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http://pastebin.com/2rrFg9pS

I can’t vouch for this thing’s authenticity, but it certainly looks interesting. I like nearly everything a lot, though the Corrupt Boon nerf makes me sadpanda.

Here’s the relevant parts:

Torment: Added a new Condition called Torment. This does damage every second (75% of a bleed), and double damage to foes that are moving(150% of a bleed). Stacks intensity.

Necromancer

Putrid Curse: Increased Poison duration from 2s to 4s.
Necrotic Bite: Increased Life force gain from 4 to 6.
Corrupt Boon: Reduced the maximum amount of boons converted to 5.
Spectral Wall: Normalized the amount of protection gained to 7s for allies. Replaced the Vulnerability with a 1s fear when enemies try to cross the wall. Added 4% life force gain on hit.
Wail of Doom: Added an unblockable skill fact.
Well of Power: This ability now breaks stuns. Added 1s of stability. Cooldown reduced to 50 seconds.
Well of Corruption: Reduced cooldown to 40 seconds.
Well of Darkness: Reduced cooldown to 50 seconds.
Well of Suffering: Reduced cooldown to 35 seconds.
Unholy Feast: This ability now removes 1 boon from each target hit.
Spectral Armor: Reduced the recharge to 60s.
Signet of Spite: Now applies 2 stacks of bleeding for 10s, blind for 5s, Cripple for 10s, Poison for 10s, 5 stacks of vulnerability for 10s, and weakness for 10s. Recharge reduced to 60s.
Death Shroud: No longer removes the Spectral Armor buff.
Death Shroud: No longer removes the Spectral Walk buff.
Signet of Undeath: Increased cast time to 3s.
Locust Swarm: Increased the radius to 210. Increased animation size to better reflect it’s attack area.
Grim Specter: This ability can now be cast while moving.
Rigor Mortis: This ability is now instant.
Necrotic Grasp: Increased projectile velocity by 10%.
Consume Conditions: This skill now consumes Torment.
Putrid Mark: This ability will now transfer Blind to enemies it strikes, instead of missing.
Deathly Swarm: Increased projectile velocity by 30%.
Crimson Tide – Bleed duration 5s – 6s
Deadly catch – Cripple duration 3s – 6 s
Wicked spiral – Vuln duration 6s – 10s per hit
Deadly feast: Duration of feast, 6s – 8s
Death shroud: New ability #5 – Dark Binding: You tether all enemies within a 600 range, constantly dealing Torment to them over time. At the end of the cast, Dark Binding immobilizes all affected enemies still within the radius.
Underwater life blast: Decreased cast time and reduced aftercast
Bone Fiend and Shadow Fiend now regenerate outside of combat.
Ghastly Claws: Increased Life Force gain from 8 to 10.
Feast of Corruption: Increased Life Force gain from 2/condition to 3/condition.
Necrotic Grasp: Increased Life Force gain from 3 to 4.
Shadow Fiend Haunt: Blind Duration increased to 5s.
Plague: Reduced weakness duration to 1 second.
Well of Corruption: Reduced the duration of weakness when corrupting might to 5 seconds.
Corrupt Boon: Reduced the duration of weakness when corrupting might to 5 seconds.
Feast: Reduced weakness duration to 3 seconds.
Enfeebling Blood: Reduced weakness duration to 6 seconds.
Dark Path: Fixed a bug where the chill duration did not match the tooltip..
Reaper’s Touch: Fixed a bug so that it now applies the Vulnerability before the damage. Updated the tooltip to state the correct amount of Vulnerability.
Doom: This ability now lists the damage it deals to enemy targets.
Grim Specter: This skill is now unblockable.

Blood Magic
Dagger Mastery: This trait now grants a 20% recharge reduction.
Curses
Withering Precision: You apply 5 seconds of weakness on critical hits. This effect can only occur once every 20 seconds.

