Thread: Patch 5.1, the good and the bad

It feels like they went in the complete opposite direction with SMN (from too fast-paced to too slow).

Now that the Egi Assault(s) are classified as spells (thus, subject to GCD), you can no longer "weave" them alongside Ruin III/Outburst.
Worse still, now there's no reason to stay in Dreadwyrm Trance for its full duration, making it redundant...

I'm still testing out SMN as best as I can, but despite it still being a bit odd I'm seeing some promising results as far as the damage goes. I feel mobility is probably improved, but I've been pretty much only working with dummies while I adjust to switching buttons around on my bars for my controller. Once I try out a couple more variations for the opener I'll try it out in actual combat. I also need to catch up gear-wise since I switched to and learned DRG partway through the last patch for raiding, but I don't think it'll take long to get back up to speed.

I'm far from the best DRG, but the buffs are somewhat nice, even if I don't see a significant difference personally. BotD being on a shorter cooldown is a bonus, even if it isn't vital.