Guild Wars 2

It can now be blocked.
It can now be dodged
You have to be in LOS

The skill is now useless due to the high cast time and the speed people cure condis.

People said the same for phantasms.

It’s a broken mechanic to be able to noskill spam it despite what the enemy is doing. Take it like a man and start using draw weapon like we do whenever we get blinded.

^Exactly.
A skill requiring a brain isnt bad.

There is nothing wrong with this epidemic change…it works how it should have in the beginning, IMO. Now you have to pay attention, OH NO!

TheBeedon.6031:

There is nothing wrong with this epidemic change…it works how it should have in the beginning, IMO. Now you have to pay attention, OH NO!

It isnt really the same though. Whether it is “fixed” or not is beside the point. I see no reason to ever use it now. The chances of landing it are way too long. With these changes it needs an instant cast time imo.

Oni.5429:

People said the same for phantasms.

It’s a broken mechanic to be able to noskill spam it despite what the enemy is doing. Take it like a man and start using draw weapon like we do whenever we get blinded.

There is a big difference between Epidemics and other skills. Epidemics is useless alone and needs you to land other skills first on the target to have any effect at all. Those other skills require LoS already and don’t work through block etc… so it wasn’t the same.

Lordrosicky.5813:

TheBeedon.6031:

There is nothing wrong with this epidemic change…it works how it should have in the beginning, IMO. Now you have to pay attention, OH NO!

It isnt really the same though. Whether it is “fixed” or not is beside the point. I see no reason to ever use it now. The chances of landing it are way too long. With these changes it needs an instant cast time imo.

LOL Insta cast.

The skill can be INCREDIBLY powerful. I don’t think it should be easy to land, specially considering the low cooldown

Epidimic needs an increased cd with reduced cast time. 1 sec Cast animation that can be dodged, LOS, or blocked… Take into account that conditions are often cleansed in the time it takes to apply conditions on a target and get the skill off in high level play. Its a rough nerf to necros for sure.

Torqky.3682:

Epidimic needs an increased cd with reduced cast time. 1 sec Cast animation that can be dodged, LOS, or blocked… Take into account that conditions are often cleansed in the time it takes to apply conditions on a target and get the skill off in high level play. Its a rough nerf to necros for sure.

Yeh I would be happy with a 20 s cd but 1/4 cast time or something.

You could always immobilize your target before you cast so you give aoe immobilize.

Noctis Assassin.4035:

You could always immobilize your target before you cast so you give aoe immobilize.

Yea that can also be cleansed though. And most builds utilizing epidemic dont take dagger MH. I think Khalifa used a 30/15/10/0/15 D/D build with epidemic at some point competitively. With the current nerf, im not sure that it would still be ideal for that build.

Torqky.3682:

Noctis Assassin.4035:

You could always immobilize your target before you cast so you give aoe immobilize.

Yea that can also be cleansed though. And most builds utilizing epidemic dont take dagger MH. I think Khalifa used a 30/15/10/0/15 D/D build with epidemic at some point competitively. With the current nerf, im not sure that it would still be ideal for that build.

guardian immobilize from scepter 3 then? synergy

Someone should really make a thread will all the other effects /changes not listed in the patch notes.

daydream.2938:

Someone should really make a thread will all the other effects /changes not listed in the patch notes.

The guild wars 2 wiki does that. although they haven’t posted anything new.

Lordrosicky.5813:

It can now be blocked.
It can now be dodged
You have to be in LOS

The skill is now useless due to the high cast time and the speed people cure condis.

huh? you say that like it should be undefendable. There’s nothing wrong with requiring LoS and requiring players to pay attention to wtf they’re aiming at.

Besides , you should be overjoyed that they fixed the DS UI! I can’t wait to get home and check it out!

Noctis Assassin.4035:

You could always immobilize your target before you cast so you give aoe immobilize.

You can still block and dodge from immobilize.