AA rant: Combination nerfed through proxy

TheGimpMonk · 09-13-2007, 04:57 PM

On the old delay combination could be fired off with ease if dual wielding or using a two hander. CA auto ca auto ca auto+combination with no real downtime in between. Now that we are having .5 second longer delay (which is awesome for many other reasons) combination is useless.

I sorta knew this would happen but I saved this rant until after it went live simply because I wanted the changes to go through for lag/debuff/proc/ease reasons.

The extra 1500 damage was a nice little boost that would fire off every other pull. Giving roughly 20+ dps depending on downtime and AA lines. This was far from uber and I believe needed an improvement to be on par with AAs other classes and even just fighters. Now combination is wasting aa points.

Now it doesn't even go off once. Unless we decide to waste auto attack dps. If we do not get combination off with that attack we simply waste the auto attack dps and are forced to try it again wasting more auto attack.

All three of our AA abilities are or as close as possible to being useless.

Make combination a once a minute proc that randomly fires off CAs.

All classes have at least one cool AA ability for their end line. Look at drag, blocking mastery, Double attack *grinds his teeth* and others why do monks get shafted for the aa abilities?

Why does superior riposte not cripple the one being riposted in some way? If they would add a real debuff (IE not a 2 second stun that will be useless on raids) or simply a high damage riposte to superior riposte that the mobs would take it would be awesome.

Does SOE truly believe our AAs are balanced with other classes?

Blanka · 09-13-2007, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGimpMonk

On the old delay combination could be fired off with ease if dual wielding or using a two hander. CA auto ca auto ca auto+combination with no real downtime in between. Now that we are having .5 second longer delay (which is awesome for many other reasons) combination is useless.

I sorta knew this would happen but I saved this rant until after it went live simply because I wanted the changes to go through for lag/debuff/proc/ease reasons.

The extra 1500 damage was a nice little boost that would fire off every other pull. Giving roughly 20+ dps depending on downtime and AA lines. This was far from uber and I believe needed an improvement to be on par with AAs other classes and even just fighters. Now combination is wasting aa points.

Now it doesn't even go off once. Unless we decide to waste auto attack dps. If we do not get combination off with that attack we simply waste the auto attack dps and are forced to try it again wasting more auto attack.

All three of our AA abilities are or as close as possible to being useless.

Make combination a once a minute proc that randomly fires off CAs.

All classes have at least one cool AA ability for their end line. Look at drag, blocking mastery, Double attack *grinds his teeth* and others why do monks get shafted for the aa abilities?

Why does superior riposte not cripple the one being riposted in some way? If they would add a real debuff (IE not a 2 second stun that will be useless on raids) or simply a high damage riposte to superior riposte that the mobs would take it would be awesome.

Does SOE truly believe our AAs are balanced with other classes?

2 2.5 weaps, auto attack still going off in between my swings on this.

Blanka · 09-13-2007, 07:56 PM

Here take a look.

Niezo · 09-13-2007, 08:18 PM

Anyone notice a loss of dps using the GBH or is it just me? I cant seem to figure a good method using GBH and Soulfire.
Please tell me I'm not the only one noticing this.
On a negative and postive note, it seems to me that my dps on single mobs have gone down a little, but my dps on encounters have gone up, using those two weapons.
If you guys got some info on this please let me know =) thanks.

Oh almost forgot, I was going to spec back to combo, but after seeing my parses lastnight I think it will hurt me more than help me after reading the post.

Blanka · 09-13-2007, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Niezo

Anyone notice a loss of dps using the GBH or is it just me? I cant seem to figure a good method using GBH and Soulfire.
Please tell me I'm not the only one noticing this.
On a negative and postive note, it seems to me that my dps on single mobs have gone down a little, but my dps on encounters have gone up, using those two weapons.
If you guys got some info on this please let me know =) thanks.

Oh almost forgot, I was going to spec back to combo, but after seeing my parses lastnight I think it will hurt me more than help me after reading the post.

GBH will not be useful until it has a matching weapon you can use with it. You end up losing more than you gain IMO. So far most agree with me. Do 2 2.5'ers and compare

Normack · 09-14-2007, 12:24 AM

I used GBH + Cestus when the LU hit. I did a 2365 dps on 3rd floor minus woushi, including treah, and the herald. Gaileil and sawtooth weren't up. Thats like...200 or so higher than normal for me. Either I just had a good night, or the combo seems to be a boost.

TheGimpMonk · 09-14-2007, 01:02 AM

I havnt been able to get it off in normal raid lag (not my comp I swear) I can get it off on solo mobs but not on raids so far :P I am not talking lag spikes of 1-2 seconds but just the normal raid lag where all CAs slow down on casting (not fps slowing down just casting) the longer delays makes it easier not to lose auto attack dps due to this passive raid lag however I cant seem to get my 3 CAs off in 2 seconds in a raid after this patch.

Normack · 09-14-2007, 02:33 AM

Yeah, I have the same problem. I cant get combo to go off on raids b/c of lag. I use it on heroic content though.

Blanka · 09-14-2007, 04:39 AM

I'll post combo with hits in between every ca on a raid when I get the chance its tough when you are raiding to get a good screen shot.

Blanka · 09-14-2007, 04:40 AM

Oh by the way, ya CA lag fucks us huge in the ass with a sandpaper dildo if you hit the CA and its 2 secs before the fucking CA goes off damn. But the good news is straight auto attacking is much higher so we actually do more dps while lagging.