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Actually, I think that if they "nerfed" smiting off other people using Ether Renewal it could be something that encourages diverse builds. Like, maybe a mass enchant Symbiosis Build. 
That wouldn't be unbalanced becuase we always have Nature's Renewal.
I take that back. Nature's Renewal just increases time it takes to cast and the ammount of upkeep it takes. While this would hurt a Mo/Me encahnt masser a bit, it would by no means hurt an Ether Renewal Enchanter.
I take that back. Nature's Renewal just increases time it takes to cast and the ammount of upkeep it takes. While this would hurt a Mo/Me encahnt masser a bit, it would by no means hurt an Ether Renewal Enchanter.
Thanks for reposting this screenshot. I just hope this thread won't turn like the previous one or it will be closed very very soon.
Just a few more words for the next posters. It is NOT some sort of h4xorz build you can use in PvE/PvP. This screenshot was taken as an exercise to exploit ether renewal. The purpose is to demonstrate that
- you have access to a near unlimited amount of energy with this E.R
- you can maintain an unlimited amount of enchantments as long as you have enough targets.
Now if someone would be kind enough to make the same demonstration with a huge minion army, I would LOVE to see a screen full of upkeep icons.
Just a few more words for the next posters. It is NOT some sort of h4xorz build you can use in PvE/PvP. This screenshot was taken as an exercise to exploit ether renewal. The purpose is to demonstrate that
- you have access to a near unlimited amount of energy with this E.R
- you can maintain an unlimited amount of enchantments as long as you have enough targets.
Now if someone would be kind enough to make the same demonstration with a huge minion army, I would LOVE to see a screen full of upkeep icons.
Sure, you can keep all of those Enchants up, but it's not like yuo'll get any benefit out of it. With 14-16 in Energy Storage you'll only be able to put about 9 in Prot and Healing.
There aren't many good sustained enchantments. Sure, you can divert half of all of your allies' damage and take a bit yourself. You can increase their health by 150. You can give them *WOOHO* 5+ damage. You can give them 3+ energy regen. You can make enemies take a whopping 2 damage! Or you COULD Prot Bond them but lose 4 energy every time any of them take a hit (Fire Storm would bring your energy to 0
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The only way that this would be any good at all is if you used Symbosis and you can only have one of those up at a time on each side and if it dies and your spiriter doesn't have Oath Shot, your build is completely useless.
An interrupt ranger or mesmer - unless the Ether Renewal user has found some way to spam Glyph of Concentration extremely fast - makes that elementalist ineffective, or if they can interrupt Ether Renewal, useless and out of energy.
A good Mesmer can keep any Ether Renewal user grounded. This skill is not imbalanced; it may be very powerful, but not imbalanced or exploitatious.
What about in PvE? Yes, this skill helps alot with UW soloing but we, at times, forget that there are still Mo/W UW soloers out there. I've even heard of a few E/mos using Mist Form instead of Ether Renewal to solo UW.
So, I would say that alot of the hype is just that: hype.
There aren't many good sustained enchantments. Sure, you can divert half of all of your allies' damage and take a bit yourself. You can increase their health by 150. You can give them *WOOHO* 5+ damage. You can give them 3+ energy regen. You can make enemies take a whopping 2 damage! Or you COULD Prot Bond them but lose 4 energy every time any of them take a hit (Fire Storm would bring your energy to 0
)The only way that this would be any good at all is if you used Symbosis and you can only have one of those up at a time on each side and if it dies and your spiriter doesn't have Oath Shot, your build is completely useless.
An interrupt ranger or mesmer - unless the Ether Renewal user has found some way to spam Glyph of Concentration extremely fast - makes that elementalist ineffective, or if they can interrupt Ether Renewal, useless and out of energy.
A good Mesmer can keep any Ether Renewal user grounded. This skill is not imbalanced; it may be very powerful, but not imbalanced or exploitatious.
What about in PvE? Yes, this skill helps alot with UW soloing but we, at times, forget that there are still Mo/W UW soloers out there. I've even heard of a few E/mos using Mist Form instead of Ether Renewal to solo UW.
So, I would say that alot of the hype is just that: hype.
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yeah ether renewal is rediculous. I'm just confused as to why they thought the no recharge on draw conditions was why e/mo smiting is so good 
not too useful, but funny to think about. Rend enchantments = bye bye necro. (well maybe not quite) also, decent energy denial and its all over as well, but whatever. fun stuff.
not too useful, but funny to think about. Rend enchantments = bye bye necro. (well maybe not quite) also, decent energy denial and its all over as well, but whatever. fun stuff.
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