Go back and read. I wasn't talking about just the people on this forum, I was talking about the people in my TS that I alluded to in my first post that you originally quoted. The only point I ever made to you is that when a group of people start saying the same thing, it's worth looking in to just to double check. No one…
Look at this thread: http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?224131-Reports-Regarding-Unexpected-Rogue-Changes Admin says no, there was no nerf, but he is asking for more information to double check just in case something got screwed up.
Admin said no intentional changes were made, but they want to collect data to make sure. Lashing Blade wasn't bugged/broken and before these issues started popping up, it was working as intended. Thread here:…
You're correct, but when a lot of people start saying the same thing, and many of those people are known for fact based rational thought and opinion, it deserves a second look. Not a single person ever said that because one random person said something that it is automatically true. Less speculation more facts/testing.
^ This. It also doesn't help when lemmings come in and start trolling with vague terminology that doesn't make any sense like "hur dur there was no nerf Rogues 2shot me using their 'specials' ".
There was definitely a change to Crit Sev/Lashing Blade. I have no idea where you're getting there was no ninja nerf when practically every 50+ TR is reporting lower crit numbers across multiple skills in both PvE and PvP. Everyone is talking about LB though because the numbers were high enough that the change was easily…
It seems to be an issue with crit sev involving LB (may even be a nerf to crit sev and not LB). You can still stack power and get a crit of 1700 at lower levels, that's not the issue. But at higher levels, that crit sev isn't putting up numbers close to what it was anymore (and our only worthwhile tree involves crit/crit…