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Chamber Asgardian · Aug 01, 2006, 04:56 AM // 04:56

I might not be an avid Mesmer; however, is it me or is Psychic Distraction a pretty awesome elite. I'm surprised no one has made a build for such a skill. Its spammable, interrupts and disables skills and not just spells, and the only draw back is causing other skills to be temporarily useless for 8 secs. So can anyone tell me why a Mesmer wouldn't use this skill.

dantheman5415 · Aug 01, 2006, 05:05 AM // 05:05

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Originally Posted by Chamber Asgardian

I might not be an avid Mesmer; however, is it me or is Psychic Distraction a pretty awesome elite. I'm surprised no one has made a build for such a skill. Its spammable, interrupts and disables skills and not just spells, and the only draw back is causing other skills to be temporarily useless for 8 secs. So can anyone tell me why a Mesmer wouldn't use this skill.

That's why

Terra Xin · Aug 01, 2006, 06:08 AM // 06:08

This skill bypasses anti interruption skills such as mantra of resolve due to its shutdown feature. So it's an unpreventable interrupt.

And I know this because I had this tested :P

fiery · Aug 01, 2006, 06:13 AM // 06:13

Eh runned this skill many times in HA builds.

Northrog · Aug 01, 2006, 10:00 AM // 10:00

Same... in HA it's just a wonderfull skill.

Evilsod · Aug 01, 2006, 10:33 AM // 10:33

Ritual Lords will hate you for bringing this skill. Believe me...

Avarre · Aug 01, 2006, 11:37 AM // 11:37

If you have a good connection and good reflexes, it's a great skill. Just use it sparingly (as if it gave exhaustion), because of the self-blackout...

Evilsod · Aug 01, 2006, 12:52 PM // 12:52

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Originally Posted by Avarre

If you have a good connection and good reflexes, it's a great skill. Just use it sparingly (as if it gave exhaustion), because of the self-blackout...

Surely if anything it should be used in bursts? The self-blackout would just renew rather than shutting down everything again at different times.

Raging Pacifist · Aug 01, 2006, 08:51 PM // 20:51

It's 10 energy. You need a blood rit and still not be able to use it as often as you might need.

Hella Good · Aug 02, 2006, 01:56 AM // 01:56

And that is why it is often combined with things that feed you nrg while you are blacked-out. *hint* (No, I don't mean BiP and BR) And yes, the best way to use the skill is "pulsing" chaining 3-4 of those so that the black-out effect stacks and is therefore less of a concern, and then pausing for awhile to recover nrg and reapply the stuff that is going to feed you nrg while in the dark.

Terra Xin · Aug 02, 2006, 10:03 AM // 10:03

The real effective way to make a PD build is to have your build focused on PD entirely. When that blackout takes effect on yourself, you need to have had the skills that work upon a long duration - stances and enchantments will play a role in this matter.

Yanman.be · Aug 02, 2006, 10:09 AM // 10:09

E/Me's can use it to some extent ( sp? )

Terra Xin · Aug 02, 2006, 10:54 AM // 10:54

long term hexes provide a secure feed into killing your target as well^^

Northrog · Aug 02, 2006, 07:35 PM // 19:35

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Originally Posted by Raging Pacifist

It's 10 energy. You need a blood rit and still not be able to use it as often as you might need.

Don't interrupt everything, but just the essential skills and you're fine. Channeling can help.

Dinkytowner · Aug 02, 2006, 09:23 PM // 21:23

Personally I love this skill. You have to use a very long chain of interupts to run out of energy with it. Plus people seem to forget that after interupting with it the interupted skill is disabled for an additional ammount of time (12secs at 16 dom, I think.). It's a fun skill, people tend to swear at you when you use it though...

Hella Good · Aug 02, 2006, 09:42 PM // 21:42

Yea, I often get main chat bs running PD. It's like: !$!$ %#@^%@$%@ !$!$$!$!$!$!$!$$^@$%$^$^@!&%#@ !!! No, seriously.

Avarre · Aug 03, 2006, 12:23 PM // 12:23

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Originally Posted by Evilsod

Surely if anything it should be used in bursts? The self-blackout would just renew rather than shutting down everything again at different times.

Yes, but said bursts should be fairly infrequent rather than the primary reaction.

Caedere · Aug 03, 2006, 01:48 PM // 13:48

It's the funniest skill to run in RA, ever.

NinjaKai · Aug 04, 2006, 09:33 PM // 21:33

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Originally Posted by Avarre

Yes, but said bursts should be fairly infrequent rather than the primary reaction.

True because in PvE for example 8 seconds is all a monster needs to kill you.

Mesmer of DOOM · Aug 05, 2006, 12:03 AM // 00:03

My buddy calls using this skill "entering a$$hole mode"