Curse

socrlax24 · Jul 17, 2006, 05:41 AM // 05:41

the "nurf" for Air of Enchant implemented a "required energy cost: 1" type deal, can someone please tell me what this means? ive played AoE smiter since the update, but i the only difference i can recall is the increased recharge time.

Wasteland Squidget · Jul 17, 2006, 05:45 AM // 05:45

Previously if you cast a 5 energy enchantment on a target with AoE, the spell would cost 0 energy. Since the update, it costs 1 energy.

socrlax24 · Jul 17, 2006, 05:48 AM // 05:48

but isnt the skill discription "spell costs 5 less energy to cast"?

i guess i'm just confusing myself. because i see what you mean.

i'm going to go out on a limb and say that ANet has incorrectly worded the skill discription. i guess it's retarded to say in the first part of the discription that a spell is free, then in the second part go and say that it costs 1 energy.

well, i'm starting to see the light. thx for your help

stueyman2099 · Jul 17, 2006, 07:00 AM // 07:00

It does exactly what it says. -5 energy, minimum of 1. This meand that if you cast a 5 nrg enchantment, it still costs 1 energy, but a 10 nrg enchantment will cost 5. This makes it so you're always spending at least some energy while using skills, instead of having free skills all day long.

socrlax24 · Jul 18, 2006, 03:09 AM // 03:09

oooh ok i see, so this means that no skill is energy free with this skill, i gotcha. lol

shardfenix · Jul 18, 2006, 05:36 AM // 05:36

yeah apparently aoe was too strong for the ten people that used it in PVE.

It is still as broken as ever in pvp.

Byron · Jul 18, 2006, 06:41 AM // 06:41

Smiters are still especially vulnerable to diversion, enchantment removal, energy denial, and signet of humility. Not to mention that they themselves are very soft targets with little self-protection to speak of. Smiting isn't overpowered the same way touch rangers aren't overpowered, IMO - one mesmer dominates a smiter.

The fix was nice, however, since there now has to be some decent spec into prot. As for the one-energy matter, it may make it more difficult to continually use bal's aura, but otherwise I don't see much effect.

Kabale · Jul 18, 2006, 12:31 PM // 12:31

Smiters usually have at least 11-12 in prot anyway, since they don't need any secondary prof attributes, unless running something specialized (such as Windborne Speed).