Ritualist/Mesmer...anti-nerf ideas thread

[MrSlayer]

So as we know, Anerf decided to do what they do best to alot of peoples farming builds.

They did it to our 55 Monks. We found new 55 monks.
They did it to our 55 Monks...um...again.
They did it to our Assassins.

And now they do it to our Ritualists.

But each time, people managed to find a way around it. I just tried an UW run, and several ideas spring to mind.

The new Rend Enchantments cast-time seemed alot shorter to me. Since I dont have any way of checking, I can't tell if it has been changed, but that can be gotten around with decent watching of enemy popups.

The AV/SV times are a pain, since you need to cast them alot and with Ashes in your hand, they wont benefit from the 20% enchant mod you spent 6k buying. But this can be got around by waiting for your ashes to drop, casting AV (or SV) and then your echo-ed VwK.

But energy management. Ug. How are you supposed to refresh AV/SV that fast with 15 less energy than usual (considering I use a 20% enchant modded staff with +5/+10 energy).

Any thoughts guys?

[Crazyvietguy]

They didnt do it to JUST the ritualists they did it to al builds who use AV/SV.
Yes Rend was shorter, they changed it to a second long cast as opposed to 3 seconds i believe.

This will make UW farming much more difficult for everyone except for maybe that W/Rt.. which im starting to make.

[Geishe]

EDIT: Still works ^.^ Got two ectos on my first run after the update.