Death Magic
Death Shiver: Vulnerability applied every 3 seconds while in Death Shroud has been increased to 3 stacks for 10 seconds, up from 1 stack.
Death Nova: Minions now deal damage when death nova triggers.

Soul Reaping
Speed of Shadows: This trait now increases movement speed by 25% while in death shroud.
Decaying Swarm: This trait has been removed.
Near to Death: This trait has been moved to the Master tier.
New Grandmaster trait – Deathly Perception: You have a 50% greater critical chance while in Death Shroud.

Spite
Signet Power: This trait has been merged with Signet Mastery.
Signet Mastery: This trait now recharges signets 20% faster and grants 3 stacks of might for 10 seconds on signet use.
Axe Training: This trait has been moved to the Master tier.
New Grandmaster trait – Dhuumfire: Inflict burning to opponents for 4 seconds on critical hit. This effect can only occur once every 10 seconds.

I just finished reading through all of these, cause i got them from an outside source…

If this is true… the build changes… and new builds that can be made… holy gaming gods…
It’s… very pleasing

ps: my PvE hybrid build got buffed quite a bit… baaaaws

I know! I’m like, Axe might actually be not terrible now? Life Force generation all over the place (seriously, it’s like they’re giving us 50% more life force to play around with)? Another source of AoE Fear?!?! Mwa ha ha…

I just finished reading these from an outside source. IF they are true, this is very exciting, going to be a lot of theory crafting going on.

Corrupt Boon: Reduced the maximum amount of boons converted to 5.
WTF?

Death Shroud 5 sounds quite tasty….

Too good patch notes to be real.
Those are fake for sure… A well made fake, yes, but fake.

burning…..in the spite tree

i really hope this isn’t real

Another important part from the pastebin:

Torment: Added a new Condition called Torment. This does damage every second (75% of a bleed), and double damage to foes that are moving(150% of a bleed). Stacks intensity.

Nice vamp/siphon fix’s… oh wait…
Yay, burning condition on power trait crits… oh kitty…

Faster wells is nice tho, sad no boost on combo finishers!

Bweaty.9187:

Nice vamp/siphon fix’s… oh wait…
Yay, burning condition on power trait crits… oh kitty…

Faster wells is nice tho, sad no boost on combo finishers!

It’s for hybrid builds…

If this is actually true, then it sounds quite good for now. I just hoped torment would be available in other ways then “just” DS 5, but still.
I just miss three things:

1. No changes for Life Siphon
2. No comment on regeneration or healing while in DS
3. No changes on the other 4 DS skills (or did I miss this?). These seem still very Power based.

Another thing is is HP regen for the worm while being out of combat? And maybe a way to make MM viable in dungeons/WvW without breaking it in PvP. I hoped for something like a maximum of 20% damage at a time on minion with the more hp trait but well, one should not ask for too much.

But I guess these are fake or not yet complete…

Bweaty.9187:

Nice vamp/siphon fix’s… oh wait…
Yay, burning condition on power trait crits… oh kitty…

Faster wells is nice tho, sad no boost on combo finishers!

There’s no way they were going to give us BOTH a bunch more Life Force AND a bunch more sustain in the same patch. They almost certainly would’ve gotten the tuning wrong and had to re-nerf one or the other, which is the very sort of whack-a-mole they’ve been adamant about avoiding.

One change I find particularly interesting is the lowering of Near to Death to being a Master trait. This means that with enough Boon Duration, a Necro could take both Near to Death as well as Foot in the Grave to get potentially perma-Stability, or close to it. Stuns, what are those?

Wait, the name of the new DS5 is different from the official announcement. So much for being release notes
Also no mention of an underwater DS5, which would be surely added. Also, the official website already states, that the new DS5 will send out conditions (plural), so this is a well made fake for me.
Good try hehe

There was no love for aoe on minions in those fake notes, or the merging of Greater Marks. I’m pretty sure greater marks won’t make it to live.

