Patch notes are up

Coming from Guild Wars 2 where reading the Deadeye patchnotes made me die literally everytime ArenaNet changed it - I dreaded to click on Red Mage...And I am not really believing what I am seeing:
Changes that make the profession better? Nerfs where it makes sense? Removing skillbar clutter by automatically updating skills if ready?

So far, if I am not mistaken:

- They added an AoE version of Veraero and Verthunder and toned down scatter a bit for that.
- They changed Verflare and Verholy so it automatically "updates" Verthunder and Verflare if ready so I can delete my third hotbar (which I only had because of that)?
- Buffs here and there except for Contre Sixte where the periphial targets hit sustain now the same damage
- Red Mana cost have been toned down on some skills, so maybe my red mana can now be spent fully without having a small rest on certain combos
- The TP removal made every weapon skill free (?)
- The mana is now fixed at 10,000. So far, if I compare my previous mana pool (14,400 at this moment with my current equipment) nothing has changed really:
E.g. before the patch, it would cost me 3,3% to cast Verthunder, now it's 4%. Verraise however cost me 25% of my mana, now it's 24%.
- They removed Tether which is kinda sucky but with the other changes forgettable and I could rarely use it (Funny though today I was just mentioning that skill in another thread just to get it removed, oh my!)

This looks good to me. I hope I don't overlook the big elephant in the room here as this happened to 9 years of LoL and 4 years of GW2 when every change created a mess within. Because this seem to much of a reasonable set of changs to me...
I am...speechless...

Sincerely,


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WHM is looking pretty good, in all honesty. I do wonder if there was any point in touching Regen/MII durations, but we'll see how that plays out tomorrow I suppose.

I like what I am reading about WHM and DNC. Can’t wait to try them tomorrow

My Rotation for MCH doesn't look like it will need to be reworked too drastically. Just adding in Auto Crossbow and now Bio and some other higher level abilities/actions. However, for the most part ROT-wise it doesn't look like it will work that much differently. Still is about building up the heat.

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Originally Posted by Kuurei

WHM is looking pretty good, in all honesty. I do wonder if there was any point in touching Regen/MII durations, but we'll see how that plays out tomorrow I suppose.

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I wanted to try DNC but it seems SUPER complicated after reading the page on it.

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Originally Posted by DynnDiablos

I wanted to try DNC but it seems SUPER complicated after reading the page on it.

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I think it looks interesting, the challenge in playing it effectively might be welcome to some people...but yeah, it's a class with a much more focused gimmick than others.

Seems like a lot to juggle, especially with the step actions and how they interact with the different dance styles.

DNC is the most RNG heavy class because their normal "combo" has a 50% chance of triggering enhanced versions of their combo moves which in turn have a 50% chance of providing feathers for Fan Dance, which also have a 50% chance of triggering enhanced versions.

It's not really complicated, but it doesn't really have a proper rotation outside of its Flourish burst periods that trigger all of their RNG-based effects simultaneously.

Dancer> I am so ready

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

DNC is the most RNG heavy class because their normal "combo" has a 50% chance of triggering enhanced versions of their combo moves which in turn have a 50% chance of providing feathers for Fan Dance, which also have a 50% chance of triggering enhanced versions.

It's not really complicated, but it doesn't really have a proper rotation outside of its Flourish burst periods that trigger all of their RNG-based effects simultaneously.

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tl;dr: DNC is the new MCH. :D

Also, is anyone shocked that what is thought to lead into new housing has been postponed? Anyone? Anyone?