Curse

Xethrion · Dec 21, 2006, 04:20 AM // 04:20

Hey all, happened to read this line in the update and was pretty excited at what it means

Fixed a bug that prevented the following bosses from dropping their unique items: Acolyte of Balthazar, Acolyte of Dwayna, Acolyte of Grenth, Acolyte of Lyssa, and Acolyte of Melandru.

Does that mean we'll be getting 5 new Dervish greens? And to those lucky people who've managed to snag one already, please post pictures!

drupal · Dec 21, 2006, 02:26 PM // 14:26

Please let them have really nice skins :x

Servant of Kali · Dec 21, 2006, 02:44 PM // 14:44

Sadly enough, there's not a single green scythe at this moment, known to me, that has an interesting skin.

But hey, sword axe and hammer will always get a million skins..

Thanato · Dec 22, 2006, 05:56 PM // 17:56

Well i somehow lucked out and got Grenth's Grasp with a full hero/henchman team.

a lil disappointing skin wise, but the scythe aint half bad

Solus_the_Deadly · Dec 23, 2006, 10:54 AM // 10:54

Cool scythes! I wonder if Balthzars Scythe we'll be dealing holy dmg, maybe a new mod?

dgb · Dec 23, 2006, 11:54 AM // 11:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solus_the_Deadly

Cool scythes! I wonder if Balthzars Scythe we'll be dealing holy dmg, maybe a new mod?

...

Of course it wont - that's balance breaking. Seriously it's going to have standard mods, green text and probably will be worthless. Like most greens.

macie28 · Dec 24, 2006, 12:11 AM // 00:11

post your pics of the new scythes here pls if you got any of them! thanks!

Nestaron · Dec 24, 2006, 02:07 AM // 02:07

Balthazars Fury
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Balthazar%27s_Fury

Dwaynas Grace
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Dwayna%27s_Grace

Lyssa's Bedlam
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Lyssa%27s_Bedlam

Melandrus Grip
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Melandru%27s_Grip

Grenths Grasp
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Grenth%...unique_item%29

Solus_the_Deadly · Dec 24, 2006, 10:46 PM // 22:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by dgb

...

Of course it wont - that's balance breaking. Seriously it's going to have standard mods, green text and probably will be worthless. Like most greens.

How is a holy Dmg mod balance breaking? With a dervish you can have holy dmg constanly with 3 different Aoe spells and Balthazars Avatar.

NinjaKai · Dec 24, 2006, 11:51 PM // 23:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solus_the_Deadly

How is a holy Dmg mod balance breaking? With a dervish you can have holy dmg constanly with 3 different Aoe spells and Balthazars Avatar.

I've tested it. Avatar of Balthazat doesn't deal proper holy damage.

Skuld · Dec 25, 2006, 01:03 AM // 01:03

Light damage.

dgb · Dec 25, 2006, 01:58 AM // 01:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solus_the_Deadly

How is a holy Dmg mod balance breaking? With a dervish you can have holy dmg constanly with 3 different Aoe spells and Balthazars Avatar.

It would be inherently better than every elemental mod. It doesn't matter that you can convert your damage in game with skills, that's balanced by the skills. It's the inherent damage factor. It would be significantly more powerful than elemental mods which are allready balanced - hence it would break the balance.

darkdawn · Dec 25, 2006, 02:08 PM // 14:08

Balthazar's Fury totally sucks. exept if you go warrior/para with shout as a secondary prof.(wich isint good at all).

I love Lyssa's Bedlam skin tho.

Muk Utep · Dec 26, 2006, 06:48 AM // 06:48

Dwayna's Kiss is pretty damn good. I'd use it if I had it, but these avatars are kinda hard to kill with a small team, and good luck farming any unique with a party of 8 :P Too bad about the skin though.

ogami_ito · Dec 26, 2006, 08:15 AM // 08:15

The skin on Balthazar's Fury is just friggin awsome...best looking scythe IMO. But the mods are probably the worst of all the green scythes. Can you re-mod a green?

I imagine that Dwayna's Grace is going to sell for big $$$. This weapon makes certain builds (like the Invincible Derv with that sin elite Shadow-something). This has got to be one of the best derv weapons in the game!

Lyssa's Bedlam...looks...meh...stats...meh.

Melandru's Grip looks cool IMO. Its really to bad the mods are crap. Not as bad as Balthazar's Fury. But still not good. Its a scythe inteded for a R/D.

ogami_ito · Dec 26, 2006, 08:19 AM // 08:19

OH. And Avatar of Balthazar does do Holy Damage. Holy Damage is NOT armor-ignoring if part of a weapon mod or "imbued" into a weapon attack skill. It is armor-ignoring if the damage comes from a skill or spell itself. It still does 2X damage to undead though. So if it did have a holy-damage mod, it would be somewhat imbalancing in PvE (and I guess in PvP when fighting minion masters).

Fallen Hunter · Dec 26, 2006, 08:27 AM // 08:27

Mod-wise: I want Dwayna's Grace!
Skin Wise: I want Balthazar's Fury or Melandru's Grip!

Skuld · Dec 26, 2006, 01:30 PM // 13:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by ogami_ito

OH. And Avatar of Balthazar does do Holy Damage. Holy Damage is NOT armor-ignoring if part of a weapon mod or "imbued" into a weapon attack skill. It is armor-ignoring if the damage comes from a skill or spell itself. It still does 2X damage to undead though. So if it did have a holy-damage mod, it would be somewhat imbalancing in PvE (and I guess in PvP when fighting minion masters).

see

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Light_damage

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Holy_damage

Servant of Kali · Dec 26, 2006, 01:44 PM // 13:44

Dwayna's Grace is the best scythe in the game, for PvE. It's pretty much what i use on embossed scythe i have. Of course, there are 1% dervish builds which require different mods, but 99% of em need those. Sundering can be replaced for other mod true, but 15% while enchanted and 20% longer enchants is a must.

sh4d0whunta · Dec 27, 2006, 09:36 PM // 21:36

im sure all of the scythes would be ownage otherwise why would anet make them?? im sure they test all there greens before they put them ingame