Q:
Well of power nerfed?
A:
As it turns out, as far as i can tell it was changed about 2 years ago. I probably just stopped using it because they made it worthless (to me, all i ever took it for was the stability) and then i remembered that the last time i used it, it pulsed stability and forgot that they changed it and that, that’s why i don’t use it anymore.
Oh and dude, i didn’t ask what the logic is behind 1s of stability, i know that in a short sighted kind of way it makes sense to do that because it’s a stun break, but in reality for the longevity of the class (not being broken over all) having 5 seconds of “you can’t knock me down” that doesn’t make you give up your weapon skills or utilities or both is necessary, considering that every other class has at least 5 seconds of CC immunity on demand it seems only fair (eles have earth armor, warriors have ballanced stance, mesmers have distortion and s2, rangers have rampage as one, you could argue engineers have at least more stability than necromancers with the flamethrower build. I could go on i’m sure but it’s late and i’m tired so i’m going to elect to not do that and just go get some sleep instead).
Anyway, sorry to waste anybodies time just to end up being that kitten that answers their own question but yeah…. That’s all folks.
So… maybe i’m a bit late to the party but i just noticed well of power no longer pulses stability like it should, and instead gives one stack which lasts for about a second and then proceeds to be useless… well it’s not that condition>Boon conversion is useless but stability is a hell of a lot more useful and without reaper spec that’s the only source of stability you’ve got short of popping an elite or taking FitG which is still also only one stack. So, when did this happen, was it documented, and did they give any reason for doing it?
Its never pulsed stability. The reason for it having a single stack is the same as warriors stomp skill. Its a stunbreak with a cast time so that one stability is there to cover the casting time so you dont get CCed out of your stunbreaking skill.
As it turns out, as far as i can tell it was changed about 2 years ago. I probably just stopped using it because they made it worthless (to me, all i ever took it for was the stability) and then i remembered that the last time i used it, it pulsed stability and forgot that they changed it and that, that’s why i don’t use it anymore.
Well of Power was made a stunbreak in June 2013, that’s when they added that 1 sec of stability to cover the cast time. It never had any more stability than that, neither before nor after the stunbreak change, and it certainly never had pusling stability that covered the entire uptime of the well.
So the real answer to your question is: you’re remembering it wrong.
Yeah, you’re remembering it wrong. The only change to Well of Power regarding Stability was to give it 1 second on cast. It has never granted more than that.