I'm thinking buying mine from BB since I have an unused $50 gift card lying about.
Don't overthink it IMO - just do that. You don't get any sort of bonus items (unless you somehow can still get collector's editions) that really matter if you buy from one place vs. another.
I'm thinking buying mine from BB since I have an unused $50 gift card lying about.
Don't overthink it IMO - just do that. You don't get any sort of bonus items (unless you somehow can still get collector's editions) that really matter if you buy from one place vs. another.
They are still selling the collectors edition on Trion's website. But I'll give you a huge spoiler: the mount doesn't scale. It is a crappy one you'll never use again worth 2.5 plat and the 4 extra bag slots are negated by other bags anyway.
wow bard plus anything is dead..
Motif of Regeneration: Now unlocked at 24 points. Now casts on the Bard and heals up to 10 raid or group members nearby with each tick.
I knew it was super OP and making me a god.. but man that just reeks..
wow bard plus anything is dead..
Motif of Regeneration: Now unlocked at 24 points. Now casts on the Bard and heals up to 10 raid or group members nearby with each tick.
I knew it was super OP and making me a god.. but man that just reeks..
Even though my character (bard/sabo) got a huge nerf, I actually don't mind it, because I realized that they were OPd.
This is my favorite change of them all:
* PvP combat: Abilities now only check for caster facing their target at the start of a cast - they will still land if a target moves behind you while the casting is in progress.
I can't tell you how many times I've run into that, you need LOS at start of cast, and LOS at the end of the cast, and in black garden people like to circle trees just to cause havok on any mage/caster class and essentially making them entirely useless. Unless this has nothing to do with LOS... :/ But still, I'll take it.
i have lots of problems with LOS in PVE with my bard. I'm in droughtlands now and there's mobs inside tents. a fucking tent string or tiny tent pole blocks my field of view even though i can clearly see the fucking mob.
I'm thinking about purchasing, and i skimmed through the thread but didn't see a player list or server list where a bunch of ATOTers play. I'm a carebear at heart, really get pissed if I'm just out questing and get gank-camped, so I prefer to play on a server that won't even allow that. In WOW my main was a warlock, but I also had high level druids and priests. I like magic user, pet, and utility classes, and tend to shy away from pure DPS/tank/heal types. Would Rift be a good game for me? If so, what server are a bunch of you guys on that doesn't allow open world PVP?
Rift can probably be described as being WoW-esque so you should be fine with your playing preferences. When you choose a server it says if it is a PvP one or not so don't worry about getting ganked unexpectedly.
Direct2Drive, CE version, 20% off sale. Basically just took the key they gave me, made an account with Trion and downloaded.
I did the same thing. That extra bag space that comes with the CE version & the mount helps a ton. Especially if you gather tradeskill items for the bag space and you don't need to worry about buying a mount to start. Which everyone should do even if you don't tradeskill simply to auction off for a few more gold.
I'm really liking my Necro/Chloro mage. High survivability. Decent DPS and almost no downtime. Just enough healing for backup & spot healing. Won't be able to take on elites but I can take on mobs 2 levels above my current level and depending on how tough the mobs are, I can take on 2-3 mobs a couple levels higher than me.
Yeah, people saying the mounts are cheap are missing the point you get a free mount and extra bag space for every character you create, which is outstanding. Add that up across 10 characters and it's a great deal, IMO.
And I have a Necro/Chloro I really liked until I created a Bard/Ranger and there is no comparison. I can't help but think the bard might be dialed back a little in the future.
Yeah, people saying the mounts are cheap are missing the point you get a free mount and extra bag space for every character you create, which is outstanding. Add that up across 10 characters and it's a great deal, IMO.
And I have a Necro/Chloro I really liked until I created a Bard/Ranger and there is no comparison. I can't help but think the bard might be dialed back a little in the future.
So basically, Sabo's are getting unnerfed mostly, but still should see a hit on overall DPS due to fixed armor mitigation. Great, still get to deal with huge-ass crits.I just wanted to jump in and answer a few questions and concerns we’ve been seeing come up over past couple of days.
Saboteurs
Firstly we’re going to roll-back the changes to Charge range; they’ll be back to the same levels as they are on Live at the moment. Regarding damage, put simply some Saboteurs specs are doing far too much damage in both PVP and PVE across multiple level ranges including 50. In part this was due to an armor penetration bug however a significant portion of it is also due to Charge Booster. We’re still not entirely happy with Charge Booster as is it exists on the Test shard and we’ll be updating it further to reward players who invest deeper into the Saboteur tree. We’re not trying to force people to have to spend 51 points in Saboteur we’re just trying to make it a more attractive option than what it currently is.
Why didn’t you nerf Warrior DPS?
The issue with Warrior DPS in most cases was due to a bug in Combat Precision. We’ve since fixed the bug which has reduced most “broken” builds, bringing them more in line with other DPS souls. In the case of the Paragon it dropped them too far requiring us to buff them up a little. There were of course other tweaks as well for both PVE and PVP spread across a number of Souls.
Reavers
The Reaver is a tank first and foremost specializing in AOE threat generation; they are not a DPS Soul. Right now the speed at which they can solo a large number of mobs is too fast especially when they come out of the encounter at full health. Our goal here is to reduce their speed and overall healing ability while not impacting their threat too heavily.
“Ranged Warriors”
Flamespear, Path of the Wind and Path of the Raptor are having their cooldown times reduced from the 6 seconds that they are on Test right now to 4 seconds. We’re satisfied for now that these changes still give Warriors ranged attack options across a few different specs.
We’ll also be doing an audit of dungeons to ensure there isn’t an overabundance of encounters that unduly punish melee characters so we can adjust them in upcoming patches. If you feel there are bosses that punish melee too much please let us know.
Bard, Chloromancer and Justicar group healing
Area of effect healing from these classes right now is too powerful in larger raids, especially their passive & secondary healing effects. As such we want to reduce the amount of healing they can perform in those environments without greatly reducing their effectiveness in smaller groups and while soloing. We’ve been paying close attention to and working with some of our top raiders on the Test server and so far are happy with how the changes are working out.
To clarify something else as well all of our AOE heals use Smart Healing i.e. they select the targets who need healing the most and heal those characters and pets first. This means you should never see a case where you heal someone at full health while there’s someone next to them who actually requires healing.
Mana Drains
Mana drains right now are a too good and are allowing players to rapidly drain people in PVP, we’ll be increasing the time it takes to completely drain a targets mana for both Void Knights and Dominators.
Ground of Strength
The stun portion of Ground of Strength is being moved over to be affected by the same diminishing returns used for stun abilities. Like everything else we’ll continue to monitor this ability.
Moving Forward
Overall it’s been a fairly busy month for us and while you haven’t seen us post very much I can assure you that every day we’re looking at in-game bug reports and feedback as well as the forums. Post 1.1 we’ll be continuing to look at feedback, parses, logs and addressing issues as they come up.
Cheers,
Sweet
In case nobody pays attention to the devs:
So basically, Sabo's are getting unnerfed mostly, but still should see a hit on overall DPS due to fixed armor mitigation. Great, still get to deal with huge-ass crits.
Someone said that going from 40-50 will take as long as going from 1-40. thats BS. I'm already 45 and it's been going pretty quick.
I'm afraid i'm going to hit 50 and hate the game because raiding sucks ass.
although the few instances I've done so far have been fairly quick. no idea what difficulty they were though.
No offense, but you obviously do not play a sab and are basing your statements on what happens to you in pvp. The two bug fixes would have been enough but they obviously aren't actually testing anything.
Bad sabs that spam blast charge could do large crits because they ignored 100% of armor (bug) and if it rolled crit all 5 charges would crit (also bug).
Sabs have lost 40% of their dps on the alpha server currently so stating we are "mostly unnerfed" is quite false.
Sure they are promising to "look at rogues" but the only viable end game soul (on alpha) is bard right now which is beyond fail.
So basically, Sabo's are getting unnerfed mostly, but still should see a hit on overall DPS due to fixed armor mitigation. Great, still get to deal with huge-ass crits.
Someone said that going from 40-50 will take as long as going from 1-40. thats BS. I'm already 45 and it's been going pretty quick.
I'm afraid i'm going to hit 50 and hate the game because raiding sucks ass.
although the few instances I've done so far have been fairly quick. no idea what difficulty they were though.
I've yet to step foot inside a dungeon [well - I did solo Realm of the Fae on my Justicar - that first boss is GD annoying with the sheer # of stuns]. Couldn't solo the 2nd dungeon in Gloamwood - the 3rd boss [wolf] turns into a dps machine [600+ dps every few seconds] that I just can't keep up the heals [which is pretty sad - it's a ~level 22 dungeon - I should easily be able to waltz in and pwn the entire place].