New Skill Rebalance In China

DeffyNature - Archosaur wrote: »

What I'm wondering is if this veno pet re-balance has been implemented in the CN version this most recent update, alongside the new skill re-balance, or is it a 'soon' featureb:cute.

I summon thee, Bubbles!
Use 'spread the news' attack on the forums! b:cute

Bubbles - Lothranis wrote: »

I have a thread on the new expansion that is almost ready to be posted on the forums but I am still not quite happy with it...

I have played on the new expansion client but I really haven't seen much that is worth noting at this time.

Rerum - Sanctuary wrote: »

http://bbs.w2i.wanmei.com/viewthread.php?tid=2016138&extra=page%3D1

Need a good translator, the information itself about the skill rebalance is true, but the thread Im linking is not official.

Some really good tweaks mostly benefited are Venos and Clerics with some nice modifications.

Mods please close this thread once Korren/Bubbles thread is out. Thanks.

Edit:

Official link now live:

http://bbs.w2i.wanmei.com/viewthread.php?tid=2024788&extra=page%3D1

Unofficial Trasnlation below:

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Note: All over time damage skills, have been upgraded so now is Basic Magic/Physical attack + xxx% of the weapon damage PLUS the set damage they had before, duration has also been reduced.
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Wizard:
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Elemental evocation: Cooldown reduced from 10 minutes to 5 minutes, the cast range increased from 24 meters to 30 meters, casting time reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second, Earth componente damage has been increased from 60% to 150% of maximum mana, Water componente Mana burn now works over 15 seconds instead of 30.

Ice Prison: Duration increased from 9 seconds to 12 seconds, the freeze probability from 67% to 80%.

Mortal Reversion: Chi consumed reduced from 50 to 20.

Tactical Reversion: Chi consumed decreased from 50 to 20.

Crown of flames: Overtime danage increased by 200% of weapon attack power. Sage version duration effect decreased to 9 seconds and additional fire damage effect increased to 30%. Demon version duration effect decreased to 6 seconds instead.

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Clerics:
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Ultraviolet Dance, chi reduced to 0. Recover 10% HP upon casting.

Absorbing Array: Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds, Restores 8% of the caster soulforce as HP.

Aurora Array: Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds. Restores 15% of the caster soulforce as HP.

Wings of protection: Cooldown reduced to 60 seconds from 3 mins.

Mark of Weakness: Cooldown reduced to 10 seconds from 1 minute. The skill now deals damage equivalent to basic magic attack plus 30% value of soul force, the damage cant critical, but has twice your critical chance of dealing 1.5 damage, this damage will not awake an sleep target, and goes through seal of gods damage reduction, 15% increased critical on target still applies.

Pious Blessing: Changed to selfcasted, Duration increased from 8 seconds to 12 seconds, the cooldown is reduced to 45 seconds from 5 minutes. clears all status effects when triggered.


Thunderball: The continuous effect has been changed to 400% of weapon attack power, sage thunderball has been reduced from 15 to 12 seconds and demon from 12 to 9 seconds.

Elven Boon: seal probability increased to 35% additional damage increased to 3380, now restore 10% magic attack power as HP instead of 500, range increased to 30.

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Barbies :
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Ancestral Rage: cooldown changed from 5 minutes to 1 minute.

Blood Rush: increased attack power to 20% each time you take damage, Cap has been increased from 160% to 200%.

Raging Slap : Chi consumed lowered from 100 to 35, duration incresed to 8 seconds from 6.


Untamed Wrath: time increased from 1 second to 2 seconds.

Blood Bath: Sage HP reduction changed from 10% to 5%. Demon max HP reduced from 15% to 8%.

True Form : Demon cooldown reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds to equal it to Sage version.

Sunder: Equipment attack power increased from 200% to 300%, Bleed duration decreased from from 30 seconds to 12 seconds, Heal overtime effect changed from 30 seconds to 15 seconds.

Stomp of the king: Modified text to say Generates Mass Thread.

Garrote: Sage bleed duration reduced from 15 seconds to 9 seconds, Sage extra effect of increased bleed damage changed from from 15% to 30%, Demon: bleeding duration reduced from 12 seconds to 6 seconds.

Firestorm: Sage the duration of the fire damage overtime shortened from 15 seconds to 9 seconds, the total damage sustained overtime has been changed to 300% of weapon attack power, Sage version extra effect of 1500 extra fire damage increased to 2500. Demon the fire damage overtime duration has been reduced from 15 seconds to 9 seconds, the total damage overtime is now 300% of weapon attack power.

Changed the description of some skills to: The skill must hit before the effect is applied.

Shadowroot Translated the last skill:

Devour: The "Threat" effect is increase by 20% of max hp on the barb

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VENOMANCER
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Parasitic Nova: Additional damage increased from 6606 to 8606, the confusion probability has been increased from 67% to 95%.

Feral Concentration: Casting time reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second, fox-form only, cooldown reduced from 5 minutes to 3 minutes.

Natural Synergy: Effect now stacks with claws and similar pet skills.

