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anyone managed to get the POI? It is the last thing I need to get my 1st legendary
I haven’t tried this yet (doing other map exploration until it gets fixed), but from what I hear, anyone with a Norn character doing the personal story step ‘Into the Mists’ that takes place in Whitebear’s Loft can party with you and you can get the POI that way for now.
All changes, especially one as drastic as changing a form like Plague to a corruption (that functions more like a well), are going to ruin some builds, strengthen others, and create still more.
For me it was largely a positive change; yes, most people aren’t going to stay put to suffer all the conditions, but it stacks far more condis than Plague ever did meaning if you get hit by pulse 10 you have a much harder job getting rid of them.
I see its main benefit as being capture points – either in WvW where you can get an entire camp to kill itself with one skill, or in PvP where you can make fighting on-point a really bad idea while you cap it.
If you want stability, go Lich Form, or use traited shroud.
I did, I just didn’t like it because it didn’t feel fast enough in sPvP.
From my perspective Shiro is better than Ventari because of the built in stun-breaker and the fact that it doesn’t require an investment in traits to be somewhat viable.
That’s fair enough, we all have our preferences. I’m mostly PvE and a little WvW, and I’ve never set foot in SPvP so I’ll have a totally different perspective. I also do a lot of roaming in WvW and hate getting ganked, which has led me away from less survivable legends (granted, Shiro has superior mobility). I don’t want to be dodging all over the place with mobs if I can help it, I want to gather them round as close as possible and stay put until they’re dead. For that, Ventari is ideal, but I totally agree with you that Shiro (and to an extent Mallyx) can be effective without traits, while Ventari isn’t really.
Ventari – selfless Martyr where you sacrifice both self sustain and personal defense in order to heal your team mates
If that’s how you see Ventari, you’ve never spammed Ventari’s Will with Blinding Roots to maintain almost perma-blindness. Ironically I have more fun tanking with Ventari than Ironhammer, whose main damage negation options are either expensive or short-lived, both in the case of RotGD. Obviously, like most things it’s even better if you combine it with a shield and Bolster Fortifications for perma protection too.
I agree that rev seems to be balanced with Herald in mind, but I think that will change when the next espec is released. They will want to provide incentives to use it, so in order to do that it will have to either provide comparable abilities or they’ll have to buff the base rev to make it viable.