Curse

GWplayer745 · Sep 14, 2005, 10:14 PM // 22:14

I am a secondary monk, and have had Divine Boon in my skillbar for quite some time. Just for the record, the skill description is as follows:

While you maintain this enchantment, whenever you cast a Monk spell on an ally, that ally is healed for 25-61 health, and you lose 2 energy.

I remember just last night I could spam Divine Boon for a quick +25 health, and since it has a recast time of 1 second, it was the best spell I could find that I could really spam a lot. However, I was using the skill today and noticed that I was not getting the +25 health bonus I was used to getting. And for the record, I normally have at least 1 enchantment on me in addition to Divine Boon, and yes I am casting all spells on myself. So, I figured this might be a bug with my game. I exited and ran the game again and again, however, no matter what I did I was no longer getting the health bonus from spamming Divine Boon. (I was however, getting the +25 health bonus whenever I used another spell on myself, such as Healing Breeze.

Has ANet changed this skill? I have not noticed anything in the game updates section on the website.

Anyone else noticed this problem?

Jamski · Sep 15, 2005, 01:29 AM // 01:29

ANet has changed this skill. Spamming it for self-heal was an unintended function.

Immortal Flame · Sep 15, 2005, 04:42 AM // 04:42

Wait...so it no longer heals yourself when you cast "Divine Boon - a monk skill" on yourself?

Narcissus · Sep 16, 2005, 12:19 AM // 00:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Immortal Flame

Wait...so it no longer heals yourself when you cast "Divine Boon - a monk skill" on yourself?

While enchanted by Divine Boon, you do not gain an additional heal when you recast it.

In addition Divine Boon now cancels peace and harmony.

Rieselle · Sep 16, 2005, 03:01 AM // 03:01

Skills that only target self - Boon, Shouts, Stances, etc. no longer trigger Divine Boon or Zealots Fire. It was deliberately changed in the last update, read the notes.

kawaii_bat · Sep 16, 2005, 01:58 PM // 13:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamski

ANet has changed this skill. Spamming it for self-heal was an unintended function.

Monks kill their dopplegangers in the desert too easilly with Zealot's fire and spammin Divine boon.

I think that's one of the reasons they changed it.

kg_lildude1 · Sep 16, 2005, 01:59 PM // 13:59

easy fix... spam mend ailment or other 2 recharge skills 5 cost, and whammo, just as good as boon

zehly · Sep 16, 2005, 04:29 PM // 16:29

There is a monk skill right now that has unintended uses that can used in a brilliant solo farming technique my guild came up with. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Deathlord · Sep 17, 2005, 01:44 AM // 01:44

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Originally Posted by Narcissus

In addition Divine Boon now cancels peace and harmony.

What was the point of that? I can understand cancellation of zealots fire since it would mean seriously jacked up damage (I never thought of it, but I only ran a LB Prot monk so I didn't use ZF anyway.), but how in the world would you abuse it with P&H??

EmperorTippy · Sep 17, 2005, 03:47 AM // 03:47

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Originally Posted by zehly

There is a monk skill right now that has unintended uses that can used in a brilliant solo farming technique my guild came up with. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Yeppers. Its quite fun if were both talkign about the same skill.

Seron Dalar · Sep 17, 2005, 06:06 AM // 06:06

Tsk, tsk. Don't abuse the game, guys.