Revive pet: Casting time reduced by 3 seconds. (Technically is channel time what is reduced and casting time is still one second)

Fossilized Curse: Casting time reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second, additional equipment attack power increased from 0% to 100% additional damage increased from 50% to 150% of maximum HP, it no longer raise the target physical defense, cooldown reduced from 5 minutes to 2 minutes.

Arcane Antimony: Casting time reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second, Is now based on magical attack power instead of physical, additional attack power based on equipment increased from 0% to 100% and the increased damage based on 50% mana now is 150% mana, the cooldown was reduced from 10 minutes to 2 minutes.

Noxious gas: Overtime poison damage increased by 100% of weapon attack power.

Blazing Scarb: Sage overtime damage changed from 30 seconds to 12 seconds, and extra effect changed from increase fire dmg from 15% to 30%, Demon overtime damage reduced from 24 seconds to 9 seconds, both skill have the overtime damage increased by to 100% of weapon attack power.

Frost Sacarab: Slow efect increased to 70%, overtime damage increased to 300% of wepon attack power.

Lucky Scarab: Sage stun increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds. Demon from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.

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Assassin
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Toxic Torrent: Overtime damage changed to 300% of weapon attack power.

Puncture Wound: Sage bleed bleed damage overtime increased to 200% weapon attack power. Sage extra effect of max bleed damage icnreased by 20% has been amplified to 35%. Demon overtime bleed damage increased to 200% of weapon attack power.

Sage Raving slash: No longer reduces defense levels, the attack level increase remains the same.

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Translated by Asterelle:
Archer
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Ill try my hand at doing the archer stuff.


Sage Quickshot: Changed from "50% chance to give 20 additional chi" to "10 additional chi and 10s of 20% more crit"

Sage Stun Arrow: Changed from 1 additional second of stun to 1.5 additional seconds of stun

Sage Stormrage Eagleon: Changed from a 30s duration to 15s duraction. Total damage increased to 600% of weapon attack. Phys / Mag attack debuff increased from 20% equipment value to 50% equipment value.

Demon Stormrage Eagleon: Slow effect raised from 50% to 80%. Total metal damage raised to 600% weapon attack.

Blessing of Condor duration increased from 6 seconds to 10 seconds.

Blood vow - Range changed from 30m to standard "Ranged". Cooldown reduced from 5 minutes to 2 minutes. No longer lowers own max hp. Damage increased by 150% weapon attack. Metal damage duration lowered from 30s to 9s. Metal damage over time increased by 4444

Sage Vicious Arrow: Duration decreased from 15s to 9 seconds. Total damage increased by 100% weapon attack. MP drain raised from 100 MP per tick to 300 MP.
increases wood damage by 35%???? (i dont know)

Demon Vicious Arrow: Duration decreased from 12s to 6s. Damage increased by 100% weapon attack.

Sage Serrated Arrow: Duration decreased from 12s to 6s. Damage increased by 100% weapon attack.

Demon Serrated Arrow: Duration decreased from 15s to 9s. Damage increased by 100% weapon attack. Health regen per tick increased from 40 to 100.

Awaken: Cooldown reduced from 15 minutes to 5 minutes

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Psychic
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Telekinesis: Additional weapon attack power increased to 150% from 130%. Has twice the critical rate to deal 1.5 times the normal damage.

Sandtrap: Additional weapons attack power increased to 500% from 200%

Torrent: Additional weapon attack power increased to 350% from 100%

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Mystic
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Sublime Transfusion: Chi reduced from 200 to 100.

Swirling Mist: Sage additional damage increased from 3100 to 5100.
Demon additional damage increased from 2300 to 4300.

Absorb Soul: modified so now you have 3 times your critical chance to deal 1.3 times damage. In other words it still cant critical but has a chance of dealing 1.3 times the regular damage.

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Translated by Lunari_Fenix

Seekers:
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Rock Splitting Cleave:
Normal versions can now be cast from ranged.
Demon and Sage versions have had their cast range increased to 20m.
Sage now deals an additional 500 damage to replace it's effect.

Staggering Strike:
Demon and Sage versions have had their cast range increased to 20m.

Arme Nier:
Cast range is increased to 28m

Quid Pro Quo:
Cast range is increased to 28m
Demon and Sage versions have had their cooldowns reduced to 30 seconds.

Blade Affinity:
Demon and Sage versions have had their cooldowns reduced to 30 seconds.
Demon version now lasts 2 seconds longer to replace it's effect.

Sacrificial Slash:
Cooldown is reduced to 30 seconds. It will also mention that the buff/debuff are independent from each other.
(Still a few difficulties with this one; it mentions the NSW debuff, but, still unsure if they will stack or just overwrite each other as per normal)

Battousai:
All versions have had their cast time reduced to 1.3 seconds

Heartseeker:
Demon and Sage have had their immobilize rate increased to 100%.
Sage now deals an additional 1600 damage, replacing it's effect.
Demon now immobilizes for an additional 2 seconds, replacing it's effect.

