Please change Amazing Reflexes!!

Mendanbar · 04-09-2008, 10:37 PM

One simple change and I'd be happy with this buff and stop complaining about even after the proc chance nerf.

REMOVE the "Dispelled when target takes damage", and this skill would be worth a shit again.

Right now, it is not worth ANYTHING to high end raiders for the most part.

With the reduced proc chance, you need to spam the crap out of your ca's in order to get it to guarantee a proc... to the point where if you want to "guarantee" it, you may need to hold ca's in reserve before an aoe, so you have to reduce your dps.

On top of that, because of every fucking mob worth a shit (avatars, trak, etc) and now those that aren't really (shard of hate mobs, overking, etc) ALL have damage shields/etc, that ALL break the goddamn effect. Seriously, it renders it utterly worthless. I pretty much don't count on it ANYWHERE other than VP and zones where it doesn't really matter, like thuuga.

I'm probably having the spell break at least 1/2 of the time that it procs and is up, and that's ridiculous. It ruins the point of even having it, you can't try to use it strategically, because you still might die due to a stray autoattack proc'ing a damage shield.

PLEASE fix this so that this thing actually has some goddamn value anymore.

Varuna · 04-10-2008, 02:04 AM

I personally wish it was back to a constant buff with the extra hate gain. Especially with the way RoK is, if they wanted to nerf AR that would be completely viable in my opinion. Though just removing the "cancelled because you proc Caress Feedback every 0.8 seconds" effect would be nice.

Though personally I don't forsee AR being changed to make brigands happy, ever. There's always hope, I suppose, but I'm not holding my breath.

Choadley · 04-10-2008, 10:21 AM

Caress Feedback isn't even a problem though; since that one can be removed. It's the others he mentioned that fuck you. Yeah, just nitpicking, I know.

firamas · 04-10-2008, 02:17 PM

i think as a community we have all agreed multiple times that we are not satisfied with this ability

however, that in no way means SoE cares or agrees with us. gg.

Varuna · 04-10-2008, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Choadley

Caress Feedback isn't even a problem though; since that one can be removed. It's the others he mentioned that fuck you. Yeah, just nitpicking, I know.

Dark Caress (etc.) was the first thing that came to mind

And Caress Feedback can be an issue when nobody in the raid force fucking clears it lol I'm the only one who ever tries to clear buffs, and our taunt can't touch SK-type damage shields.

Edited for typos.

Feebs · 04-10-2008, 03:25 PM

The swahbuckler haste proc (spurious bravado) has the same "dispelled when target takes damage" stipulation attached to the buff. It's pretty much never up.

Conqueror_Beld · 04-10-2008, 04:16 PM

These are the wrong boards to be asking for a change. I doubt any SOE reps still come here. Of course, I'm not sure they respond on their official boards either.

Johnathon · 04-10-2008, 04:20 PM

I don't believe AR should be dropping from a damage shield.

I do get pissed off due to AR and other AE avoid spells are being totally ignored (nexona for example)

Mendanbar · 04-10-2008, 06:42 PM

It's just the hypocrisy of it that pisses me off... they reduce the proc chance, so that I need to spam MORE ca's to have it go off, but the act of spamming MORE ca's makes it all the more likely that it's going to break! It's just retarded :P

Orochan · 04-12-2008, 12:51 AM

They should just change amazing reflexes into another behind/flanking medium or high damage CA. At least then it would be useful.