15th Anniversary Update!

Ranger elite is most likely to be only meta changing elite for SC. (SoOSc)

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Ranger elite is most likely to be only meta changing elite for SC. (SoOSc)

screen shot?

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screen shot?

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Alright that is OP as hell.

Ranger Perma Buff Dmg + Health Regen + Para perma Buff +6 Attributes on all chars if you got enough shouts on heros ... what can stop us form physical way xD

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Ranger Perma Buff Dmg + Health Regen + Para perma Buff +6 Attributes on all chars if you got enough shouts on heros ... what can stop us form physical way xD

THINK ABOUT THOSE BUFFS ON A LEVEL 30+ dagger skills DAGGER SPAM WARRIOR WITH PERMANENT IAS???

The warrior one is BEYOND bonkers.

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THINK ABOUT THOSE BUFFS ON A LEVEL 30+ dagger skills DAGGER SPAM WARRIOR WITH PERMANENT IAS???

The warrior one is BEYOND bonkers.

Attributes cap out at 20 I believe

Just tested the Anniversary Shield "Curtain" and it can't take a shield handle upgrade. I suspect all the items have similar limitations to prevent them from being too overpowered.

I still suspect the new weapons will give rise to niche builds.

I've had a build I've been working on for quite some time that some items will likely work nicely with.

On french, translate infos for elites fail.

Literally on english: "Cannot target spirits" and "Allies spirits are not affected" on french is: "Allies who are not spirits is not affected" confusion..

Edit: i tested modded Ele axe, it's ok, compared to the mesmer shield which can only receive an inscription (bug?):

lol those skills are fun! Now I'd love to log in and see my warrior with str 18 and axe, hammer, sword, scythe attris at 20 and probably I'd even have attribute points left over... did anyone do that? I'd love see a screen

All I can see is Dervish Healers and Monk Hammer Builds.

dervish casters... and op scythe warriors ;D

And melee groups of 7warrs and 1ranger ;D

Or huge dervish caster groups around a mesmer?

Playing Derv (VoS) in a Boggy run with a paragon in the team

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The mesmer shield was going to be my favourite, but like Bowie said, it cannot be upgraded with a shield handle.

I turned to the necro scythe and assassin bow next, and while the descriptions say they are tied to soul reaping/crit strikes attributes, in reality the weapons are still dependent on their normal attributes for damage (scythe mastery/marksmanship). See screenshots attached.

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At least the mesmer shield armor does actually seem to be dependent on fast casting.

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Probably the other weapons are bugged too. I hope they fix it soon, and also fix weapons that already exist in player's inventories.

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Sure this wasn't just from the +8 armour you got from shield? Test it without 9 FC and with would be a better bet

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Sure this wasn't just from the +8 armour you got from shield? Test it without 9 FC and with would be a better bet

Sure it wasn't, because as you can see with +8 armour from a q12 strength shield the damage is higher

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Sure it wasn't, because as you can see with +8 armour from a q12 strength shield the damage is higher

Didn't see 3rd screen /doh

Just wanting to let Iaerah know that the "Want to know about the new Elites" thing has access denied for me and probably others :~)

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The mesmer shield was going to be my favourite, but like Bowie said, it cannot be upgraded with a shield handle.

I turned to the necro scythe and assassin bow next, and while the descriptions say they are tied to soul reaping/crit strikes attributes, in reality their damage output is additionally dependent on their normal attributes for damage (scythe mastery/marksmanship). See screenshots attached.

guildwarslegacy.com/attachment/6713/

guildwarslegacy.com/attachment/6717/guildwarslegacy.com/attachment/6718/

At least the mesmer shield armor does actually seem to be dependent on fast casting alone.

guildwarslegacy.com/attachment/6714/guildwarslegacy.com/attachment/6715/guildwarslegacy.com/attachment/6716/

Probably the other weapons are bugged too. I hope they fix it soon, and also fix weapons that already exist in player's inventories.

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I can't seem to see the dependency on their normal attributes from the first three screens. I'd have suspected a screen of the scythe with 12 sr, one with 12 sm and one with 12 in both... could you do that?

Or explain to me how I can see the effect just from your screens?

Maybe it's the damage increase by the weapons attribute that still triggers whilst the basic requirement of the weapon is dependent on another attribute.

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Just wanting to let Iaerah know that the "Want to know about the new Elites" thing has access denied for me and probably others :~)

Yes, the "Curious about the new skills?" Doesn't work for me either.
I know what they are but this link is so enticing I'm still curious!

can you add an inscription to the mes shield? Could you generate the first +1/20 FC mod ingame using a master of my domain? :O

And what link from kevin are you referring? :O

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I can't seem to see the dependency on their normal attributes from the first three screens. I'd have suspected a screen of the scythe with 12 sr, one with 12 sm and one with 12 in both... could you do that?

Or explain to me how I can see the effect just from your screens?

Maybe it's the damage increase by the weapons attribute that still triggers whilst the basic requirement of the weapon is dependent on another attribute.

Ok I edited my post to show 12/0, 0/12, 12/12 for the bow.

Yes I suspect what you say is true, that the requirement gets you the stated base damage, but not the damage multiplier from weapon mastery. On wiki it's called 'strike level' I think.

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can you add an inscription to the mes shield? Could you generate the forst +1/20 FC mod ingame using a master of my domain? :O

And what link from kevin are you referring? :O

This one:

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This one:

okay, you got me intrigued... kevin! Please end the suffering :O

It would be fun to make a thread with some build-crafting based on these new elites

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It would be fun to make a thread with some build-crafting based on these new elites

Agreed.

I can't play so all I can do is craft!

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Strange

It's just a normal announcement...

Ok, I did something stupid. Fixed! Should work now.

Thanks Kevin, my curiosity has now been satisfied.

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can you add an inscription to the mes shield? Could you generate the first +1/20 FC mod ingame using a master of my domain? :O

Yes after test on isle of nameless, is ok for +1 20%

legendary - now the trickier part - find out if it works

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legendary - now the trickier part - find out if it works

(What does it work? Effect +1 after upgrad shield? Yes, said above I tested it).

well it writes that the effect is +1 fc at 20% chance - question is does it work - I mean does it ever get activated? There are plenty of mods and weapons in this game that behave different that what their description says.

Edit: okay I read again what you wrote - awesome! I interpreted it as if you applied the mod whilst luring on the isle of the nameless and included that detail for fun. Now I see what you actually meant

Sorry

Does anyone know if these weapons are scaling correctly, I swear I'm not doing full damage when auto-attacking with these while meeting the req.

If you still have to sink points into the weapons tree for damage is there any point?

-And my shields can't take a handle pls fix anet.

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Does anyone know if these weapons are scaling correctly, I swear I'm not doing full damage when auto-attacking with these while meeting the req.

If you still have to sink points into the weapons tree for damage is there any point?

-And my shields can't take a handle pls fix anet.

Praise
Has done a bit of testing (on page 4 of this thread) and it does appear they have a few issues.

warriors 7weapon stance comes at help - you should deal full damage with the strength spear then