Curse

MagmaRed · Jul 21, 2009, 01:29 PM // 13:29

Biggest problem wasn't the different functions of the skills, but in the different counters. Some attacks couldn't be blocked, bu they could be evaded. Some couldn't be evaded, but they could be blocked. Things like Seeking Blade had a more complex function. Although I loved it when it existed, the game was much simpler with few skills around back then. Now there are a ton of new skills, and the mechanism for many of those skills would take SERIOUS balancing. And we all know how well Anet does at balancing the game.

It was fun, but I'm happy to leave it as a memory.

HawkofStorms · Jul 21, 2009, 03:31 PM // 15:31

/notsigned
When it was first removed, I was pretty upset. But now... it just makes more sense. Having different skills react in different ways if they were evaded instead of blocked was needlessly complicated, and hardly ever made a real difference in a fight anyways.

Mad Lord of Milk · Jul 21, 2009, 03:52 PM // 15:52

Having both evasion and block is lame.

lololol Sun and Moon Slash

Teutonic Paladin · Jul 21, 2009, 04:05 PM // 16:05

Why do people want to make an already over stretched development team make updates that do nothing?

Sarevok Thordin · Jul 21, 2009, 05:43 PM // 17:43

Don't overcomplicate things.

/notsign

Reverend Dr · Jul 21, 2009, 07:43 PM // 19:43

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Originally Posted by Ariena Najea

Sun and Moon Slash got a major buff with this.
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S&M got a very minor buff.

It was very rare to have both block and evade going on at the same time, as such Sun and Moon would be 1 guaranteed hit instead of 2. Still even in the cases that a character would have block + evade (aegis + ward melee) a player would never use sun and moon since the sever + gash would have failed to hit anyway. At any rate the loss of evade did not change the usage of S&M in the slightest.

lilDeath · Jul 21, 2009, 08:21 PM // 20:21

Both are (were) the same thing.

It's why they took it away in the first place... it was redundant.

One block is enough.

Sai Rith · Jul 21, 2009, 08:23 PM // 20:23

Defile Defenses. Discuss.

Tenebrae · Jul 21, 2009, 08:36 PM // 20:36

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Originally Posted by Sai Rith

Defile Defenses. Discuss.

Not the place or the time , so no.

MithranArkanere · Jul 21, 2009, 08:57 PM // 20:57

No. Games are better when kept simple.

kedde · Jul 21, 2009, 09:04 PM // 21:04

Anyone who's seen the old skill description for "unblockables" will know it was utterly retarded to have both mechanics in the game.

angelsarc · Jul 21, 2009, 10:18 PM // 22:18

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Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

/notsigned
When it was first removed, I was pretty upset. But now... it just makes more sense. Having different skills react in different ways if they were evaded instead of blocked was needlessly complicated, and hardly ever made a real difference in a fight anyways.

Exactly my thought process. While evade might be more consistent with the idea behind some skills, from a system standpoint it was just unnecessarily complicated. I thought removing some complexity would make the game more boring, but it didn't.