Patch notes are up

[MrKusakabe]

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,

[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.

[CoffeeBuns]

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

[DynnDiablos]

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.

[DynnDiablos]

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

[Kuurei]

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

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.

[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.

[Maero]

Dancer> I am so ready

[Snapdragyn]

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.

tl;dr: DNC is the new MCH.

[Snapdragyn]

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