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Anyone else noticed powers with the most HAMSTER animations are the most garbage ?

joocycuzzzzzzjoocycuzzzzzz Member Posts: 577 Arc User
edited January 2015 in General Discussion (PC)
On top of my head...

- Storm Pillar

- Maelstorm of Chaos

- Cold Steel Hurricane

- Reaping Strike

- Frontline Surge (GWF version)

- Pillar of Power


Pretty sure there's more, such an unfortunate waste of AI.
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  • vasdamasvasdamas Member Posts: 2,461 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I kind of like Accursed Souls daily but last time it dealt 1k damage to rogue in stealth. Laughed and discarded that...
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  • frishterfrishter Member Posts: 3,522 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Don't think I've even seen cold steel hurricane. Storm pillar could look better, imo it doesn't really feel powerful even if it did more damage. Maelstrom of chaos I've not really thought about, I guess it's ok, but the patheticness of it puts it down.

    Also frontline surge is a decent skill.
  • joocycuzzzzzzjoocycuzzzzzz Member Posts: 577 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    frishter wrote: »
    Also frontline surge is a decent skill.

    Frontline Surge used to be the best CC in the entire game in module 2.

    Brutal Prone/Knockback + 12~K+ damage

    Now? 1K base damage and 0.00000001 sec Stun.

    Crazy how times change.
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  • kalina311kalina311 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,082 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    - Storm Pillar fully charged with artifact main boosting it by 25% I get between 6-20 k crits Its the only Aoe at will
    also it reveals TRs in stealth

    - Maelstorm of Chaos offers almost complete damage immunity for a few second time frame making the enemy waste his encounters on you while it stuns and prones also it can be aimed and cast at long range also will knock a TR out of stealth

    I consider these some of the best powers in the hands of a skilled Cw
  • joocycuzzzzzzjoocycuzzzzzz Member Posts: 577 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    kalina311 wrote: »
    - Storm Pillar fully charged with artifact main boosting it by 25% I get between 6-20 k crits Its the only Aoe at will
    also it reveals TRs in stealth

    - Maelstorm of Chaos offers almost complete damage immunity for a few second time frame making the enemy waste his encounters on you while it stuns and prones also it can be aimed and cast at long range also will knock a TR out of stealth

    I consider these some of the best powers in the hands of a skilled Cw

    Believe it or not, but Maelstorm used to be my favorite daily in module 1/2. I prefered it over Ice Knife and Oppressive. It was SO useful. It used to pass through ITC and Unstoppable.

    Storm Pillar doesn't really "Reveal" the TR, just reveals his location for a brief moment. I still slot it though, because it procs the capstone feats. When I called it garbage, I was saying that is it simply not usable as a main at-will, Storm Pillar was always a Secondary at-will used for utility only, it used to charge our AP to 100%, now it procs feats, not bad.
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  • charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Pillar of Power

    Coolest looking, most worthless power in the game imo.
  • joocycuzzzzzzjoocycuzzzzzz Member Posts: 577 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    charononus wrote: »
    Pillar of Power

    Coolest looking, most worthless power in the game imo.

    Holy lol. I completely forgot about that power.

    It's the worst paragon power of all 7 classes combined.
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  • poisoncloudpoisoncloud Member Posts: 489 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    How about Punishing Charge? Lot of rush for nearly no damage?
    Or Wraith's Shadow? Anyone using it?
  • wildwolf8wildwolf8 Member Posts: 161 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2015
    I use wraith's shadow. It's a weird skill, but I have good results with some combinations that include it. Kind of fun during tiamat to try to lock up groups of the adds during dc section. Allows for more hits of soul scorch during the head section than dreadtheft would. Very good results in there. But that has more to do with soul scorch and brood than wraith. Wraith would probably be bad in pvp and vs low hp targets, as the first ticks of its damage are pretty low. Over time, it's not bad at all.

    Pillar of power, I never unlocked it when I was hellbringer. Now, obviously don't even have it.
  • katbozejziemikatbozejziemi Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 856 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I feel bad for the animators, nobody is using the powers they put most work into.

    You read the name "Cold Steel Hurricane" and think how awesome it must be and then you get this...
    And considering how it hasn't been touched even after full rework of the class I guess it's working as intended.
  • rayrdanrayrdan Member Posts: 5,410 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    nothing will ever be as HAMSTER as steel breeze
  • rollingonitrollingonit Member Posts: 1,322 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    katbozejziemi wrote: »
    I feel bad for the animators, nobody is using the powers they put most work into.

