PWI: New Horizons - Skill Info

Kassidee - Sanctuary wrote: »

Please tell me that aqua impact and spirit blast will now beable to be made with pof or obp at least. haven only ever seen aqua impact for sale for some outrageous price.

Ragamufinsin - Dreamweaver wrote: »

thats not the only case. They need to do something about the Assassin book - Puncture wound be it demon or sage, this book is too rare, i have never seen an instance of it and have only heard myths about ppl learning it, this book is a requirement to merge 1 of the new skills. how are we supposed to get new skills if we cant get old ones???
it is so bad that ppl actually started threads asking if these skills existed in game or the information was just pointing at a blank that didnt get implemented.

GMs plz ask devs to provide a way to access these skills before adding new additions/upgrades to these impossible to get skillsb:angryb:angry

Aeliah - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Not sure how many of you have taken the time to read though this yet, but some of the new skills are GAME-CHANGING. I'm gonna make a list of all the ones which I think will significantly impact how people fight each other. My comments are in blue.

Asterelle - Sanctuary wrote: »

[/color]Extreme Sacrificial Slash

Mana ??
Channel 0.2 seconds
Cast 0.8 seconds
Cooldown 30.0 seconds
Weapon Blade or Sword

Required Cultivation Aware of Vacuity
Abandon your defensive
maneuvers and go completely
on the offensive, reducing your
Defense Level by 40% and
increasing your Attack level by
50% of the Defense Level reduction.
Lasts 15 seconds. Reduces your
Defense Level by a minimum of 20.


ΦQuid Pro Quo

Range 28 Meters
Mana 330
Channel 0.2 seconds
Cast 0.5 seconds
Cooldown 30 seconds
Chi Gained 10
Weapon Blade or Sword

Required Cultivation Master of Harmony
Redirect the flow of magic from you to your enemy, transferring up to 10 negative
status effects from yourself to your target, and silencing the target for 3 seconds.

Sage version silences targets for 3 seconds.

Because blocking a seeker's deadliest combo wasn't difficult enough already (sarcasm). The channeling timese for these skills have been virtually eliminated. That means that a seeker no longer needs to use blade affinity (which is traditionally the warning flag that a seeker is about to qpq sacrificial slash onto you) to qpq. They can do it whenever, and you'll have to have very, very fast reaction time indeed to block it. And lest we forget---costs no chi, and can be done every 30seconds.


ΦGravel Blade

Range 20 Meters
Mana 75
Channel 0.3 seconds
Cast 0.7 seconds
Cooldown 3.0 seconds
Chi Gained 10
Weapon Blade or Sword

Required Cultivation Aware of the Myriad
Combine multiple techniques into a single, massive
blow against your enemy. Deals 110% of base physical
damage plus 100% of weapon damage plus 1650.

Has a 65% chance to apply the Spirit Bore status,
causing your ●Gemini Slash to deal an additional
7950 Metal damage and reduce the target's Attack
and Defense Levels by 10 for 3 minutes.

Has a 25% chance to apply the
Bloodletting status, causing your
●Stalagstrike to deal an additional 3750
damage and stun the target for 3 seconds.

Sage version deals an additional 550 damage.
Sage version has a 65% chance to apply Spirit Bore.
Sage version has a 25% chance to apply Bloodletting.


ΦWind Blade

Range 20 Meters
Mana 70
Channel 0.2 seconds
Cast 0.8 seconds
Cooldown 2.0 seconds
Chi Gained 10
Weapon Blade or Sword

Required Cultivation Aware of the Myriad
Slash through your enemy with a swift, powerful attack,
dealing 110% of base physical damage plus 100% of weapon
damage plus 1815. Has a 40% chance to deal an additional
2060 damage, immobilize the target for 3 seconds, and
reduces the target's Defense Level by 20 for 8 seconds.

Sage version reduces the cooldown by 1 seconds.
Sage version has a 40% chance to deal additional damage.

ΦGlowing Blade

Range 20 Meters
Mana 80
Channel 0.2 seconds
Cast 1.3 seconds
Cooldown 3.0 seconds
Chi Gained 10
Weapon Blade or Sword

Required Cultivation Celestial Sage
Charge your weapon with mystical
light to strike a deadly blow
against your enemy. Deals 110% of
base physical damage plus 100% of
weapon damage plus 3520 as Metal
damage. Increases Threat. Has a 20%
chance to apply the Disarmed status
for 10 seconds, causing your Arme Nier
to deal an additional 4080 damage and
remove the target's weapon for 6 seconds.

Sage version deals an additional 660 damage.

Ok guys, I'm not sure if you've noticed, but this is a really, really important change. Previously, a seeker had to go into a 'stance'. Once in that stance, they could use attacks to land very 'pre-debuffs', and then once they got that pre-buff on you, they could use a certain attack to land another status debuff. Like: parchedblade dance > hit a few times to get pre-debuff > stalagstrike > target stunned.

NOW: A seeker doesn't need stances. Look at the cds on all three of these skills. 3s, 2s, and 3s. Think about that for a moment. A seeker can cycle between these 3 attacks and potentially put ALL of the pre-debuffs onto you, ALL at once. That means that a seeker can quickly place 10 attack/def lvl debuff, stun, 20 def lvl debuff, and disable weapon, all very quickly, WHILE doing REALLY GOOD damage (the skills themselves have really good dmg). This is huge. This will make seekers much much more dangerous than before.

