Improving Disrupting Chop?

Maybe leave disruptive chop as it is, with its skill disabling power, and create a new skill called irritating swing or something, frustrating lunge or something of equal silliness that could be a spamable interrupt (3-4 adrenaline) but only interrupts and does nothing else... perhaps Distracting blow.. only thing is its 5 energy instead of adrenaline, but that is not necessarily a bad thing

it's nearly impossible to interrupt even 1s spells with this unless you randomly hit one. ): It is rather difficult to interupt 1s skills with any interupt. Many people just can't react that fast.

What Disrupting Chop is good for is disabling skills like orision. The idea is to wear down the boss untill it is spamming orision. Then watch one cast, and time your attack to land with the next cast, 2s latter.

It is rather difficult to interupt 1s skills with any interupt. Many people just can't react that fast.

What Disrupting Chop is good for is disabling skills like orision. The idea is to wear down the boss untill it is spamming orision. Then watch one cast, and time your attack to land with the next cast, 2s latter. Its not a question os been difficult. Its *possible*. Anyone with a reaction time of below 0.45seconds can interrupt a 1s skill with a Distracting Shot (from point blank). Anyone with a reaction time of about 0.8 (including fast casting) can interrupt using a Mesmer. What i've never figured out is how Disrupting Chop is so insanely hard to target, yet Stone Summit Carvers quite calmy interrupt attack skills and many other <1s skills with it. The only time you can interrupt with it is if you know the targets gonna cast. You can pretty much guarantee if a monk in PvE is half dead, 3 seconds after 1 Orison, it'll cast it again.

Obviously just plainly boosting its Speed and not increasing its Adren Cost would be pretty unbalanced, but that can be sorted out... Could be made similar to Distracting Shot in the sense that levels on Axe Mastery boost its damage (on a scale of 1-16). Its just ridiculous atm, i even managed to miss a Giant Stomp while waiting for it since they just carried on with there current attack rather than going straight for the interrupt. I should probably just take Distracting Blow, at least then i'd stand a chance of hitting something.

If you want a 1/2 second activation one just go with the no attrubite one (forget the name). Why make two almost identical skills? All skills have their advantages and weaknesses. Plus I think an adrenal 1/2 second interupt would be a bit overpowered.

Edit: Just one more thing..I have no problem at all interupting 1s casts under IAS. Since tanking sucks even in PvE now, Warriors have more than enough space on their bar for IAS. Hmm, i see your point. I usually bring Berserkers Stance though if anything, and its a bit of a waste ending it if you miss. (Spectral Agony + Frenzy = PAIN)