Curse

Pariah Hellfire · Oct 26, 2006, 10:25 AM // 10:25

well not to burst anyones bubble but soloing the UW as a Necro Monk at least is still very doable,although it seems the Spirit Bond build is toast,reverting back to the old build seems to work just fine as long as you keep aggro down to 3 Attaxes at most,having one not attacking you and SS'ing only twice if possible(although that doesnt even seem to matter).check it out,managed to clear smites and colds as well.The only real hangup are the graspings,one will flee from the first mob but the others will stay put.

Bloodied Blade · Oct 26, 2006, 10:31 AM // 10:31

In other words, it just got slower.

mad 55 monk · Oct 26, 2006, 10:42 AM // 10:42

nice!

btw why r they not running away to regen ? i mean if they not - whats the difference between SS and VwK ...

i ll try VwK asap.

or u just have to agro small groups ?

XvArchonvX · Oct 26, 2006, 10:50 AM // 10:50

zOMFG You mean that this isn't the end of all UW farming like everyone has been crying everywhere?

LoL, gj on the build and adaptation. I'm glad to see some people can take up a challenge and overcome new obstacles.

Pariah Hellfire · Oct 26, 2006, 10:50 AM // 10:50

yea definitely a little slower but once you run UW enough you can plow through pretty fast,smites in about 30 minutes now(ish).Titans are also fine to solo,they wont break aggro on you either..that would be the Titan quest out of LA.FoW is also still doable solo by the looks of it,seems to all be in the group size for some reason,like 3 smites won't break aggro at all, but a group of 4 or 5 , one or two will break.

Bloodied Blade · Oct 26, 2006, 10:54 AM // 10:54

This is pretty good to know. I wonder if a rt/me VwK soloer would work.

Coriolis · Oct 26, 2006, 10:57 AM // 10:57

You can still duo the underworld with an 55/Famine duo, only not the standard version of it. It's not that much slower than the old 55/Famine duo, only you can't take groups with more that 3 foes in it because of agro breaking. I'm not going to tell the build yet, let's see what you guys can come up with.

Bloodied Blade · Oct 26, 2006, 11:00 AM // 11:00

Oh, I don't know, maybe the normal 55hp monk build with "Fear Me!" instead of bonetti's and healing breeze instead of sb. The build is all over the forums.

Coriolis · Oct 26, 2006, 11:11 AM // 11:11

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Originally Posted by Bloodied Blade

Oh, I don't know, maybe the normal 55hp monk build with "Fear Me!" instead of bonetti's and healing breeze instead of sb. The build is all over the forums.

No, it still uses SV and AV with Famine.

laurson · Oct 26, 2006, 11:35 AM // 11:35

phew

Koning · Oct 26, 2006, 01:15 PM // 13:15

1. This update sucks
2. Spirit bond is not completely useless for us necro's, it's still a better skill than vigorous spririt and (here) orison of healing. Its fast reload, fast cast and gives you a decent amount of hp back. we only have to carry HB now...

Kcp · Oct 26, 2006, 02:23 PM // 14:23

Since they nerfed Protective Bond into oblivion , then released spirit bond in factions I thought to myself hey maybe they don't really care about us farming and wanted to even out the playing field for all classes.

Suprise, suprise, take a few days off so I can start nightfall with a clear head and bam the Nuclear nerf buster bomb was dropped.

This outta be fun. Nerfing everyone so the derv's and paragons will stand out and shine

You know they watch those videos of mine at anet don't you. It was bound to happen. At least it still works for small sized groups. I don't really see any problems with solo FoW, I dunno if i'm up on old school smite running though personally. Thankfully I got a couple stacks of ectos before the update so it'll be awhile before I need to go back.

Shuuda · Oct 26, 2006, 02:41 PM // 14:41

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Originally Posted by Koning

1. This update sucks
2. Spirit bond is not completely useless for us necro's, it's still a better skill than vigorous spririt and (here) orison of healing. Its fast reload, fast cast and gives you a decent amount of hp back. we only have to carry HB now...

This update is exellent, anyone who complains clearly does not uderstand that GW is not about soloing, but teamwork, think about it.

talon z · Oct 26, 2006, 02:56 PM // 14:56

I've always wondered....how do you do the save screenshot thing?

Special software?

pegasux · Oct 26, 2006, 03:19 PM // 15:19

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Originally Posted by Shuuda

This update is exellent, anyone who complains clearly does not uderstand that GW is not about soloing, but teamwork, think about it.

Shuuda you also don't understand. GW is about anything the player wants it to be. Some prefer to farm while others prefer doing missions. I USED to dual smite and solo UW and FoW with spirit bond...oh well I'lll just have to adapt and change. no biggie. Overall I think this was a good update, harder for bots now. Only thing that mad me mad was the bug with the green Weps when the update first came. My guild nearly died when I pointed that out. Just hope ecto prices go back to the 10k+ lvl again.

Karmaniac · Oct 26, 2006, 03:39 PM // 15:39

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Originally Posted by pegasux

Shuuda you also don't understand. GW is about anything the player wants it to be. Some prefer to farm while others prefer doing missions. I USED to dual smite and solo UW and FoW with spirit bond...oh well I'lll just have to adapt and change. no biggie. Overall I think this was a good update, harder for bots now. Only thing that mad me mad was the bug with the green Weps when the update first came. My guild nearly died when I pointed that out. Just hope ecto prices go back to the 10k+ lvl again.

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QFT

Really people stfu about what the game is or is not about. You don't believe everything you read from the papers either?

Cygnus_Zero · Oct 26, 2006, 03:43 PM // 15:43

I love how this game is supposed to be about team play, but SS was my favorite build to use in PvE (with a team) and I can no longer use it. Couldn't they find some way to nerf farming without ruining my favorite way to play PvE?