Update - Thursday, February 25, 2010

Wow, so many Necro possibilities! ^_^

earthshaker = screen will shake. the animation kinda goes with it too LOL.

you kind of have to be close or the one using it.

1. Make warrior with Earthshaker
2. go to isle of nameless
3. build adren
4. watch earth get rocked
5. ??
6. profit


awwwe man this kinda hurt a little, but i can understand it. Pretty much just a blackout now...

My favorite part of this is how using scythe attacks with blood bond and demonic flesh is going to make D/N much more viable

Didn't realize there were 2 threads...

LOL. Mesmers still get no love

Also, how come Soldier's Stance doesn't have the -20 Armour ???

You know what would have gone great with this update? A half off sale for name changes.

I bet they could have made a fortune!

Enemy spells cannot target you. So you can still cast it on yourself.

Good thing Steelfang wasnt buffed the way they said. SF is FINALLY nerfed, but Obsidian was booned(when it wasnt even the worst offender.)Love my mesmer. She got nerfed...again!

Edit: Btw, im gonna take a look at the new SF, it seems it will be similar to old functionality, and allow my Mesmer to get back to hardcore degen farming :O

I'm content with most of the changes aside from pblock, why not pve split the skill?

Hopefully now Anet will start redesigning the areas that led the degenerate trinity (600/famine, SF, obby) so that people will still be able to play the areas...

Edit: I'm stoked about the new renewing smash that +enraged smash+zealous weapon+hammer bash=almost perma knocklock

At least Obby should still work for Vaettir farming.

Actually, I take it back. Obsi wasnt booned, as its not so useless. The E management inherent to the builds that used it means the only problem really is the initial cost. Also, the high End areas need rebalance(like when they reduced monster clutter in the Domain of Fear.)

If you're an ele with proper e-management, Obsidian Flesh is still viable (channeleing, Stone Striker + Mantra of Earth, etc.).

Phew, my Water Magic's safe.

Im really loving the new changes to rits. It took long enough, but at least they finally got the update.

My war is soooo happpy with his new hammer build ... Best update ever imo WELCOME BACK GW !!!!

yay for sf nerf but like i care
RIP bb sins!
looking forward to the new changes on hammer

Good god. Am I missing something, or did Shadow Form just get nerfed and an hour later the thread is only 2 pages long? You've failed me Riverside.

Additionally; lol Guild Wars. I used to care, and had this update been a year ago I would have been overjoyed. As it is right now I'm only slightly pleased that ANet finally got around to doing something. Good riddance Shadow Form era.

All I hope is that, with all the farming nerfs, that Anet ups the reward for taking the time to do those elite area...

Even though I never actually used all those farm builds, I could kinda see the point.

I mean, if all you're gonna get at the end is a gem, and maybe a shoddy gold item, why not Speed clear?

If you're going to enforce longer times by bombing speed clear builds, at least Make the added time and effort worth it!!!

Ahem...

I laughed my butt off at this. You're right there's going to be a lot of characters deleted and new ones made. Love the update and glad soooooo many needed things were nerfed and killed.

Not with HaO it doesn't.

But I might agree with you if it didn't take pets 4 seconds to change targets.

BM has some intriguing elites (one more now), but you can only use 1 and the non-elites combined with pet AI and low speed still make it uninspiring.

Don't hold your breath. I haven't seen anet do too many intelligent things since this game released. Just a steady decline...