Spectral Wall in wvw… 10/10 must take

Also, how it is possible that Death Shroud does not cancel Spectal Effects?
That means that if you enter in Death Shroud with Spectral Armor, the more you take damage, the more your Life Force raises making anyone with this combo unkillable.

Spectral Wall fear on pass? Man, this sounds like “YOU SHALL NOT PASS”. With Life Force too!

Also, where are the changes to Corrosive Poison Cloud? That utility is capable to harm the damage output to a whole team…

Another proof those are fake.
In case those patch notes are real, well… Necromancer is going to be a beast again.

Nemesis.8593:

I just finished reading through all of these, cause i got them from an outside source…

If this is true… the build changes… and new builds that can be made… holy gaming gods…
It’s… very pleasing

ps: my PvE hybrid build got buffed quite a bit… baaaaws

My builds are getting so strong as well.

This Axe Mastery + Close to Death combination or perma DS Life Blast spam with no points in Curses.

Tainted Shackles will help any build there is with its utility. I can already see locking groups of enemies in Well of suffering on a 28s CD.

Spectral Effects now work in DS – thank Jon Peters, the messiah of Necros.

Spectral Wall + Terror

My head is exploding from the excitement.

leman.7682:

My builds are getting so strong as well.

This Axe Mastery + Close to Death combination or perma DS Life Blast spam with no points in Curses.

Tainted Shackles will help any build there is with its utility. I can already see locking groups of enemies in Well of suffering on a 28s CD.

Spectral Effects now work in DS – thank Jon Peters, the messiah of Necros.

Spectral Wall + Terror

My head is exploding from the excitement.

Don’t get your hopes high. It will be a delusion once you’ll find out those aren’t the real patch notes.

I can’t handle these. The notes overall actually look really legit, but still miss a few things I was desperately hoping for, so I’m not sure if I even want them to be true or false. Ugh. Now I really need that official announcement, and I’ve been kind of wanting it for a week and a half already.

30 points in soul reaping = potentially 3s of stability every 5s.

If these are true, we’re going to be considerably overpowered. Though I don’t know a single person whom would take “Dhuumfire” over “Close to Death” having to spend 30 points in Spite. It should be a minor trait.

However, I doubt these are true. A) Most of them are too good to be true, despite having no fixes to vampirism/siphoning. Several of the format items are different, and the name was off from their official announcement.

Puru.4217:

30 points in soul reaping = potentially 3s of stability every 5s.

Yeah, without considering the perma-weakness due to Weakening Shroud (which won’t get any change according to those patch notes).

I doubt there are so many changes for just necros in one patch.

sorrow.2364:

Puru.4217:

30 points in soul reaping = potentially 3s of stability every 5s.

Yeah, without considering the perma-weakness due to Weakening Shroud (which won’t get any change according to those patch notes).

Weakening Shroud has 15 second cooldown just FYI.

I’m skeptical of these patch notes.
A lot of stuff makes sense and some others are odd, especially when you include other classes…
Spectral boons not being removed would be the closest thing to invulnerability we can get and combining them with the new DS5 skill would make some kamikaze Necro squads in WvW.
I now really hope these are real.

EDIT- I also refuse to believe that reanimator and protection of the horde actually got by in a major trait rebalancing.

TheMightyAltroll.3485:

If these are true, we’re going to be considerably overpowered. Though I don’t know a single person whom would take “Dhuumfire” over “Close to Death” having to spend 30 points in Spite. It should be a minor trait.

However, I doubt these are true. A) Most of them are too good to be true, despite having no fixes to vampirism/siphoning. Several of the format items are different, and the name was off from their official announcement.

Okay so while I think “Dhuumfire” feels like a really fake name (Dhuum is barely mentioned in GW2, and never in a light that would make the player want to align themselves with him) I have a comment about the Dark Binding ability outlined there: they had to add an underwater DS5 as well.

