well shield of absorption got the nerfbat

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luinks

Frost Gate Guardian

Purple Ravens

Mo/E

Joined May 2006

Jan 19, 2007 at 11:24 PM • #1

Any ideas on bypassing the 1 second thing its pretty obvious they did it on purpose to cripple the soa farming... T_T

leeky baby

Desert Nomad

Starting to play again... need a guild

W/E

Joined Nov 2005

Jan 19, 2007 at 11:29 PM • #2

take healing breeze + SOA

use a 20% recharge set

CR3AT0R

Wilds Pathfinder

Whats going on [sup]

Mo/

Joined Sep 2006

Jan 19, 2007 at 11:40 PM • #3

The changes are just tests for the moment. DW about it now worry if its premanent

luinks

Frost Gate Guardian

Purple Ravens

Mo/E

Joined May 2006

Jan 20, 2007 at 12:00 AM • #4

well we all know this wont be changed
some spots are doable, imps definitely not, maelstrom + casting healing breeze/Soa/SoJ depletesmantra... maybe i need to retime the casting

Age

Hall Hero

STG Administrator

Mo/

Joined Jul 2005

Jan 20, 2007 at 12:32 AM • #5

You could try Judges Intervention and a few others but I really wouldn't worry to much.I haven't even done any Soa farming atm and what do you mean 20%?

Covah

Forge Runner

Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ]

Me/Rt

Joined Aug 2006

Jan 20, 2007 at 1:57 AM • #6

farming minos @ elona reach with the mo\e build and SoA I can just barely get SoA off in time now

Hopefully it isn't permanent

Butters1110

Frost Gate Guardian

Professional Athletes [HGH]

Mo/

Joined Apr 2006

Jan 20, 2007 at 2:26 AM • #7

every1 must go to the section on the skill changes and say that they dont like it. Maybe then they will leave it the way it was <_<

Age

Hall Hero

STG Administrator

Mo/

Joined Jul 2005

Jan 20, 2007 at 2:41 AM • #8

Quote: Originally Posted by Butters1110

every1 must go to the section on the skill changes and say that they dont like it. Maybe then they will leave it the way it was <_< You can but they are doing this testing for HA.It will be there that will decide its fate.

Teutonic Paladin

Wilds Pathfinder

Joined Feb 2006

Jan 20, 2007 at 3:12 AM • #9

They didn't do this to screw farmers. This is here to weaken one of the most overpowered Prot Skills ever.

Why_Me

Krytan Explorer

Mo/

Joined Apr 2006

Jan 20, 2007 at 3:20 AM • #10

Quote: Originally Posted by OP

Any ideas on bypassing the 1 second thing its pretty obvious they did it on purpose to cripple the soa farming... T_T Um, no, have you ever played GvG or HA?

luinks

Frost Gate Guardian

Purple Ravens

Mo/E

Joined May 2006

Jan 20, 2007 at 3:35 AM • #11

i already did it :3

MMSDome

Raged Out

Joined Sep 2005

Jan 20, 2007 at 4:44 AM • #12

ladies ladies...

What did you all do when AoE was nerfed? What did we all do when Tengu farming got nerfed (besides cry)?

We found new ways to farm!!

Dont dwell on this (btw its temporary) but rather find a new way to farm...

Real1ty

Krytan Explorer

Unlikely Hero

Joined Oct 2006

Jan 20, 2007 at 6:10 AM • #13

I think the SOA will stay, but the one i'm crying about is the SV/AV nerf, geez i hope this is temporary

FyrFytr998

Krytan Explorer

[ITPR]

Joined Aug 2005

Jan 20, 2007 at 6:25 AM • #14

Quote: Originally Posted by luinks

well we all know this wont be changed
some spots are doable, imps definitely not, maelstrom + casting healing breeze/Soa/SoJ depletesmantra... maybe i need to retime the casting Looks like it's back to non interupting foes for me. Imps are a pain in the butt now. Mantra of Resolve does deplete the energy pool too fast. I can't imagine being limited to just tusked howlers, lol. Why must my PvE happiness rely on wether PvP players are happy? It's like being in an abusive relationship where the only option you have is leaving, lol.

luinks

Frost Gate Guardian

Purple Ravens

Mo/E

Joined May 2006

Jan 20, 2007 at 3:05 PM • #15

sv/av was overused and overpowered in gvg or pvp?

Amity and Truth

Jungle Guide

W/N

Joined Jun 2006

Jan 20, 2007 at 3:20 PM • #16

Well in a PVP Sense it got buffed. Low Recharge / Low Duration is a lot more versatile in PVP than the other way around. But let's face it, it's simply another hit at Farming.

/edit:
To clear things up, I was referring to SV/AV

FyrFytr998

Krytan Explorer

[ITPR]

Joined Aug 2005

Jan 21, 2007 at 4:38 AM • #17

Quote: Originally Posted by FyrFytr998

Looks like it's back to non interupting foes for me. Imps are a pain in the butt now. Mantra of Resolve does deplete the energy pool too fast. I can't imagine being limited to just tusked howlers, lol. Why must my PvE happiness rely on wether PvP players are happy? It's like being in an abusive relationship where the only option you have is leaving, lol. Now I stand to correct myself. After some fiddling around. Glyph of Concentration is a suitible replacement for Mantra of Resolve vs. Ice Imp's Maelstrom. Seeing as Glyphs aren't spells, I guess Maelstrom is useless against it.

(BUT YOU MUST TIME THE SKILL CHAIN CORRECTLY!)

I know it's alot of hoopla for a run that isn't as profitable as some of the others, but I REALLY hate Ice Imps!

Seige Ice Golems are still a breeze. Don't even need glyph for them. Also not needing 4 points in Inspiration opens up one more point to go in Divine, if you empty out Healing.

random.name

Wilds Pathfinder

Joined Oct 2006

Jan 21, 2007 at 6:32 AM • #18

Lol, I still use SoA to farm with my monk, and it works perfectly. Its all about how you spread your attributes...

14 Smite
14 Prot
13 Divine Favor

Slap on Blessed Aura, and you have nonstop protection. Instead of doing 53 damage with SoJ you will now do only 47.

Verteiron

Academy Page

Ether Jar

Me/Rt

Joined Dec 2005

Jan 21, 2007 at 5:21 PM • #19

I just ran through my own IDS solo guide without changing a thing. The change to SoA does not alter the build at all, other than making it slightly more suceptible to knockdown interrupts (Tundra Giants). The Imps were as easy to kill as ever. I really don't see what all the whining is about, I was afraid they were actually going to make the skill unusable like they did for Spirit Bond...

Anarion Silverhand

Desert Nomad

None

Joined Sep 2005

Jan 21, 2007 at 5:32 PM • #20

The only problem with this change, is that SoA is more vulnerable to interrupts. If you've grouped up a lot of enemies, you don't have time to re-cast it, as you'll be dead by then.