Ardenwolfe.8590

The last one I saw was Gaile. She was doing her daily firecracker achievement during the last Lunar Festival.

Agreed. Still, I get the feeling the 'swim increase speed' isn't the real selling point. Something coming down the line later is.

> @"Drakortha.6974" said:

> I have put in a support ticket thank you

I was going to recommend this. The worst case scenario is they say no. Let us know if they give you a refund. Good luck. :)

For amateur players? Yes. For skilled players? No. But that'll be enough for some PvP players to continue to demand druids be nerfed even further. And if you doubt that, look at any of the threads that discuss these changes. You'll find those players already demanding more nerfs.

> @"Kovu.7560" said:

> I swapped back to Soulbeast after the Druid & CA nerf on March 27.

> This kitten move coupled with the slight buffs to ranger/soulbeast pretty much solidified my position in that respect.

>

> ~ Kovu

If I had to guess? I think that's part of the reason for it. Few rangers I've seen play Soulbeast compared to Druid. In most cases, groups don't want Soulbeast. And I always found it telling that more nerfs happened to druid after this newest expansion than Soulbeast even to this day. Usually, a new 'class' dominates the field as far as people wanting to play it. That's the case for almost all the other classes.

But not Soulbeast . . . and there's a reason.

Farming and testing a new spec while listening to This is America.

True enough. Got one tonight in Crystal Oasis fighting Balthazar's minions. As far as I know, there's no krait there. Completely random, it seems.

> @"Aerinndis.2730" said:

> > @"RandomWolf.3986" said:

> > > @"SlippyCheeze.5483" said:

> > > > @"Zaklex.6308" said:

> > > > I've had up to 6 underwater speed infusions from a single chest, so try from 1 - 6(potentially more I presume and I don't think there's a chance of getting zero [0], though that would be like ArenaNet, I'm going to guess this time they're being a little smarter than that).

> > >

> > > Don't forget you can (a) farm keys as random drops, not just the daily, and (b) get 5 more infusions from completing the full set of 10 chests.

> >

> > The chances of dropping keys are pretty, pretty low... and I doubt anyone would be willing to spend hours killing stuff just for the sake of getting a key

>

> Seems like folk are already doing it or afk-ish farming the veteran krait that spawn from the chest since there is so much activity around the chests they are spawning pretty consistently and in multiples.

Well . . . that explains the behavior I saw yesterday. This asura swam in place, but continually shot at anything that spawned nearby even if it was out of range. But he instantly switched to whatever mob spawned closest . . . which eventually was always the vet near the treasure chest.

> @"Riesty.9075" said:

> > @"Steve The Cynic.3217" said:

> > > @"Goettel.4389" said:

> > > More like three months, right? I'm guessing the next LW season will include at least a modicum of new underwater content, perhaps to test the waters for more of it in the next expat. The bubble grind is probably timed for this. But who knows. Happy swimming!

> >

> > 512 infusions, according to the Wiki. If you don't get any dropped keys, that's one chest per day (Krait hunting FTW!) plus the one free one, and a claimed rate of 0-4 infusions per chest. (I've had 2, 2, 3 so far...). That makes 255 days if you get no dropped keys, which is about eight and a half months. Guess I'm going back to Sandswept to harvest drakes and sharks and moas and stuff (combine Volatile Magic and Ornate Rusted Key farming).

> >

> > The best case is 10 chests per day at 4 infusions each ==> 40 per day ==> 13 days.

>

> no the best case is to get it directly from the chest

> > 

>

> sry only have the screen in german

Wow. That's awesome.

> @"Krispera.5087" said:

> In before the damage nerf. Ranger can't have pets that do significant damage.

God . . . it's a sad state when I have to agree with this. But, yes, again Iboga is no joke. My spouse and I used them as a pair and tested the effect on a champion. It just melted in mere moments. I didn't need to use my elite on veterans, and they dissolved in the same timeframe like I had used it. Fastest I saw one die was three seconds flat. Pretty insane if you have conditions stacked on a target quickly. Any normal soft targets collectively die in seconds.

So . . . yeah . . . another nerf inc once rangers realize this and use them in PvP.

I have to admit, without Dulfy, I'd probably have given up on this game a long time ago.

Must've been a bug or fluke. Can't get it to repeat. This happened in Spark Fen on a rich platinum node if anyone wants to test it.

Now that's different. Have no idea about that one. . . .

After setting my game to administrative, I haven't alt-tabbed out since. Haven't done this with another game, and I have alt-tabbed out. So, apparently, setting to administer required acceptance does help.

Maybe it's just me, but I like the people who want to discuss nerfs and balance about a class to actually play the said class with knowledge and experience. I don't go to another class forum to offer my 'opinion', and I'd hope other posters would do the same _if_ they don't play that class.

Otherwise, your opinion carries no weight in my humble opinion.

Maybe only areas with krait?

Squishy as all-get-out, but the damage is no joke now. The aggro is lacking as well but just soloed a champ in Spark Fen with it. About as good as the jacaranda, but much squisher. I'd use it more if it held aggro. But if you love dodging mobs and melee, it might be the pet for you.

But it definitely needs a health buff.

> @"Styxx.1564" said:

> Isn't this a useful change?

>

> _Confusion: This condition has been reworked and will now inflict more damage to nonplayer enemies than players instead of being split between game modes._

Yes, I've noticed the difference in PvE. And how!

> @"Ephemiel.5694" said:

> I'm starting to think people here have absolutely no idea how balance works and just complain single-mindedly.

I'd like to direct you to the nonstop complaints on the PvP. forums. After you read them, see if there is a correlation from the complaints to the 'balance' in update patches. Once you've done that, please come back to tell us how people here have no idea how that mythical MMO unicorn called 'balance' works.

We'll wait.

Okay . . . I'm starting to change my mind about Iboga. . . .

More testing. . . .

On top of all that, does anyone remember the "No rangers!" trend in LFG? I do. For many years. Finally, rangers albeit via druids are wanted, and now the argument is it isn't because of PvP, but because: "Well! They took my spot! Nerf them."

Utterly insane.

Has anyone gotten more than three animations from a rich node yet with Glyph of Bounty? Just got four with more than 10 materials gained. Wonder if this was a bug.

@"Steve The Cynic.3217" Agreed. Just seems like a random world drop with a low drop rate.

The old forums were created by someone who no longer updated it. Because of this many functions, like search didn't work. The new forums are updated from the antiquated one. Nothing as dire as a crash or reset . . . just out with the old and in with the new. :)

Also, ANet removed all bans and suspensions from the old forum to give those posters a second chance on the new ones.

Hope this answer helped.

@"jokobet.6081" That has to be — hands down — the most ridiculous counterpoint I've ever read on these forums. And that's saying a lot. So . . . let me get this right . . . druid healing was nerfed, not because of the nonstop complaints in PvP, but from PvE players, so their 'healing' spec class could share a 'piece of the cake' to use your words?

. . .

I don't even have the words to respond to that.