Warrior’s Whirling axe ( axe skill 5) used to be one of the best whirl finishers in the game due to the control you had over it and amount of times you could get a projectile out of that whirl. While the damage was boosted in wvw and spvp, the combo finisher associated with the skill was effectively broken in that update….. going from many projectiles to barely one.
Bug reports were submitted, threads were made…. but it wasn’t enough. So here’s a video that showcases the way it used to be…. versus the way it is now.
Please bump this thread and keep it alive, so warriors everywhere get the pewpew back !
—Kaga Konikora (aka ze evil frostkeep defense director)
Beware, for Commander Kaga farms j00, ktrainer!
r.i.p [iLL] Maguuma
The best insult/part is that the thief stolen whirl still produces projectiles as normal ( on top of reflecting too !) . A pretty strong argument right there that something went wrong, and that there needs a fix to get done
—Kaga Konikora (aka ze evil frostkeep defense director)
Beware, for Commander Kaga farms j00, ktrainer!
r.i.p [iLL] Maguuma
Ya, also in the patch the projectile combo’ing from the Longbow burst and Longbow auto attack was nerfed HEAVILY. Before you could get 2 fire applications on the Longbow ‘1’. Now it is just 1 and seemingly infrequent. Idk if these changes were targeted at the proc rate of all combo fields or specifically the warriors Longbow burst.
Ya, also in the patch the projectile combo’ing from the Longbow burst and Longbow auto attack was nerfed HEAVILY. Before you could get 2 fire applications on the Longbow ‘1’. Now it is just 1 and seemingly infrequent. Idk if these changes were targeted at the proc rate of all combo fields or specifically the warriors Longbow burst.
You need to have the 1200 bow trait (stronger bowstrings) to get reliable 100% finishers… otherwise it’s 20% per shot.
—Kaga Konikora (aka ze evil frostkeep defense director)
Beware, for Commander Kaga farms j00, ktrainer!
r.i.p [iLL] Maguuma
This bug is still active. The axe 5 whirl finisher still doesn’t produce projectiles…. currently it does one (versus 15ish before).
Thieves “stealing” whirl from a warrior and using the “stolen” move still have a working finisher on it ( on top of reflecting projectiles, something the war whirl cannot do)
Reason for bump : Still current. Still bugged. Also, a dev asked us to keep bumping/submitting bugs that haven’t been fixed.
—Kaga Konikora (aka ze evil frostkeep defense director)
Beware, for Commander Kaga farms j00, ktrainer!
r.i.p [iLL] Maguuma
A little bird told me there is HIGH CONFIDENCE ( to employ nasa-style terms) that this bug will get fixed in the upcoming feature patch and that warriors will once again get the pewpew back.
I believe there was also mention of mitigating thieves using the stolen whirl in smoke fields ( which would grant a large number of blind pewpews).
Developping!
—Kaga Konikora (aka ze evil frostkeep defense director)
Beware, for Commander Kaga farms j00, ktrainer!
r.i.p [iLL] Maguuma
Any confirmation on whether this was fixed or not? I am working on a warrior right now and would like to make him sword/axe (for the mobility and aoe) + longbow. Strictly pve right now, so I’ll probably keep him that way whether it was fixed or not, but it’d be nice if he was still viable in more difficult situations.
Small change from before is that now every “spinproc” checks your position for a field, so you can no longer " paint" your spin for the whole duration. but that also means that depending on which field your spin taskes you thru, you might get different effects as you move around ( if there’s multiple fields present)
It also means team moves such as guardian dropping lightfield + warrior spinning in it will do “aoe” cleanse pewpews. Of course, the different field you use, the different the result.
—Kaga Konikora (aka ze evil frostkeep defense director)
Beware, for Commander Kaga farms j00, ktrainer!
r.i.p [iLL] Maguuma