Dhuumfire……….

idc, that name sounds so dumb. I don’t think a god’s name would appear on a class’ skill, because not all race in gw2 believe in the gods. Especially that’s a fallen god.

Notes marked WTF are so good that they make me think this leak is fake. Others listed I think are worth commenting on.

Corrupt Boon: Reduced the maximum amount of boons converted to 5. sadface

Spectral Wall: Normalized the amount of protection gained to 7s for allies. Replaced the Vulnerability with a 1s fear when enemies try to cross the wall. Added 4% life force gain on hit. WTF

Well of Power: This ability now breaks stuns. Added 1s of stability. Cooldown reduced to 50 seconds. amazing buff for the build I’m running right now

Well cooldown reductions WTF

Unholy Feast: This ability now removes 1 boon from each target hit. WTF

Spectral Armor: Reduced the recharge to 60s. woooooooooo

Signet of Spite: Now applies 2 stacks of bleeding for 10s, blind for 5s, Cripple for 10s, Poison for 10s, 5 stacks of vulnerability for 10s, and weakness for 10s. Recharge reduced to 60s. woooooooooo

Death Shroud: No longer removes the Spectral Armor buff.
Death Shroud: No longer removes the Spectral Walk buff. WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Signet of Undeath: Increased cast time to 3s. boooo

Locust Swarm: Increased the radius to 210. Increased animation size to better reflect it’s attack area. yay

Putrid Mark: This ability will now transfer Blind to enemies it strikes, instead of missing. thank allah

Death shroud: New ability #5 – Dark Binding: You tether all enemies within a 600 range, constantly dealing Torment to them over time. At the end of the cast, Dark Binding immobilizes all affected enemies still within the radius. WTF

Death Shiver: Vulnerability applied every 3 seconds while in Death Shroud has been increased to 3 stacks for 10 seconds, up from 1 stack. WTF

Everything in Soul Reaping WHAT THE ACTUAL KITTENING KITTEN WTFFFFF WHAT THE WHAT KITTEN THE WHAT

Everything in Spite awesome! huge buff to my Facemelter build

DS bunkers are gonna be insane……like really insane….kitten

They’ve certainly achieved their goal of increasing build viability if this is true…

Well, these are again likely fake, but they don’t have to believe in the Gods. It’s quite well known that they exist, so a Necromancer would gain his power from death, which is empowered by a God.

TheMightyAltroll.3485:

B) Several of the format items are different, and the name was off from their official announcement.

This actually makes me believe them a little bit. If someone is leaking an in-house change log it’s not going to be perfect. Some items might be outdated or changed. If someone was to make a fake list after reading the announcement wouldn’t they use the name in the announcement?

Anyway, some of these do seem too good to be true and the new DS5 sounds like garbage. I hope they are indeed fake.

Whoever leaked the notes is a idiot. They have no foresight into the problems it will cause for the select few of us that test it and try to balance. Regardless if they are authentic/updated or not.

if this is true, expect boosts for the other classes as well.

If this is true everything i use is getting buffed, one super duper happy necro!

Complete leaked list of changes for all classes here: http://pastebin.com/2rrFg9pS

Mother of God…

Looks good but seems rather fake.

50% crit chance while in DS ?
Well of power stun breaker and stability ( pr tick or only once for 1sec ? )
Spectral wall chokepoint blocker supreme!
4sec burning or 5 sec+ since its the gm trait but no way that is happening.

Anyway hoping for good stuff when its for real.

Blaine Tog.8304:

New Grandmaster trait – Dhuumfire: Inflict burning to opponents for 4 seconds on critical hit. This effect can only occur once every 10 seconds.

I wonder if anyone else besides me realizes that Dhuum’s magic is far older then the bloodstones and that it would be impossible for any of the 5 races to gain access to his magic without being completely corrupted by his presence.

Welcome to GW2, where the devs do whatever they want and the lore doesn’t matter.

TheMightyAltroll.3485:

If these are true, we’re going to be considerably overpowered. Though I don’t know a single person whom would take “Dhuumfire” over “Close to Death” having to spend 30 points in Spite. It should be a minor trait.

I’d use Dhuumfire over Close to Death in my Facemelter build, for sure. Any hybrid build would get good use out of it.

Honestly, looking at their track record so far, I feel like these notes are too good overall to be believable. Would really love to eat crow on this one because the game needs a class patch like this, but to date they haven’t really shown they’re capable of it.

These notes also refer to the new DS #5 skill by a different name than it was referred to in today’s official blog post.

Mixed feelings on this… I like what I see for the most part, but Spectral Wall gets a pretty massive nerf if this leak is accurate. The 2 seconds of protection is nice, but trading 10 stacks of vulnerability for a 1 sec fear is pretty drastic IMO. Highly underrated skill as it is currently.

Hope they’re fake. If not I’m seriously disappointed.

DeathPanel.8362:

I doubt there are so many changes for just necros in one patch.

Exactly this would never happen, nobody at that company would spend anywhere near close that time on necro.

The list reads too good to be true although it seems too detailed to be a prank. It should be a huge bump in capability for Necromancers so I am trying not to get my hopes up. I suspect other professions will get improvements, too, though, so the net effect may be less than it appears in WvWvW.

Finally got a boost to Mistfire wolf, though.

Too good….very skeptical….but hopeful. (you know..the head says no way but the heart has its hands wrung together saying please please please)

Just look at the full leak, every single class gets a huge list of changes, there are 460 ish lines of changes in the leaked notes. Assuming its true, everyone is getting changes.

I want to remain highly skeptical on these notes as there just too kitten good but if they are true WvW power well builds are going to become insane backliners.

Highlighted changes would be;

• Putrid Curse: Increased Poison duration from 2s to 4s.
• Spectral Wall: Normalized the amount of protection gained to 7s for allies. Replaced the Vulnerability with a 1s fear when enemies try to cross the wall. Added 4% life force gain on hit.
  Well of Power: This ability now breaks stuns. Added 1s of stability. Cooldown reduced to 50 seconds.
• Well of Corruption: Reduced cooldown to 40 seconds.
• Well of Darkness: Reduced cooldown to 50 seconds.
• Well of Suffering: Reduced cooldown to 35 seconds.
• Unholy Feast: This ability now removes 1 boon from each target hit.
• Death Shroud: No longer removes the Spectral Armor buff.
• Death Shroud: No longer removes the Spectral Walk buff.
• Near to Death: This trait has been moved to the Master tier.
• New Grandmaster trait – Deathly Perception: You have a 50% greater critical chance while in Death Shroud.
• Axe Training: This trait has been moved to the Master tier.

My main take-aways from the notes are:

• With some kind of Terror hybrid build, Spectral Wall will become a monster.
• 2 major water, 2 superior water, 2 superior monk, 30 blood & 30 soul reaping = perma-stability?
• Spectral walk, armour & im assuming 15 trait armour in DS = unburstable?
• Axe 3 removing 1 boon off 5 targets.
• 100% critical chance DS-1’s to the face.
• Axe 20% more damage + 20% more damage.

Not buying it. Some of these changes may in fact turn out to be real, but they don’t mention siphoning at all; something that was explicitly mentioned as needing work. If this clip is a portion of what may may be included in the patch then good, but it looks to me to be far from the complete text.

As I said, if these are true, we will become enormously overpowered to the extent that I’d be forced to be screaming for nerfs after I solo 6 Beastmaster Rangers and a Phantasmal Mesmer. Without an amulet.

If true once this patch hits minion masters will become completely obsolete ( yes, I know, I’m foolishly implying they already weren’t ) in favor of generic DPS builds. We’re no longer necromancers, we’re just death themed DPS casters. We might as well be hurling fireballs at this point. Oh wait, we are going to do be doing just that.