Curse

Mickey · Aug 04, 2007, 10:44 PM // 22:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marverick

Use a Zealous Scythe then instead of that useless Sundering one.

I do, and I use it if I go Lyssa, spamming fast attacks for extra damage, but I usually run with Dwayna's because I go Reaper's/Wild Blow for that added punch, and because I am a survivor, I bring Faithful, and Watchful, and Conviction, with scythe attacks.

shanaya · Sep 18, 2007, 10:00 AM // 10:00

Faithful Intervention is unique among GW skills as the only enchantment that has no upkeep cost and has the potential to be permanent. I use it frequently in my Dervish builds and also find it useful for a couple of my very specialised W/D builds, purely for its '...when enchanted' aspect.

Utaku · Sep 18, 2007, 10:21 AM // 10:21

No it's the second one: [skill]illusion of weakness[/skill]
Well even though FI is not a great skill by itself, it's a free boost to mystic regen, mystic sweep, and to your blessed/windwalker armor. It's worth taking if you don't need specific utility such as [skill]sight beyond sight[/skill].

glountz · Sep 18, 2007, 11:54 AM // 11:54

Watchful is better than Faithful.
I actually saved with Watchful my fair part of monk's butts.

shanaya · Sep 18, 2007, 01:55 PM // 13:55

[QUOTE=Utaku]No it's the second one: [skill]illusion of weakness[/skill]
QUOTE]

Well, knock me down with a feather! I thought I'd checked every skill listed in Guildwiki - obviously I missed that one. Hmm....that gives me some ideas for new builds.

CagedinSanity · Sep 18, 2007, 02:48 PM // 14:48

I always have it because it helps to already have an enchantment on me when I activate Mystic Regen.

boarderx · Sep 18, 2007, 04:11 PM // 16:11

Faithful Intervention is nice but is i have real monks with me instead of h/h then i take it out if i need to

Razz Thom · Sep 18, 2007, 06:32 PM // 18:32

i actually love this skill. i ran it and watchful with conviction in gate of pain and it seemed to have better survivability than some of my mystic regen builds. of course good monks help but with those three skills together it gives your monks plenty of buffer time to do their job in a spike situation.

P.S. that leaves 5 utility/attack slots open.

Giggly Giggles · Sep 24, 2007, 03:44 PM // 15:44

Your all thinking about this skill wrong its like having an unlimited length health boost think endure pain without time limit or side effects, I always take it since I usually have mystic regen, mystic vigour and crippling sweep

Stormlord Alex · Sep 24, 2007, 03:54 PM // 15:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giggly Giggles

think endure pain

Endure Pain sucks.

WarKaster · Sep 24, 2007, 04:35 PM // 16:35

Faithful helps keep Mystic Regen and Mystic Sweep Charged. You can keep it up 24/7 and it provides pretty health buff when the crap starts hitting the fan or your monks are low on energy.

Watchful does the same thing only in 60 seconds intervals at the cost of 10 en. each time. BUT it comes with the added advantage of a larger health bonus and the fact that you can cast it on teammates.

it all depends on your play style really and the situation you find your self in. If you go out with heros and henchies you can take either or it doesn't really make a difference. If going out with a pug i would probably bring Watchful Intervention. If teaming with guildies or alliance members chances are who ever is the monk is pretty experienced so i bring faithful.

Also i would like to point out that if anything is like Endure Pain its Vital Boon. Vital Boon is Endure Pain on Crack. Which in turn makes it awesome.

Jaide · Sep 26, 2007, 08:41 AM // 08:41

I feel that the way the game was designed, no skill is necessarily "needed"; it depends on what build you're working with and what you want to accomplish.

But as far as Faithful Intervention goes, I always use it. I feel the same way about it as the original poster, but I don't feel it's necessarily "needed". I just like to have it.

R!ghteous Ind!gnation · Sep 26, 2007, 03:25 PM // 15:25

Its nice for fuel for enchantment based bonuses such as mystic healing, mystic regeneration etc. because it has no energy cost to maintain that isn't recouped almost immediately.

bilateralrope · Sep 27, 2007, 08:24 AM // 08:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Utaku

No it's the second one: [skill]illusion of weakness[/skill]

The odd thing I've seen however with heroes is that they will precast illusion of weakness, but they will only start casting faithful intervention when their hp drops below the triggering point or gets manually activated. Monsters also treat faithful the same way, though I don't think there are any with illusion of weakness.

hariux · Sep 27, 2007, 09:42 AM // 09:42

I like Faithful Intervention 2... but if u have good monks in your team its better 2 take other skill

.. offcorse if u have free space in your skillbar why not... like alot players posted ---> u have extra enchant and u dont need 2 recast so often

Sir Pandra Pierva · Sep 28, 2007, 04:23 AM // 04:23

IOW+ Faithful+ Watchful= really hard to kill.

I was bored in ra and did that.

Str0b0 · Sep 28, 2007, 10:18 PM // 22:18

I've said it once but I think it bears repeating. Faithful intervention usually kicks in too little too late. I know that I rarely drop low enough in hit points for it to kick in so yeah it is a permanent enchant, but I realized that I could be more effective by taking another attack skill or another enchantment that actually did something for my damage output or put conditions on enemies.

I see faithful as a false sense of security really. If you are a competent dervish player then you should never get that low in health and if you are in a situation where you get that low in health you are obviously over taxed and the health boost from faithful intervention triggering is going to keep you alive for a few more seconds if you're lucky. I could see where it would be useful on a dervish secondary but on a dervish primary I don't think it's worth the skill slot.

nembool · Sep 29, 2007, 07:48 AM // 07:48

I used to run Faithful, now I find it's better to use Watchful, Heart of Fury, Mystic Vigor and Pious Renewal as the elite. Cycling these four really helps with survivability and energy management. Plus having four enchantments on the go maxes out Mystic Sweep for a good rate of damage.

Skills Overdose · Oct 31, 2007, 11:30 AM // 11:30

Personal preference - I would prefer Watchful over Faithful. They're both not needed but definitely do relieve pressure on the monks in your party. What's nice about Watchful is that it can be casted on others in your party.