Curse

Cale Roughstar · Aug 31, 2009, 02:36 PM // 14:36

Cracked Armour on spikes = awesome!

glacialphoenix · Aug 31, 2009, 03:07 PM // 15:07

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I maintain that Cracked Armor is amazing and probably the most underrated condition out there as a whole.

This. I love it in HM PvE. It ALWAYS comes in handy, because HM critters have heavy armour-boosts, and it really helps when you're up against warriors, paras or rangers.

As for most underrated, IDK, I think Weakness could match it - destroys those hard-hitting melee classes in PvE.

zwei2stein · Aug 31, 2009, 04:45 PM // 16:45

It is latest condition added to game. That should be enough to tell you it is going to be pretty effective and maybe even imba.

cataphract · Aug 31, 2009, 05:43 PM // 17:43

I love Cracked Armor. I also like slutty armors, but that's a whole new topic.

JASON626 · Aug 31, 2009, 05:57 PM // 17:57

Run what is it called, weaken armor, on your necro in pve aoe cracked armor. Plus condition for discord.

Olim Chill · Aug 31, 2009, 06:15 PM // 18:15

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Originally Posted by cataphract

I love Cracked Armor.

Yeah...I've yet to meet a foe with cracked armor that I didn't like.

englitdaudelin · Aug 31, 2009, 07:07 PM // 19:07

In Hard mode, cracked armor + epidemic is great against the mobs--those were always in my hero bars somehow. It's not really necessary in Normal mode, but it can certainly make the process go faster.

MagmaRed · Aug 31, 2009, 08:44 PM // 20:44

Well, I'll just a little to the sentiments that Cracked Armor is a good condition, for any location (PvE and PvP). It allows you to bypass the extra armor monsters in PvE have when above level 20, or of bosses that have increases stats. It also allows for more damage to those shield toting casters in PvP. But all that has been said already.

What I haven't seen mentioned is the usefulness it has with various skills. Sure, you may not be able to supply Cracked Armor from most classes, but there are secondaries, and unless solo farming, team members. Warrior has a nice skill called Body Blow that makes nice use of Cracked Armor to deal large damage and supply a Deep Wound, another outstanding condition. Ranger has Body Shot, which can benefit from the energy boost. There are others, but you can see that even if you can't supply Deep Wound, you can benefit from it if someone else can supply it for you. And it isn't hard for a secondary class to use 1 skill for that if you want. I have run a W/N build in PvE making use of Body Blow and Weaken Armor to good effect. And I know a friend who uses Sundering Weapon and Body Shot on his Ranger.

Cuilan · Aug 31, 2009, 10:37 PM // 22:37

Cracked armor is an important part of my PvE condition spreading or melee hate mesmer bars. As said before, it's good for hard mode.

Tenebrae · Aug 31, 2009, 10:44 PM // 22:44

Cracked Armor + Weakness = most important conditions for HM imo. Daze is good but preventing melee damage ( hello 150+ normal attack crits ) and damage booster ( except armor ignoring ofc ) .... it owns everything.

BlackSephir · Sep 01, 2009, 12:06 AM // 00:06

Anything that drops warrior's AL to that of a caster's is good in my book.

snaek · Sep 01, 2009, 12:43 AM // 00:43

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Originally Posted by epo bot

That's like saying you should bring a better helmet if you die from taking a bullet between the eyes. When used at the right moment, daze is totally broken. Otherwise it wont do that much tough.

yea and those moments happen about once every 100,000 times. on paper, daze sounds like a very dangerous condition, but in actual (pvp) gameplay it just doesnt work. btw 1/4s spells says hai. daze is only good in pve--and thats mostly only because technobabble is an imba skill.

imnotyourmother · Sep 01, 2009, 01:42 PM // 13:42

PvE - Cracked Armor and U.Scan is sick..sick sick if Ebon Vangaurd Sniper support hits..anything dies..1200 damage Muwhahahahahahhaha