Ether Renewal - Nerf or not?

Anyone from Anet plan on nerfing this way overpowered elite? Any rumors?

It's not overpowered, stfu.

Are you sure??

I mean, MarkyX says it's "way overpowered" without explaining how. Or anything for that matter.

Ought to be enough to get someone over here from ANet to do a little nerfing, doncha think?

Seriously, it's not as overpowered as you people think. And at least there's a counter against Smite groups like this..

http://photobucket.com/albums/v32/pa...rent=ether.jpg

Nuff said.

I have a feeling we are going to look back at this skill and go "remmber when you could use it to do..." i wouldnt worry about it too much.

Looks to be improbable to me. With a max 10 seconds of casting time and 20 seconds afterwards of waittime with -10 energy degen. There is no way to maintain all those enchantments without the degen bringing the energy down to 0 within the 20 seconds of downtime. Seems very fishy...........

your right that was totaly photoshoped.

One pip of energy regen/degen is .33 energy a second. So 10 pips of energy degen, the max, is the same as losing 3.33 energy a second. Over 20 seconds of downtime he will lose 66.66 energy. He has well over 100 energy. An Ether Renewal will bring him to max in no time, which means he can maintain an unlimited amount of enchantments (in this case 80), since energy degen caps at -10.

P.S. Yes please nerf the skill.

rofl

I'm sorry, but really, you guys make ether renewal out to be the most utterly devastating elite ever created. Let's see what can put down a person 'abusing' ether renewal, typically an e/mo smiter.

Diversion - If your group doesn't run a mesmer in the first place, well darn, I guess you overlooked the fact every other group runs smiting nowadays, or casters for that matter.
Lingering Curse, Rend Enchantments - A good necromancer, almost never missing from a good group, always runs either one of these skills, either one also makes a smiter effectively useless besides judge's insight.
Backfire - Oh darn, looks like draw conditions does around 140 damage to you now every time you cast it.
Various Mesmer Interrupts - Same description with diversion.
Distracting Shot - Granted not all groups run a ranger.
Signet of Humility - Self Explanatory.

E/Mo smiters revolve around enchantments, ether renewal, and draw conditions. If you run a few simple skills to counter this, smiting should not be a problem for your group, and you have a nice soft target for your killing pleasure.

Just because there are a select few counters, that doesnt stop it from being overpowered.

It got a boost before release...and it was overpowered before....Unlimited energy, come on....

What the hell is wrong with you people with nerfing stuff ? Get a life ..and stop making others life a nitemare ... if you are not happy with it ..join in the fun or stfu

The problem, as evidenced by the screenshot, is not Ether Renewal, but the -10 energy degen cap. That is the aspect of the game that is being abused, not the skill.

The skill itself is broken, being the most ridiculous energy engine in the game. That screenshot was just posted to show how retarded the skill is for regainging energy. I suggest that you try reading this post before you make nonsensical statements.

Edit: And the skill will be recieveing a nerf .