[Dev Update] - 11 December 2008

lol, how to win a thread.

actually, if the AoE damage isnt armor ignoring, it is going to suck, if it is, I would really consider using it.

Talking about Hundred blades still...forgot to mention that lol

Nice skill update. I already can see some really fun builds to make with these.

Fixed a bug that caused drunk effects to fade after zoning.... YES! I finally dodged a nerf bullet and just finished my title! My luck might be changing after all! I might not have to farm for 24/7 for 14 days straight to get a stupid polar bear drop now... I can sense it coming my way... I might get to enjoy the winter festival instead.

Great update, will be expecting some nerfs in the future though.

The [aura of the lich] change I think was a good one. In ab MM were very tough to take down if they were backed by a monk and no one had multiple enchantment removal, cough... rend cough... I am excited to try some of the warrior, ranger and mesmer elites in GvG, and some of the monk elites in RA and TA. Though the first thing I will be doing is some ab with my sin

EDIT: I guess you could say rend and spiking in general took an indirect nerf with the buff of that pargon skill, but we shall see if it sees play.

also OMG ELITE FRENZY
the potential for manly warrior builds has just skyrocketed

oh, also: primal frenzy heal sig yeye?
oh shit nvm they're both stances

Wow, the QQing started earlier than I expected. I figured we'd be well into page 2 before someone started crying.

eh, nothing good for Rangers...

Archer's Signet is pointless when the only condition worth extending comes from an elite... Apply Poison, Hunter's Shot are mentioned on the dev update? lol... as if you can't just shoot the person one more time. Concussion Shot... lasts... 15 seconds at 10 marks? 20 with 33% silencing? Yes, that definitely needs to be extended to 40 seconds...

Strike as One... well, if it weren't elite, it might be interesting to combine with Wastrel's Collapse for some spiking... no point teleporting pets around if they can't use an elite to kill stuff.

[Archers Signet]+[Concussion Shot]+silencing=1 min daze...

I do what I can. However, I'm not alone, so it's all good. I'm interested in how they changed Incoming into a buffed version of Fallback.

They took one of the only two skills monks had to regen energy and turned in to a condition and hex remover.

We already have a plethora of condition and hex removers Anet you "G" damn idiots!

I can't really think of anything bad to say. I'm stoked about the buff to underused/underpowered elites and anxious to try some alternate builds.

That having been said, I won't be playing Monk in RA for a long while. For that style of PvP, these skills absolutely destroy Monk abilities to either defend or outheal.

Overall, thank you ANet. Will be interesting trying to form some builds around these.

I think I have made up my mind - Aura of the Lich is just basically Bone Horror, but with a +1 DM that you can keep continuously. IMHO I don't think its quiet as good as the old one (esp since healing will be a hassle now). It is probably great for minion bombers because you can create a lot of minions fast.

sup rune (16) + Glyph (2) + double dragon (3) + pve elemental lord (1) + grail of might (1) + golden egg (1) + candy corn (1) + pve intensity (+25%) + 20% chance of (+1) weapon mod!

25, possibly 26 with 25% boost. Yellow numbers go!

so that's 4 skills to get advantage from one elite.

then you have a rez and an e-management skill, so you have 2 slots available for actual damage.

Gimmick numbers work but not really.

Nother new update, probably fixing Cultists, and seems to be giving out more t reward points

Bug fix for second update

Didn't fix cultist's

If you want fun, go to Umbral Grotto and listen to all the Permasins QQ. Many of them still haven't figured it out and think their run is destroyed.

Much harder to run VS farms now with the more frequent SF casting...because self-healing is pretty energy-intensive as it is, and longer stops = more damage from trample.