Curse

Shadowphoenix · May 23, 2010, 02:26 PM // 14:26

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Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade

Assassins are incredibly powerful damage dealers. People who disagree are idiots.

SF has only been changed, not nerfed. People who claim they are not used for SC's do not pay attention to the meta or are dumb and closed minded.

Agree 100% with Marty, many people claim the only viable way to play assassin in PvE is using Shadow Form which I consider stupid, because assassin is one of the professions that deal high-ignoring damage in the game in if people that play assassin don't know that they seriously need to delete their assassins char.

Steps_Descending · May 23, 2010, 11:41 PM // 23:41

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Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade

Assassins are incredibly powerful damage dealers. People who disagree are idiots.

SF has only been changed, not nerfed. People who claim they are not used for SC's do not pay attention to the meta or are dumb and closed minded.

I am starting to seriously think that Dark Paladin is a talented troll. The original farming-is-impossible thread was funny, the other few posts were funny too. But now it's been a while.

And on a side-note, I'm impressed there are people making youtube videos on the art of crit-scythe.

Shadowphoenix · May 24, 2010, 12:04 PM // 12:04

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Originally Posted by Steps_Descending

I am starting to seriously think that Dark Paladin is a talented troll. The original farming-is-impossible thread was funny, the other few posts were funny too. But now it's been a while.

And on a side-note, I'm impressed there are people making youtube videos on the art of crit-scythe.

LOL so I'm not the only one who think that about Dark Paladin? , yeah tell me about it and what about the thread: "Ooze Pit HM impossible with heroes" claiming that if discordway can't beat it nothing can (lulz at that statement), anyway like I said before assassins is one of the best damage dealers in the game and an example of that is the crit-scythe following moebius spammer and dagger spam.

gwkbar · May 28, 2010, 07:39 PM // 19:39

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Originally Posted by Dzjudz

I think it's safe to ignore Dark Paladin. After the SF nerf, he claimed SF was dead. The reason? He used the exact same builds as before the nerf to try to farm bosses... Yes, it seems he can't comprehend how SF can function any way other than the way he used to know (and was able to 1,2,3 spam). Seriously, go take a look at 6 minute clears of Catacombs of Kathandrax, using only assassins. Or Shard of Orr. Also, take a smite hero, let him cast Strength of Honor on you, spam Jagged Strike, Fox Fangs and Death Blossom coupled with Critical Agility and Save Yourselves and report back.

Yah when we set the record in Kath it was due to the SF nerf. Now when SF gets stripped you don't go down to 50 hp. Just keep shroud+IaU! and stand together and pretty much all dmg is gone.

Golgotha · May 28, 2010, 08:59 PM // 20:59

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Originally Posted by gwkbar

Yah when we set the record in Kath it was due to the SF nerf. Now when SF gets stripped you don't go down to 50 hp. Just keep shroud+IaU! and stand together and pretty much all dmg is gone.

The SF nerf was probably the first time I was proud of an Anet nerf as it was one of the few times where they didn't just kill off a skill entirely.

DigitalFear · May 29, 2010, 12:00 AM // 00:00

No. Now stop smoking the shizzle you're on atm.

Sins have the highest DPS of any profession in GW. What else do you want?

BlueAngel · May 29, 2010, 07:40 AM // 07:40

Sins are awesome in PvE. 0_o

UnChosen · May 31, 2010, 01:56 AM // 01:56

I still only like sins only in perfectly organized environments like a guild run or a fast clearing group. I would only use sins if the entire group is organized enough with buffs, prots, aggro that the sins can blows things up without the mob even responding (under 5 seconds).

For everything else, I still avoid sins at all costs. (other than SF tanks) Pug monks are too unreliable when it comes to putting up prot spirit at the right time....already went through way too many "strip crit agi, spike, death" scenarios. (I was not the sin or monk)

Devil Luca · May 31, 2010, 02:08 PM // 14:08

Also A/D and Sin critical barrage work a lot in pve!

Red1086 · Jun 28, 2010, 08:12 AM // 08:12

Lawls @ all comments here. I remember back when Sin came around and all the dumb noobs dyed and bad juju went all over Sin's. Now all the haters jump on the Sin is leet bandwagon.

Oh how times change. /end tired and sleepy, yet entertained by you all, post.

Mordiego · Jun 28, 2010, 08:27 AM // 08:27

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Originally Posted by DigitalFear

No. Now stop smoking the shizzle you're on atm...

I lol'ed hard

Buty seriously-wtf?! Is OP rly QQing about how sins suck in pve or I went blind?
Troll thread good for meh.

Countess Marie · Jun 28, 2010, 08:32 AM // 08:32

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Originally Posted by Red1086

Lawls @ all comments here. I remember back when Sin came around and all the dumb noobs dyed and bad juju went all over Sin's. Now all the haters jump on the Sin is leet bandwagon.

Oh how times change. /end tired and sleepy, yet entertained by you all, post.

I agree with that, too. Sin was out of 'meta' for so long, so I can't really be mad at them being one of the best classes now. I just wish it was because of something other than SF.

Because, you know, the main idea of sin was that they could deal dmg but not tank, so why are they tanking now?

-CM

Lishy · Jun 28, 2010, 09:03 AM // 09:03

To my knowledge ninjas were masters at blocking blows, DBZ style. Makes more sense for a ninja to tank than a slow ass warrior in heavy armor. Ironically, the warrior is more suited for just charging in and dealing damage from a lore perspective, while ninjas are usually depicted as masters at hand to hand combat. Heck, in real life, most of the things you learn in Ninjutsu are how to counter blows. But a warrior? All they know is how to slice a guy's head off with a big sword.

Furthermore, in fantasy depictions, ninjas are usually shown as being able to multiply themselves and create illusions for enemies to miss. So I don't see why shadowform was farfetched from a lore perspective. And for PvE, it's still a pretty damn good skill!

Steps_Descending · Jul 01, 2010, 02:39 AM // 02:39

As the thread is still on top, I'll make that comment. Now I'm pretty confinced that Dark Paladin is a troll...

As a side note :

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Originally Posted by Lishy

Furthermore, in fantasy depictions, ninjas are usually shown as being able to multiply themselves and create illusions for enemies to miss. So I don't see why shadowform was farfetched from a lore perspective. And for PvE, it's still a pretty damn good skill!

It makes sense... if it was very prohibitive to use, or not maintainable like the original, or if it didn't give nearly complete invincibility. Otherwise, teh sin is used like a tank, so people see it as a tank. The skill makes sense, but the use doesn't make: Do you see a fantasy ninja holding an endless horde of demons from the nine hells and staying alive just stansing there? I don't. At best I see him jumping around and evading like crazy (shadow stepping). Not taking all teh blows.