RoJ Feels Meh

Am I the only one that isn't a huge RoJ fan? Well ROJ is highly overrated, fairly long cast time and recharge, not to mention the fact that all smart monsters move out of the way as fast as they can, and you need to run 16 points smite always to deal reasonable damage.

I use it on a hero when I am on a melee class, since the hero can run S&H, Balt spirit etc.

I also use it when I am on my monk with arcane echo, since it is a pain to run with heroes as a heal monk, but honestly the smite line is weak, so while a human can take PvE skills to make a decent bar with ROJ, heroes are limited.

I guess that is why they are looking to fix smite line, since overall it is pretty piss-poor as it is.

Well, if other hero builds are as effective without having to micro them then those would be better. Personally I really don't want to micro their skills, setting flags, ok, but it ends right there. Agrred, but I am not comparing RoJ to other bars. I'm just stating how the skill needs to be used in order to be successful.

Well ROJ is highly overrated, fairly long cast time and recharge, not to mention the fact that all smart monsters move out of the way as fast as they can, and you need to run 16 points smite always to deal reasonable damage.

I use it on a hero when I am on a melee class, since the hero can run S&H, Balt spirit etc.

I also use it when I am on my monk with arcane echo, since it is a pain to run with heroes as a heal monk, but honestly the smite line is weak, so while a human can take PvE skills to make a decent bar with ROJ, heroes are limited.

I guess that is why they are looking to fix smite line, since overall it is pretty piss-poor as it is. This, although I'll disagree that Smiting is weak because it's got several strong skills (Balth Spirit / SoH, Smiter's Boon + Smite Condi / Smite Hex / Reversal of Damage), sufficiently so that Smiters are worth considering even though they're not top tier. What's weak about Smiting is its damage output.

I'll also add that one "drawback" of RoJ is that it (for casters at least) competes directly with UA, which is one of the best Monk elites out there. You can't use UA if you're already using Balth Spirit / SoH, but otherwise that skill is like the single best skill in the game when it comes to protecting against wipes.

I'll also add that one "drawback" of RoJ is that it (for casters at least) competes directly with UA, which is one of the best Monk elites out there. You can't use UA if you're already using Balth Spirit / SoH, but otherwise that skill is like the single best skill in the game when it comes to protecting against wipes. Is this a joke? UA is one of the most overrated skills in the game. Maybe it'll protect you against wipes but the job of a party's defense should be to protect against deaths. Anyway, with all the OP defense that comes with minions and spirits and, if necessary, ER prots or panic mesmers... I mean really, deaths shouldn't be happening outside of the super high-end areas like the DoA and HM WoC.

Is this a joke? UA is one of the most overrated skills in the game. Maybe it'll protect you against wipes but the job of a party's defense should be to protect against deaths. Anyway, with all the OP defense that comes with minions and spirits and, if necessary, ER prots or panic mesmers... I mean really, deaths shouldn't be happening outside of the super high-end areas like the DoA and HM WoC. I disagree, bringing a res is still still useful in case the player makes a mistake and UA is one of the best res in the game. I would vote against any generic hero team build in pvx without a res.

RoJ is useful only if you know how to use it. Unfortunately if you don't bother to hold aggro, then it may not serve you well.