=== MYSTIC ===

Extreme.Lysing

Mana ??
Channel Instant
Cooldown %.1f seconds
Weapon Unarmed, Magic instrument

Required Cultivation Aware of Principle
Overpower your summoned plant with
nature's fury, causing all plants
within 26.5 Meters of the target to
violently explode. Deals damage and causes
additional effects based on the plant types.

The range of each plant's explosion is 10 Meters.

I think people might overlook this one but it is actually really important. Previously, if a mystic was about to lyse a sleep plant, you had time to run/walk away from the plant that was about to explode. No longer. The channel for lysing is instant. There is no escaping mystic plants anymore, which will greatly increase a mystic's ability to control their targets.


ΦSwirling Mist

Range 27 Meters
Mana 225
Channel 1.0 seconds
Cast 1.0 seconds
Cooldown 15.0 seconds
Chi Gained 10
Weapon Unarmed, Magic instrument

Required Cultivation Aware of the Myriad
Conjure a ball of condensed mist to strike all enemies within
10 Meters of your target, dealing base magic damage plus 6018
as Wood damage and applying the Mist's Grasp status. When the
target's Health is below 60%, Mist's Grasp will activate
for 6 seconds, dealing base magic damage plus 4300 as Wood
damage. Mist's Grasp lasts 45 seconds or until activated.

Sage version increases the damage of Mist's Grasp by 1800.

This will help mystic's a lot when doing aoe damage. No longer do they need to seal stuff when aoeing (will help a lot in pve), and in pvp, they can pump out a lot more aoe damage to be a larger threat.

Aeliah - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Not sure how many of you have taken the time to read though this yet, but some of the new skills are GAME-CHANGING. I'm gonna make a list of all the ones which I think will significantly impact how people fight each other. My comments are in blue.

iperen wrote: »

On the Psychic note :
The cd didn't change.
If the freeze becomes a stun, yes it is a game changer, or more a class changer that's needed compared to the other skill changes.
If the freeze stays a freeze (possible since stun and freeze are often messed up in translations) it's changing 2m radius for about 4k add on damage. Said differently, psychics only get worthy changes in PvE. Psychics don't really need upgrades the most, but considering the breaking upgrades on some classes that don't need it at all *coughwizardscough*, it still kinda sucks.

I hope it's the 1st, because psychics are already partly a support class. The class doesn't have a great damage output unless an opportunity is created with control skills or power combined with that of a squad. The damage isn't really increased as it seems, especially compared to other classes, making glacial shards a stun (unreliable, but rather spammable and long) would make up for the lack of damage added compared to other classes.

Aeliah - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Fact is everybody got something kinda nice, just some got certain skills that are more than just 'nice', and downright 'holy **** are you kidding?'. Its those skills (like archer aoe knockback for example) that we'll have to see the effect of when people actually start acquiring them.

Nudimmud - Lost City wrote: »

You do know that those unique debuffs can't be used in pvp right?

Also, the one-shot combo is useless in end-game pvp.

Finally, most seekers are sage. So please, continue.

Burnout - Harshlands wrote: »

Did you miss the part where they get two skills with 110% base damage AND weapon damage mods with 2 second cooldowns and .2s channel times?

Also the 2s cooldown skill reduces defense levels by 20 on the enemy.

With the 150 free stat points we're getting, Str/dex/mag values will be so high that base mag/phy damage will be a major factor in overall damage.

This is probably enough to make them competitive with the best DD's in PVP, especially since they can already burst - they get DPS now as well.

Aeliah - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Not sure how many of you have taken the time to read though this yet, but some of the new skills are GAME-CHANGING. I'm gonna make a list of all the ones which I think will significantly impact how people fight each other. My comments are in blue.

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On psychic glacial shards :

We are so screwed if this is actually a stun. Even if it is just an immobilize, check out the cooldown---psychics can now pull of somewhat of an immobilize-lock, while gaining chi and doing really great damage.

Boomz - Harshlands wrote: »

Has anyone heard whether wizards are getting the supposed update to Ice Prison that removes the spark cost and lowers time from 120 sec to 30 sec? It was in the original skill changes posted but it did not happen automatically and I see no book for it.

Aeliah - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Faster sacrificial slash and qpq makes a seeker squishier... how exactly? rofl, its the OPPOSITE; the debuff stays on seeker for a shorter length of time, with decreased chance that channeling gets interrupted, and you can pass off the debuffs faster. Its entirely win for seekers. Annnnd... a cursory search through forums shows, uh, yeah, the 1-shot combo for seekers is alive and well. Hell I've been on the receiving end of it fairly often lately, after fighting seekers for a while, and yes, it is very very dangerous. I can often survive it because I can see it coming. However, with the upgraded versions, I'll have difficulty reacting to the sac slash > qpq combo fast enough even if I'm watching the seeker closely, due to how much the channeling AND casting on BOTH skills has been reduced. And as we all know, seekers often need only 1 hit to finish people off...

Gravel blade dmg will scale with double or triple spark a ton due to 110% base damage add... yeah, ignore that moar plz.

Defense level debuffs are kinda unique to seekers, just sayin... as are the 'pre-debuffs' that turn into debuffs like disable weapon, stuns, attack lvl/defense level debuffs (because other classes totally have 3 minute pvp-able debuffs... NOT). Bms are the only other class to share disable weapon, and for them it is a single target, decently-lengthy cooldown skill that ALSO disables themselves for 3 seconds. A seeker can spam disable weapon debuff and can also disable weapons or more than 1 person at a time. Wee...

And do you *really* want to give me the argument 'well I'mmmmm sage'... when you can switch to demon any bloody time you want to? more rofl

Heh. I'm not really saying seekers got OP, but to hear a seeker *complaining*? Cry me a river! Geez...