Ion Spike:
Demon and Sage have had their weapon damage increased to 200%, additional damage is increased to 5100, Metal resistance is now reduced by 50%, and, duration is increased to 15 seconds.
Sage now deals an additional 1600 damage, replacing it's effect.
Demon now increases the duration by a further 10 seconds, replacing it's effect. (25 seconds)

Edged Blur:
All versions can not crit, however, have a chance equal to 2x your critical rate to deal 1.5x damage.

Rewinding Gesture:
Cooldown reduced to 3 minutes. Now costs 20 chi.

Archangels of Justice:
Now costs 1 spark.

Angel Skill-Meteor Storm:
Stun rate is no longer reliant on soulforce. Stun rate is now 90%.

Blood-thirsty Blitz:
Text is changed to generate Massive Threat

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BM Skills.
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Skill Name: Tiger Leap
Modifications: prance in the process, there is a 65% chance to dodge the negative state(65% chance to dispel negative status affects I'm assuming), the Chi consumption decreased from 25 to 10.

Skill Name: Leap Back
Modify the content: 35% probability that the immune majority of damage prance process(AD affect?), and Chi consumption decreased from 15 to 10.

Skill Name: Smack
Modify the content: Cooldown reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds, additional damage from 1000 to 5135, must hit. (100% accurate?)

Skill Name: Flash
Modified: direct damage increased by the equivalent of 300% of attack power equipment, to trigger additional material injury conditions modified from hp below the target the hp% is lower than the target, trigger timing from 3 seconds to at the same time. The skill does not crit, but has 2x of the caster's crit rate to deal 1.5 times normal damage, consumption of chi reduced to 100 from 200 (1 spark instead of 2), cooldown reduced from 15 minutes to 2 minutes.

Skill Name: Recklush Rush
Modified: base damage increased from 50% to 120%, 240% of base damage (up from when enemy's hp less than 40% inflict 3x the damage) when enemy's hp is less than 50%, the damage will not be critical strike but have a chance to deal 1.5 times damage equivalent to x2 the caster's crit rate. Cooldown time from 120 seconds to 90 seconds.

Skill Name: Blade Hurl
Modifications: the disarming effect duration increased from 3 seconds to 6 seconds, their arms VALID time-invariant(?), the cooling time is shortened from 90 seconds to 60 seconds, chi consumption decreased from 100 to 35.

Skill Name: Blade Tsunami
Modify the content: Can be used at 75% or less of caster's hp (from 40%), stun probability increased to 90% from 75%.

Skill Name: Blade Tornado
Modify the content: Soul of force additional damage from 5000-11000 to 12000-20000 damage within the duration of a 50% reduction (half the duration?), can not crit, but gets equivalent to 2x the crit rate chance to deal 1.5 times normal damage.

Skills Name: Spirit Chaser
Modified: the additional equipment attack power increased from 0% to 80%.

Skill Name: Atmos Strike
Modified: additional equipment attack power increased from 100% to 180%.

Skill Name: Mage Bane
Modify the content: to mitigate the effect of the same monster singing(channeling?), The players sing slowing effect from 50% to 100%. Additional equipment attack power increased from 0% to 50%.

Skill Name: Myriad Sword Stance
Modify the contents: A monster attack to reduce the effect of the same players attack to reduce the effect of magic attack power of 300% and 200% physical attack power reduced from 50% to the additional equipment attack power increased from 200% to 300% .
(A monster attack that reduces targets' (player only?) magic attack by 300% and physical attack by 200%. Additional equipment damage increased from 200% to 300%.)

Skills Name: Glacial Spike
Modify the content: Reduce the effect is the same: the defense of the monster, the effect of reducing the player's defense reduced from 50% to 60% spell defense force and 90% of physical defense, additional equipment attack power increased from 0% to 100% .
(Reduces players' (possibly still has 50% affect on monsters) magic defense by 60% instead of 50% and physical defense by 90%)

Skill Name: Sage Meteor Rush
Modify the content: interrupted channeling probability increased from 50% to 100%.

Skill Name: Sage Drake Bash
Modify the content: cast skills have a 35% chance to not consume a spark (from 25%).

Skill Name: Sage Roar
Modified: Chi consumption decreased from 25 to 20.

Skill Name: Sage Heaven's Flame
Modify the content: additional effect "from" enemies within 6 seconds by the 2000 attack force fire damage to the skills cast one second after the end of return of 75 Chi.
(Looks like that after the 6 second DoT expires the bm will receive back 75 chi)

Skill Name: Sage- Draw Blood
Modify the contents: bleeding duration reduced from 15 seconds to 9 seconds, additional effects increased by 15% "to" each bleed damage increased by 30% from "Every bloody injury.
(Not sure what this means.)

Skill Name: Demon - Draw Blood
Modified: bleed duration reduced from 12 seconds to 6 seconds.

Skill Name: Piercing Winds
Modify the content: bleeding duration reduced from 15 seconds to 6 seconds, bleed damage increase equivalent to 300% of weapon attack force