Mar 03, 2008, 09:10 AM // 09:10 | #1 |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Shadow Refuge
I know this is a little late but until now I've been thinking it was a bug that would get fixed... But now that a month or so has passed...
Can anyone tell me why shadow refuge got nerfed back to 4 sec duration without a game update note? Since when does anet change skill functionality without a note? It makes even less sense considering it happened shortly after they buffed self heals in other professions. |
Mar 03, 2008, 09:24 AM // 09:24 | #2 |
Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: The frozen north
Guild: Ambassadors Of Enlightenment [Sage]
Profession: A/
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i don't know why it was changed back to the 4 second duration, but the skill change was listed in the update a fewdays back, you can find the updates on wiki..
hmm odd.. it was decently recent that shadow refuge was put back to 4 seconds... but i can't find it on the update pages in wiki o.O |
Mar 03, 2008, 09:37 AM // 09:37 | #3 |
Pre-Searing Cadet
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Netherlands
Guild: Bar
Profession: W/A
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Shadow refugee Skill
YourDaddy
As you know shadow refugee was before 8 seconds and they change the skill to 4 seconds with alot of other skills, For example touching skills like touch of agoney cost now 1 energy, anyway it was a small update wich can be found in Guildwars updates and may be found in GuildWiki if you search at Google, But to answer your question a bit more : I dont realy mind they put Shadow Refugee down to 4 , Why? Cause they raised the health gain from when the skill ends, So basicly shorter Regen Time but when higher Healing. And Answer to your other question why their wernt a notice : They did these changes while the player was playing cause it was a small scale update but after they changed all the skills you might saw a little green text "Theirs a New Build Of Guild Wars Aviable" and thats when you could notice that they did. Well i hope that this answerd your questions. And most of all Have Fun Playing Guildwars :) |
Mar 03, 2008, 10:35 AM // 10:35 | #4 |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2006
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It was buffed to 6 seconds in Nov 07, not 8 seconds.
In any case there hasn't been anything in the game update notes about the change, although the return to 4 seconds did seem to happen during the update you mentioned. Which just makes it more strange, considering they were specific about skills changes for other professions in that update. |
Mar 03, 2008, 10:37 AM // 10:37 | #5 |
Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Feb 2008
Guild: The Mentalists [THPK]
Profession: A/
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I think they made it better
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Mar 03, 2008, 12:01 PM // 12:01 | #6 |
Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Norway
Profession: A/
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Would be even better if they decreased the recharge time to 6 seconds
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Mar 03, 2008, 01:20 PM // 13:20 | #7 |
Forge Runner
Join Date: Nov 2006
Profession: A/N
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It was and still is a crappy self-heal.
If you're using self-heal then it probably means you won't be standing in the front, but try to kite. And yet the second 'healing' in SR requires you to keep attacking. |
Mar 03, 2008, 01:53 PM // 13:53 | #8 | |
Desert Nomad
Join Date: Apr 2006
Profession: W/
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Furthermore, you can just shadow step into a target as the skill ends in order to trigger the final bonus while setting up a new attack string if you're relying entirely kiting during the healing. |
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Mar 03, 2008, 02:22 PM // 14:22 | #9 | |
Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Apr 2007
Profession: Mo/
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Mar 03, 2008, 05:41 PM // 17:41 | #10 | |
Forge Runner
Join Date: Nov 2006
Profession: A/N
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Mar 03, 2008, 05:44 PM // 17:44 | #11 | |
Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Oct 2005
Guild: Inde is Smoking [Hawt] *ToA*
Profession: W/E
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I remember the old days of sin gankers having to wand targets through walls to get the conditional heal. Was pretty funny XD |
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Mar 03, 2008, 06:46 PM // 18:46 | #12 |
Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Feb 2006
Profession: Mo/
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It was in the 2/6/2008 update
Assassin ??? Shadow Refuge: decreased duration to 4 seconds; increased Health gain to 40..100. http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10252912 For some reason it has been removed from the rss feed. |
Mar 03, 2008, 06:54 PM // 18:54 | #13 |
Forge Runner
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: By the Luxon Scavenger
Guild: The Mentalists [THPK]
Profession: N/
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Question's been answered so it may be closed, but I just wanted to point out that when shadow refuge was buffed to 6 seconds, people on the board complained about how long it took to trigger the healing. Now that it's back to 4 seconds with a bigger heal, they complain about how short it is.
I just find it funny lol |
Mar 03, 2008, 09:35 PM // 21:35 | #14 |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Thanks for the info ender... It hasn't just been removed from the RSS feed, it's not on the GW site either.
As far as whether or not it's a good update, I think the 6 second duration made the skill usable, and judging by the number of people using SR after the update, and the number of people using it now (far less), I think the majority of GWers agree. Reading QQers on forums doesn't give you a very good picture of what's going on. What actually happens in the game does. ;-) After all, like most buffs, it seems to have been done because the skill was under used. Now it is back to being under used again despite the small conditional heal increase. |
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