Happy with Reaver now? - Page 2

TheKhronos · 03-13-2008, 11:06 AM

i think its great how most SK choose to ignore our unique abilities... reaver is like a solid 300hp tick. you do realize it procs off about every one of our ability right? even taunts and mana tap. add in the aoe heal and the extra heals on tap viens from the 300hp heal from every mob it hits and you will be making the heal parse (which = you surviving longer). i have not noticed much difference in the new %, but i would never dream of dropping this spell.

and pools of blood is meant to be a safety buffer for healers. its an extra 3k hp just incase you do hit below 0. if your healers are letting you eat dirt that long.... maybe time to check yo heals :P many times a group of double attack spike dmg has come in and that extra 3k was enough to survive attacks that ive seen guards die on. if you have good healers you should never be in that below 0 zone for more then maybe 0.5 - 1 sec.

and someone else said it, you can get all 3 end ability. short a few points from rescue, cause if you cant hold with a normal rescue, the bonus wont help much... neither will that 3% hate transfer :P build your groups right and pull a hate building toon in.

one day i hope sk stop thinking they are a dps class, realize we are tank/utility, and stop giving the real SKs a bad name

whitewolf · 03-13-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TheKhronos

one day i hope sk stop thinking they are a dps class, realize we are tank/utility, and stop giving the real SKs a bad name

alot of the problem is not that we think we are DPS but its the only way some of us can get into raids because of the preference for guardians and paladins. I love to tank but the only way i can fit in is as dps otherwise my raid force doesnt have space for me. Its SoE's fault for creating a game with 24 classes and only about 18 of them are needed.

Sometimes we gotta work outside our role.

TheKhronos · 03-13-2008, 01:49 PM

or maybe find a guild with more of an open mind. too many guilds ignore classes just because they dont parse as high as others. well those classes dont parse like that for no reason... debuffs ftw. its a team effort and if some of these high end guilds would open their eyes theyd see the value of some of these other classes to a raid. and maybe enjoy some toons they have forgotten. idk, maybe im a n00b fuck, but they made 24 classes and 24 raid spots for a reason...

i guess if being a dps sk gets you into the raids you want thats cool... but cant ignore it would feel better if you were doing what you built an sk for, tanking.

Vinladia · 03-13-2008, 05:07 PM

OK! Someone explain this in detail, I am not at home so I cannot login and check.

Reaver 1.0 - On every successful damage spell cast the shadowknight will recieve 2.5% of their total health

Reaver 1.1 - On ever successful damage spell cast the shadowknight will recieve 2.0% of their total health

Reaver 1.2 - WTF changed? Unless they didnt change the tooltip mine still reads the same as before.

Vehnic · 03-13-2008, 05:33 PM

Reaver 1.2 = It ticks away life every 6s instead of every 3s. % returned on successful hostile spell is the same.

Vinladia · 03-13-2008, 06:06 PM

Haha well shit, I have never even noticed that.

Raid buffed I am close to 16,400 hp as my guilds OT, Reaver hits for 330ish, on top of all other life taps. Its like having an infinite Fury regen. Love the ability! And love having Pools of Blood and Siphon Hate.

"Shadowknights" - always there to tank when your Guardian is dead.

Jikko · 03-13-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TheKhronos

one day i hope sk stop thinking they are a dps class, realize we are tank/utility, and stop giving the real SKs a bad name

haha. yeah ok. sure. our utility is what, raidwide BoE and 10 seconds worth of death march every 2:15?

if you aren't tanking something, your job is dps. if you aren't tanking something AND you aren't dps'ing, you're a waste of a raid spot.

Narkle · 03-13-2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TheKhronos

one day i hope sk stop thinking they are a dps class, realize we are tank/utility, and stop giving the real SKs a bad name

Really? I'm a "real" SK and have main tanked damn near everything thru every xpac starting from KoS....Guess what? We need more DPS...If we are not tanking or in the mage group (with melee hit rates being fucked) we ARE a waste of a raid spot...I have seen a 2nd guard in a raid throw on a couple one handers and RAPE the parse b4...Same with zerkers..Give us duel wield....Too bad SoE doesnt read thse forums anymore

SKAR · 03-13-2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Narkle

Really? I'm a "real" SK and have main tanked damn near everything thru every xpac starting from KoS....Guess what? We need more DPS...If we are not tanking or in the mage group (with melee hit rates being fucked) we ARE a waste of a raid spot...I have seen a 2nd guard in a raid throw on a couple one handers and RAPE the parse b4...Same with zerkers..Give us duel wield....Too bad SoE doesnt read thse forums anymore

Yea thats my biggest concern. Its one thing if they have an edge on tanking... but for fucks sake dont give them superior plate tank DPS also!

Ya know what I liked about EQ1.... the Pally's and SK's got 1h weapons that could lay waste to the 1h/dual wield weapons that a warrior could scramble. SHOULD have been the case with our epic if you ask me. A nice 1H sword with a dly and dmg rating of a rapetastic 2-hander could have been good.

Lopann · 03-13-2008, 09:25 PM

Meh from what ive heard about the mythical is that it is about as good as some of the 2h's that are dropping in T8, atleast its been a bit discussed in Guk.sk although i havent seen any comparable parses.

Anyway, i got a new sig so im testing it out with this post HAr