality to: "For 9...12 seconds your attacks cannot miss target foe. Killing a foe hexed with Asuran scan removes 5% death penalty"

WTF.

April fools day is on april 1st.

Seems kind of odd to have a skill that removes DP when killing anything in HM removes DP already.

novawhiz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

A/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:31 - 114

@ /deaths. Maybe trying to combat the fact that you can buy the title through Hammers. So now, its experience gained outside not through quests. Just a thought. But then again why dont they just make kathy hammers non tradeable. Who knows

VoS spike will of course work for FoWSC, but i think mesmer spike will still be better. But i guess spike is too much coordination for Pugs, so VoS will be new 100b.

ogre_jd

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2008

Canadia

W/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:33 - 115

Ugh. I was looking forward to this update and playing a Dervish when I heard about Flash Enchantments - they cured the one and only reason I couldn't stand playing one. But the rest of it? I now have absolutely no desire to play a Dervish ever again - and now have to find a replacement for Melonni since she goes from being an absolute beast (dealing far more damage and killing foes faster than I've ever been able to do with any class, or get my other Heroes to do) with the Wounding Strike build I use on her to being mediocre, at best.

I'm dreading to think what they might do to make Warriors, Rangers, and Paragons "better"...

Mireles

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2009

W/Me

18 Feb 2011 at 02:35 - 116

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

Uh-oh, looks like something has been let out of the bag a little bit early...

o.o, this means we can have the best of both world LDoA and Leg Survivor

Wrath of m0o

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Boston Ma.

Is That Your Build[HaHa]

P/W

18 Feb 2011 at 02:37 - 117

D/N Bomber FTW

ChrisCo

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

[ToR]

W/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:38 - 118

I bet there has never been so many dervs online at the same time.

Markaedw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

N/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:41 - 119

Ural's Hammer was the only non profesion, non attack health regeneration, what was the reason behind the change?

Haggis of Doom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2009

TGB

W/

18 Feb 2011 at 02:43 - 120

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markaedw

Ural's Hammer was the only non profesion, non attack health regeneration, what was the reason behind the change?

No one used it for health regen.

But if that's what your looking for, clicky