Curse

7hm · Aug 09, 2008, 04:40 AM // 04:40

glad it was nerfed.. it was annoying

wtfisgoingon · Aug 09, 2008, 05:00 AM // 05:00

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Originally Posted by Boogz

There's a reason that sins don't deserve IAS, scythesins running around spammiing 120+ dmg crits, turrent sins, and interrupt bots sins with disrupting accuracy are far from being a good thing for the game.But now the scrubfest has ended, yay for ANet.

hey there man, please shut your trap. sins have it very tough in the world of gw, buffing up their skill line is a positive thing.

Arkantos · Aug 09, 2008, 05:07 AM // 05:07

People are actually surprised it got nerfed? Wow..

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hey there man, please shut your trap. sins have it very tough in the world of gw, buffing up their skill line is a positive thing.

Yeah, assassins definitely have it tough in Guild Wars. They can shadow step, gank, kill in under 5 seconds, and effectively run 4 weapons. But shit, they got it hard, like people on the streets. It ain't easy being cheesy....I mean an assassin.

Axel Zinfandel · Aug 09, 2008, 05:36 AM // 05:36

A good buff has turned into a nerf into obscurity x.x

"Elite Stance. For the next 20 seconds while wielding daggers, you attack 5...17...20% faster and have a +5...29...35% chance to land a critical hit. "

Konig Des Todes · Aug 09, 2008, 06:03 AM // 06:03

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Originally Posted by Lady Raenef

It's fair to me to have the only IAS be an elite. Dagger only was good. Decreasing the IAS, not so great. That just makes the skill useless again.

Funny. If it was worthless in the first place, why was it my favorite Assassin Elite? The addition to the IAS, even with it being reduced, allows me to look around for a change to the Critical Agility, might not be +33% IAS and no +25 armor, but at least it's a lot easier to maintain and a lot harder to strip.

Axel Zinfandel · Aug 09, 2008, 06:38 AM // 06:38

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Originally Posted by Smilin' Assassin

[skill]Locust's Fury[/skill] is the Elite that the IAS oughta go on ..

Yeah, there were a few definitely unused elites that didn't get a buff that I was looking for, and this was one of them.

kvndoom · Aug 09, 2008, 06:42 AM // 06:42

PVE doesn't need it. PVE already has [critical agility]. Now you can like, use whatever elite you want. Hell, throw in [flashing blades], which is what every wammo has always secretly wanted [gladiator's defense] to be. I don't see how anyone thinks PVE needs the pre-nerf version of this skill.

fowlero · Aug 09, 2008, 09:45 AM // 09:45

Ah thank god, those things were stupid.

Faced one in gvg and it did 142 + dw, 115, and 94 on me in 2 seconds...

Cheers then.

Earth · Aug 09, 2008, 09:56 AM // 09:56

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Originally Posted by Axel Zinfandel

A good buff has turned into a nerf into obscurity x.x

"Elite Stance. For the next 20 seconds while wielding daggers, you attack 5...17...20% faster and have a +5...29...35% chance to land a critical hit. "

What? It's still good, and definitely not useless like you are saying. Just because it's nerfed doesn't mean it's immediately useless.

Ghen · Aug 09, 2008, 09:58 AM // 09:58

meuh i was enjoying this skill
but ya

Akimb0 · Aug 09, 2008, 10:45 AM // 10:45

Why did they have to make it daggers only ffs? I don't care if it was imba, I'd rather they just removed the ias and let me have some VARIETY in my builds, instead of taking the ONLY assassin ias skill and making it daggers only ( not including pve skills.. ), when daggers have double strike! GRRRR....Oh well, time to delete the assassin I played -all day- yesterday...

DarkNecrid · Aug 09, 2008, 10:51 AM // 10:51

Ya they should just remove the IAS so it is just Critical Eye or Way of the Master so you can have some variety in your builds...

wut...?

Also it's still very good so if you delete your Assassin, i lol @ you.

The reason they nerfed it, and the reason Assassin's have never had their own IAS and been forced to use IAS's that have drawbacks (wow rememeber those), is because Assassin's can spare an elite slot for an IAS and still have attack chains that instagib people, whereas Warrior's need their elite slot for attack moves or else they can't & because Warrior elites provide much needed utility compared to the rest of their attacks generally. An IAS with no drawback is imba anyways.

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And it makes sense with the name, and it's not like you're ruining any builds. Anyone who was using WotA with WotM was retarded anyways as taking 2 +crit skills is bad unless if its critical eye for the e-regen, and an IAS + double strikes is bloody crazy.

Tiyuri · Aug 09, 2008, 10:54 AM // 10:54

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Originally Posted by Faer

Well hey dudes! There's always Frenzy!

It's FAER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Productivity · Aug 09, 2008, 10:59 AM // 10:59

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Originally Posted by VirtuousChild

Hmmm...
*Sigh*
For the love of PvE, A'net~!
Please-Please put back the attack speed up to 35% for PvE~!

I don't care if you tone PvP down to the roots of hell, or left it for daggers only, but for the love of PvE, give back the attack speed~! 20% is TOO SLOW, heck even warriors chop/slash at 33% ridiculous speed with Strength 1-16% penetration damage (instead of critical attack with a cheap 7-17atk dmg). PvE... *sniff* PvE...

You've done it before to other skills, PvP(reduction)|PvE normal, why not for this nice and only beautiful elite skill.
*Falls off the chair like a big baby and pounds the floor*. T_T

Why exactly do PVE players need completely imbalanced crap to enjoy the game? Do you enjoy putting eight skill on your bar and then rolling your head around on the keyboard to win?

Accursed · Aug 09, 2008, 11:37 AM // 11:37

Do we seriously need a whole thread about how WotA has been nerfed?
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On-Topic: It's only nerfed because of the pvpers.

fireflyry · Aug 09, 2008, 12:45 PM // 12:45

Logically it had to be nerfed.

It was OP, now it's crap again.

CA still owns PvE.

13 Crit for +18% IAS at the cost of an elite slot is a joke in PvP.

The lol is Anet looking like douches again.How the heck did it get through in the first place?

Shuuda · Aug 09, 2008, 01:10 PM // 13:10

There was an overpowered skill, and A-net rid of it for us.

Thank you A-net.

Now, about Wounding Strike...

bryann380 · Aug 09, 2008, 02:01 PM // 14:01

*A/P spear assassin Kira Videl flips through the Skills catalog, searching for a suitable skill to replace the now-removed-from-skillbar WotA.... mumbling to herself slightly annoyed by it*

Dark Paladin X · Aug 09, 2008, 02:05 PM // 14:05

If you want quick kills, daggers are your answer. Heck, I even did a total of +12,000 damage against Master of Damage by using [Moebius Strike] and [Death Blossom].

So yea, that's the reason why ArenaNet nerfed Way of the Assassin. Not to mention it, double strikes often compensate for the lack of an IAS. Heck, you don't really need a good IAS for a sin (even mesmers using Illusionary Weaponry is better off using daggers than swords when using IW).

Lest121 · Aug 09, 2008, 02:06 PM // 14:06

Can't believe people think that losing 11-13% speeds makes a huge difference ..ONLY the speed was change combined with Crit Eye you have a 42-44% chance to land crit hits, the Fun I am have having with this is Great.