Fading Spirit changes

[Sacha]

<DIV>As a Mystic I was utterly thrilled (read totally beside myself with glee) to get Fading Spirit Master 1 spell. For those unfamilliar, it is (was) the upgrade to (my now grey) Eidolic Ward, the emergency ward that has no casting time and no power usage, but a very long re-use timer.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Today in Splitpaw I was jumped by 2 yellow Fanatics half way through a fight with a Usurper. Couldn't get a ward up (thanks to the loss of parry, and the new interrupts, and focus is not yet high enough) so thought "ahh I know, time for my faithful Emergency Master Ward."  Hit the icon, started casting. Casting? But it has no casting time!? Interrupted 6 times, died, then took the time to check why my most loved of spells had failed me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Imagine my surprise when I read: <EM>"Cures noxious and arcane impairments on the mystics group"</EM>   A<STRONG> CURE</STRONG>??<STRONG>.</STRONG>  My Emergency, no-cast-time, no-power, save-yer-butt, 930-point <STRONG>MASTER</STRONG> Ward is now a cure?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would laugh if it wasn't so tragic.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Please...tell me this is a bug. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><p>Message Edited by Sacha on <span class=date_text>08-12-2005</span> <span class=time_text>06:33 PM</span>

[Fire&ice]

<P>Sacha, I haven't looked at my Mystic as of today to check this but I will when I get home from work a couple of hrs from now. This does sound very sad :smileysad:</P> <P>On top of that I really have to wonder at the motivation behind the change to our Ursine line of selfbuff spells.<BR>1. Why make it 3 concentration instead of 1 concentration? which is what it used to be.<BR>2. Why does it have a 50% chance to increase <STRONG>Hate</STRONG> when we get hit by the mob? Why do I want to taunt the mob? What use is that in a group...I get aggro from warding the Tank the mob hits me and now I am "taunting" the mob alot of the time it is hitting me.</P> <P>If there is a good reason as to why they are trying to make us cut that line of spells out of our usage in groups or to cut down our usage of group buffs I would definitely like to know so I can understand why they did this evil thing :smileymad: </P> <DIV>(Azato Bearclaw, 45 Mystic, CoW)</DIV>

[Grimsore]

Sounds like from all classes they are developing a buff that uses 3 concentrations for only soloing. Their purpose for making it 3 concentration is so you won't use it in a group.

[Wodo]

I agree.  If you are in a group, the 3 concentration buff isn't needed.  In a small group you have the option of each using their big self buff, or many group buffs.  Sounds pretty fair to me. <div></div>

[Sacha]

<DIV>I would have agreed with you Kolac, had the buff not been completely altered beyond recognition. It is now useless. It used to increase Health, Power, Mitigation, See Hidden (lol), and give the user a chance to proc a special attack. The extra damage was useful.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now, it increases health, see stealth, and on a successful attack it increases hate and knocks down the target.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will not be using the bear. I do not need anymore hate, and I certainly am not paying 3 conc for it!  :smileyvery-happy:</DIV><p>Message Edited by Sacha on <span class=date_text>08-13-2005</span> <span class=time_text>08:56 AM</span>

[Wodo]

Okay, I didn't know the effects of your particular buff, but the ones I do use seem to fit in my explanation.  Apparently, the Mystic one does not. And maybe others as well... the classes I play have 3 concentration buffs that seem reasonable to me. <div></div>

[Fire&ice]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sacha wrote:<BR> <DIV>I would have agreed with you Kolac, had the buff not been completely altered beyond recognition. It is now useless. It used to increase Health, Power, Mitigation, See Hidden (lol), and give the user a chance to proc a special attack. The extra damage was useful.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now, it increases health, see stealth, and on a successful attack it increases hate and knocks down the target.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will not be using the bear. I do not need anymore hate, and I certainly am not paying 3 conc for it!  :smileyvery-happy:</DIV> <P>Message Edited by Sacha on <SPAN class=date_text>08-13-2005</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>08:56 AM</SPAN><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I have to agree with Sacha...the Ursine line buff is very useless now :smileysad: