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Eeks
09-16-2005, 06:54 PM
Ok, I'm unlucky... I'm on Permafrost and on Tuesday evening it crashed about every 30 minutes, Tuesday was a total write off.  Wednesday log in and do my manitory Respec for the fifth or sixth time.  Worry my way through it, fiddle a little through my soel bars and check out DoF a little, find no guildies interested in grouping, but work at soloing till about to ding 47.  Felt so so about the changes and figured that I'd play Ferrit (my assasin) for a few day and see how I adapted to the changes.  Last night I get on and 2 of the respec'd skills I had choosen are <font color="#ff0000">GONE</font>, one the icon completely missing the other has a beginner spell in its place witht eh same icon.  So now I findout that all I get is that slow [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] stealth and never a chance at better, I have choosen a better form of it during the respec, also gone was my largest backstab! Why whare these options to choose from if we where not suppose to have them<font color="#ffff00">?</font><font color="#ff9900">?</font><font color="#ff0000">?</font> I hate what they did to my spells, not completely the changes but the Knowledge books SUCKs, its unwealdy is that I have 6 pages of spells and even after sorting I have troubles finding what I want.  Spells where inserted into my spell bar haphazardly so that I now have to unlock all 4 bars and I guess delete everything out and recreate a new system, and experence uncounted deaths cause the spell sequence I use is no longer there. Change in small steps is easy to adjust to, big leaps is Fatal!  I know this to be true for me, cause I had to recreate my gui layout at one point and regretted not noting what was where. After the issue over who get the preordered house pet, the disappearing, then reappearing items in my house, a key code that is unusable, last nights changes use pushed me over the edge.  I feel like I've been encased in Nerf Foam! Yes I read all the announcements on the combat revamp and realized Assasin, and prob scouts in general where in for a big change, but this has destroyed my total style that I play. Assasin didn't play well in confined spaced with lots of agro mobs before, with this revamp theres nothing to change that, my stealth has basically been reduced to a tool I'll use at the last possible moment, morethan likely when its too late to use it, cause to the changes.  I can understand the changes made regarding what could look through stealth but the rest of the changes??? Ferrit Fatality Hereoes Unlimited Permafrost 2-21-05 to 9-15-05? <div></div>

Vuron
09-16-2005, 07:21 PM
<P>If you're not happy about the changes to your assassin, than you might as well cancel your account because nothing will ever make you happy.</P> <P>Soloing is easier, grouping is even more fun than it was before, stealth combinations are much easier to cast, roots and stuns that actually work, and the list goes on.</P> <P>Forget using the same sequence you used before.  If you try to use the same tactics and cast the same arts in the same order as you did before the revamp, you'll be in for a tough time.</P> <P>Wipe all your hotbars.... go into your knowledge book and read the description of EVERY spell (not just new ones).... come up with new strategies and set up new hotbars.</P> <P>Yes, some of the spells you picked during your respec no longer exist.  They've all been taken out and replaced by choices for Master II spells at certain levels.  You will be able to respec again shortly, so figure out what you want to upgrade.</P> <P> </P>

Kemi
09-16-2005, 08:08 PM
These changes made playing an assassin more fun.  I can now stun and double stealth attack in one series.   You just need to get out there and learn again, once you do I am pretty sure you are gonna poo your pants in a joyous celebration.

Eeks
09-17-2005, 01:10 AM
The kicker for me was logging in on thursday, after having done the Respec on wednesday and see that what I had worked thru trashed and NO immediate oportunity to Respec since they had invalidated what I had done.  Why should I WASTE the Respec in a week or so to fix what SOE did??? Plain and Simple if you determin after the fact that choice available in the Respec are invalid and remove them (mind you they gave me noting in return) then a free Respec should be present on log in. Ferrit <div></div>

Kemi
09-17-2005, 05:01 AM
Darwinism in action I guess.  :womansurprised: