Guild Wars 2

Okay folks, the whole reason why I play a Necromancer is because I like the “role” play and general feeling on being a Necromancer.

I got bought when i saw the awesome videos on the Necromancer skills, especially the Doom spell. However, now that I am lvl 80, I dont see ANY of the skills that match what i saw in the video, either the animation, graphics, effects, or expectation…its completely different from what I saw…..

So wtf happened? Was I lied to? Some marketing gimmic? Or I am a noob and just can’t figure it out?

Doom spell, which can ONLY be cast while in DS, the animation is nothing what i saw. What happen to the poison cloud left behind? the death scythe hovering above, the choking/suffering of a mob before death? NONE of that…all I got was a mob running away in fear…….. There is nothing “Doom” about this spell….. so wtf happened?

I don’t recall this DOOM spell you are referring to. Perhaps it was something they thought did not belong in the game just yet or changed into something else. I mean heck…DS originally was going to be our downed state technically….can you link a video showing this doom spell. I am quite interested in seeing what it is it did before being removed/changed or whatever they did with it.

I thought what happened in this video was:

1) A poison field in behind the baddies.
2) Necro uses Death Shroud Doom Skill to Fear Enemies.
3) Enemies run into poison field, take damage, and die.

I agree that the reaper scythe animation is gone now. Maybe they didn’t like it?

doom is the name of the 3rd death shroud skill, it is a fear.

yeah, check out the videos here…

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/necromancer/

I think the skill animation you are thinking of is the fear when downed.

Imp.9025:

yeah, check out the videos here…

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/necromancer/

Ah, your right….whatever spell that is used there seems alot different than anything we have currently. The necro is not in deathshroud and it seems like this doom spell is a Fear + a dot maybe? i wonder why there is a persistent reaper animation over the necromancer for it however. Looks very cool. I had totally forgotten about this video. Someone at Anet might want to take that video off the necro page as it is not in game at this current build and the actual doom spell is much different.

Like I said:

when on land, when you change to death shroud form, your 3rd skill is called ‘doom’ this is a 1 second fear. (= the icon on the video)

in the video the character lays down a noxius cloud ability (utility skill) and then uses doom->fear to make the mob run back into the cloud.

the fancy reaper animation is just propaganda :P

crazydude.4871:

Like I said:

when on land, when you change to death shroud form, your 3rd skill is called ‘doom’ this is a 1 second fear.

in the video the character lays down a noxius cloud ability (utility skill) and then uses doom->fear to make the mob run back into the cloud.

the fancy reaper animation is just propaganda :P

The necromancer in the video also never switches over to deathshroud at all. Im not saying its not really the doom spell , I’m just saying the graphical seen differences between this doom spell and the one we have are quite drastic. Even if it is propaganda it would be nice for them to change out the video. Not really high on the list of things to do but oh well. =)

The image of death above him is the original design for DS before they made it an effect on the character.

Really all the videos for Necro needs to be updated because it shows grasping dead as a move that goes across the ground in a line instead of the instant AOE that it is now. Then there is the bone minion video showing him bringing up 3 minions when you now only get 2.

Yeah necromancer videos need to be updated…

Indeed, at the least it is false advertising.

Grasping Dead is not a line AoE…

Maybe that was the original Death Shroud animation. I prefer the current one tho.

Ya all the original animations and effects for the necromancer skills shown in those videos are way better than what exists now.

Your right they took out all the cool animations.

Agreed, that animation was the best part of necro animations except for the scythe. lol and they decided to scrap it -.-

yeah shame it was changed, now it is more like bluff, making enemies briefly look their back

SimVanLee.3421:

I think the skill animation you are thinking of is the fear when downed.

This is correct.
The old Doom animation is used by the downed skill “Fear”.
Too bad that it’s in such a rarely seen position now…
On the bright side Doom isn’t as easy for enemies to notice in battle now.

Those vids are oooold.

The reaper animation is on the downed state fear.

You clearly haven’t mastered death shroud. Only once you master death shroud will you actually become the alleged “best fear class.”

Magzillas.4865:

You clearly haven’t mastered death shroud. Only once you master death shroud will you actually become the alleged “best fear class.”

>Mastering 4 abilities