Warrior "buff" in 2.1: not what we are expecting?

[Crimess]

So far the most interesting changes are:
- Holmgang: aside from the gimmick pull (not going to work on bosses imo and pretty useless on trash mobs since war has no instant short-range enmity generator as Rage of Halone),

Butcher's Block does close instant short-range Enmity

[Ryios]

Hmm, 20% dmg reduction after using innerbeast and we don't need to keep wrath stacked for increased heals.... Man that 20% dmg reduction will have a lot of up time considering it takes about 10-12 seconds to stack wrath to 5. And then theres invigurate*.

Thrill of battle + Inner Beast + Defiance + Vengeance is going to be a HUGE mitigation combo. Especially when my Thrill Of Battle macro is setup so everytime I use it the WHM casts stoneskin on me.

[Tano]

Butcher's Block does close instant short-range Enmity

yeah, edited.

[Bluetaro]

Fantastic changes for Warrior. Hoping they'll release the notes on Bard, Dragoon, and clarify what they mean by "melee enhancements" soon.

[Tano]

Hmm, 20% dmg reduction after using innerbeast and we don't need to keep wrath stacked for increased heals.... Man that 20% dmg reduction will have a lot of up time considering it takes about 10-12 seconds to stack wrath to 5. And then theres invigurate*.

Thrill of battle + Inner Beast + Defiance + Vengeance is going to be a HUGE mitigation combo. Especially when my Thrill Of Battle macro is setup so everytime I use it the WHM casts stoneskin on me.

How do we know that inner beast is 20% reduction?
And there are also storm's path and foresight btw

[Nitrophenol]

Holy Mother of the Twelve!
Not only I didn't expected that my post will get more than 10-20 replies, but I get a reply from Yoshi Himself!!
These notes surely put my worries to rest. I am looking forward to these changes, thanks again for all the AWESOMENESS!! xD

[rexie]

Hmm, 20% dmg reduction after using innerbeast and we don't need to keep wrath stacked for increased heals.... Man that 20% dmg reduction will have a lot of up time considering it takes about 10-12 seconds to stack wrath to 5. And then theres invigurate*.

And to think you are WARlvl 50 -_- so sad.. like really sad. The amount of people who spout nonsense and they haven't got a clue is extremely alarming in this forum.


WAR can spam IB every 12.5 second >_>;;
um.. hello? You got the math wrong -_-
AT BEST, and that is using both Berserk & VG, you can get full stack of wrath @ 12.5 seconds. And then you are back back to the default 20 >_>

Like seriously oh my God..................

Anyway, a VERY good upgrade that puts is on par with PLD and fixes useless crap WAR had (holmgang anyone?) or vegancne which is just a wrath fille


Now finally WAR is balanced & on par with PLD.
I just hope that SE when they design content they test it with ALL classes to avoid the same mistake happening (i.e. balancing content with one job, assuming the other job will be the same).

[apricotsushi]

Yay, I'm totally going to start leveling WAR now in anticipation of the update Always thought they looked cooler than PLD personally

[Wizhard]

I have one request. If the Inner Beast buff goes through make it so paladins can rotate a reliable 20% damage reduction on each death sentence too.

[rexie]

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lol, so cute.

Seems most PLDs are forgetting they have a shield which is a form of damage mitigation that WAR doesn't have and can't replace and work much better than parry!

Oh my... envy is ugly but ignorance is even uglier.