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Shadowmantle PvP Preview Patch Notes NW.14.20140114b.2
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Classes and Balance
- General
- A small handful of powers that prone targets had their durations increased more than intended. Most commonly seen affected powers were Avalanche of Steel, Frontline Surge, and Ice knife.
- Resolved an issue where prone was not being properly resisted by immunity and resist effects.
- Healing Depression now correctly affects Temp HP as much as it should.
- Regeneration is now properly affected by Healing Depression.
- The floating health potions now play and pickup fx and go away more reliably when you walk over them.
- Devoted Cleric
- Feat Linked Spirit: Can now be triggered by the first tick of heal of time effects. Can no longer cast a non divine spell and then activate Channel Divinity to receive the bonus.
- Great Weapon Fighter
- Mighty Leap: Tooltip updated to mention that it dodges attacks.
- The Iron Vanguard path now has a description when choosing paths.
- Guardian Fighter
- Feat Crushing Pin: Fixed bug causing this to also debuff the Guardian when triggered. In addition, no longer triggered by Lunging Strike Encounter unless you also have the Powerful Strike feat.
- Hunter Ranger
- Forest Meditation: Is no longer considered a melee attack.
- Grasping Roots: Duration can now be properly resisted, in addition will no longer ignore control immunities.
- Master of Combat: Fixed issue where in some cases this could trigger against yourself.
- Trickster Rogue
- Dazing Strike: Minor Typo fix.
- Vengeances Pursuit: The dagger throw is no longer labeled as an encounter in your hotbar.
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For the fix to Linked Spirit, could you confirm that Enduring Relief, Anointed Holy Symbol and Invigorated Healing are fixed in that regard as well, as they can be proced by activating Divine Mode afterwards as well?
What about Astral Seal (At Will) procing Linked Spirit if you swap to Divine Mode and teammates attack the target whilst you are still in Divine Mode?
I would just log in and check, but the server isn't available yet. This seems wrong. VP has been labelled as an at-will attack in the hotbar since Module 2 went live, in spite taking an encounter slot. I'd think that's what's been corrected, giving it the cooldown it's presumably meant to have.
I really want to check this out....
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Question for anyone who knows: will Linked Spirit proc off divine-mode Forgemaster's Flame as well? If so, I'm a super-happy nebula. If it doesn't, it really should.
Kaylee Krankenwagen, level 60 GF | Tavandruil Wayfinder, level 49 GWF | Aldith Langley, level 51 HR
Yes, divine FF has been changed on Live for a couple of patches to do so.
I hope it stays that way. Even without the CD, it's not game-breaking at all. It actually makes the Whisperknife a little usable. Still not as good as MI.
As a player of a linked DC as my main, I think the only way I would be comfortable with this change is if the knock back was moved from divine Sun Burst to some other ability. Sun Burst is just too important for a linked spirit build in dungeons where people are moving around a lot to avoid aoe.
The only other possibility I see is to change divine power generation rate so other skills can be used in divine mode more often. Currently Divine Fortune is virtually required to be slotted in any dungeon run. Even with that slot always tied up and all the divine power generation talents taken a DC can really only be expected to cast one spell in divine mode constantly, and that is almost always Divine Shield.
This game is hard enough to heal in and even harder to heal _well_.
Really if divine Sun Burst still has a knock back after this patch and nothing else is changed, I think there will be even less people willing to play DCs as main characters.
There are very few viable endgame ways to play a DC. It's almost always mass aoe healing other than specific bosses. I feel the DC class in general needs more play styles to attract players with different healing preferences. I'd like to see a single target healing spec. Such as adding charges to Exaltation with a talent with possibly removing some of the buff portion.
My basic point is, I don't feel the DC population can take a blanket nerf without getting something in return. Doing so will <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> a TON of DCs off.
I disagree... They <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> us off because we are the least playing community (absuutely not TONS) and by nerfing us they can make other 99.99% players happy.
Now:
"That cleric heal his hp up!!! OMG I just managed to hit him till red hp for 5 minutes!!!"
Future:
"Nah, i stop attacking and give you 5 minutes to heal, and i will use 1 minute to burst him down you nub DC, quit pvp pls!"
These patch notes only means that Linked spirit will work as soon as you use divine healing word on someone. W00t...
I hope we get a free respec token soon for some reason (or why not a class change token, since clerics slowly lose all of their major shinies). I see more and more groups doing T2s without a cleric these days because of the "speedrun" mentality forced into player with the delve event constraints and the huge pressure F2P players feel (be it legitimate or not) to earn as much ADs as they can. This for sure won't help.
All heil the CWs overlords! Since the dungeons are only filled with super low HP controllable mobs, there's nothing else you need.
And considering DC is my main as well, I am really happy with the changes because:
1. I don't like that people who exploit have an advantage
2. I don't use Linked Spirit anyway and still do great
I also don't use sunburst in my healing build and never have issues with divine power generation, and I cast 2/3 encounters in divine.
It would really help if people gave feedback objectively rather than cry "omg nerf" "omg i quit" whenever a bug for their class is fixed.
In terms of the patch notes, DC (non abusers) actually got buffed.
Sunburst>Tab= current linked spirit + rising hope + anointed holy symbol
Tab>Sunburst>Tab= future playstyle
We just cost 2 more sec to turn in div mode only.
My tests seem to indicated that AS procs linked on first tick only, as the patch notes indicate.
And as for the devs, if you fixing Divine mode healing talents, I'd point out that Enduring Relief still procs off all heals, divine or otherwise.
No, they are not fixing this cast-tab feature but only control the proc of linked spirit so our sunburst is not too OP. If u want LS, cast SB in div then tab into normal, or else cast normal and tab it to get AHS and Rising Hope. They fixed LS, not directly fix our BIS sunburst. I appreciate this.
If u say bug, BoH even not targeting ourself we still got divine advantage bug. But why so serious? Anyone spamming BoH in this era? Ignore it. Dread healing boons got righteousness but it does not proc divine advantage, so is it our heals or not? We got the negative side effect but no proc of feats when it counted as our own heals. Bugs and nerfs everywhere, DCs are OP.
The floating health potions now play and pickup fx and go away more reliably when you walk over them.
I still dont see any difference yet with Knight's Challenge. I expected a toggle skill that wouldn't replace an encounter tab anymore, like swapping the Mark, Tab. But it has not really changed i think? only reduced cd.
One think I hope to see for GF's, that Terrifying Impact is more usable when a CW's is using Singu... It is a slow, but strong skill. I hate when i use my daily for my only true aoe, a CW uses its Singu skill, and I wo'nt do any more dmg at all.... My suggestion is, the first few seconds mobs are still on the ground, TI should still knock and damage them.
haven't tested pvp yet. but surely hope, it won't be as bad as people state.. fingers crossed.
First tick only.
From my testing it works on every tick of AS now on Preview.
Cast an AS outside of yourself, then walk into it. You don't get any linked spirit.
I think it would be a much better balance. Please at least try it
Can a dev please explain to me why we are all being forced to use "PvP" gear? I am a CW and the PvP set bonus is TERRIBLE for PvP. High Vizier is 100000x better. I need to know why because right now I feel like you are too lazy to balance multiple set bonuses. I know that isn't fair, so I would love it if someone could clear that up a bit. Thank you
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