    You read the name "Cold Steel Hurricane" and think how awesome it must be and then you get this...
    And considering how it hasn't been touched even after full rework of the class I guess it's working as intended.

    Every single time. Every single time I look at the power list.
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  • grumblesmorfgrumblesmorf Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Is it because of PvP? They make these things look really cool, because they actually WERE really cool at some point, but then PvP ruined everything by calling for endless nerfs to whichever power was making the most people upset when it wrecked their day. That's what I'm thinking anyway. Apparently that's what happened to determination, frontline surge, and my clerics 3hit hammer thing anyway. They all look cool but aren't really all that impressive otherwise.
  • charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    grumblesmorf wrote: »
    Is it because of PvP? They make these things look really cool, because they actually WERE really cool at some point, but then PvP ruined everything by calling for endless nerfs to whichever power was making the most people upset when it wrecked their day. That's what I'm thinking anyway. Apparently that's what happened to determination, frontline surge, and my clerics 3hit hammer thing anyway. They all look cool but aren't really all that impressive otherwise.

    Some are some aren't. Some things like pillar of power, the HR stormwarden daily etc, have never been good.
  • kattefjaeskattefjaes Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 2,270 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2015
    Tyrannical Threat has an excellent casting animation- though seems to last about a week, and is sometimes annoying to cast under fire- even in PvE. However, I'd dispute that it was "the most garbage" (sic) as powers go.
  • thefabricantthefabricant Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 5,248 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Am I strange because I think Oppressive Force is one of the best looking dailies? As I think it looks awesome and its pretty much the best CW pve daily.
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  • linoge63linoge63 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 373 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I am also a power appreciative PC but it seems that anytime power rises...the "gallery" goes up in arms crying for a nerf...and the game management cant but help run to put that fire out...(or insert soothers into the crying mouths) so be careful for asking for more power...the firehose that "they" use to squelch such power tends to go lateral.
  • katbozejziemikatbozejziemi Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 856 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    rollingonit wrote: »
    katbozejziemi wrote: »
    I feel bad for the animators, nobody is using the powers they put most work into.

    You read the name "Cold Steel Hurricane" and think how awesome it must be and then you get this...
    And considering how it hasn't been touched even after full rework of the class I guess it's working as intended.

    Every single time. Every single time I look at the power list.
    And if you read the PHB the skill description is "You rush into the midst of your enemies and, like a freezing wind,
    flay them alive.    " Uh... yeah.
  • schweifer1982schweifer1982 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,662 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    joocycuzzzzzz wrote: »
    On top of my head...

    - Storm Pillar

    - Maelstorm of Chaos

    - Cold Steel Hurricane

    - Reaping Strike

    - Frontline Surge (GWF version)

    - Pillar of Power


    Pretty sure there's more, such an unfortunate waste of AI.

    GWF Slam Earthquake Shaking ground cool sound effect no dmg cannot crit its total usless.
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  • gimpocalypsegimpocalypse Member Posts: 86 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    joocycuzzzzzz wrote: »
    On top of my head...

    - Storm Pillar

    - Maelstorm of Chaos

    - Cold Steel Hurricane

    - Reaping Strike

    - Frontline Surge (GWF version)

    - Pillar of Power


    Pretty sure there's more, such an unfortunate waste of AI.


    The more animation, the higher chance of it causing lag.

    If all the good powers had great animations, it could be a total lockdown for many players... like the Dragon Run in Well of Dragons [can be brutal sometimes for myself]

    maybe this was a way to limit the usage of those powers, by making them suck...


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  • fantasycharacterfantasycharacter Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 675 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Hateful Knives is my favorite animation. Not such a great power in PVE, but has its uses in pvp.
  • blacksladdiblacksladdi Member Posts: 359 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    courage breaker... that is the coolest daily in the game. Because its just funny to slow valindra or an unstoppable GWF trying to run away to get the free health spawn. Also a slowed dragons - lol the list goes on! Only bad thing, it messes with everyone else's camera views and such.
  • zeusomzeusom Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 810 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    SW Pillar of power looks awesome... I have been playing with it for fun. Many players have not ever seen it so are taken aback when they step on and a black flailing mess of tentacles erupt from the earth. Too bad the spell is weak... would be useful for pvp if a player daring to step in your sphere would be spanked badly for it such as much higher damage and rooted or dazed. But its only minor fire damage
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