Talk:Splinter Weapon
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[edit] 8/11/07 update
can anyone say NERFSTICKED into uselessness? -TehBuG 01:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)-
- How so, I rarely get to hit more than 3 enemies per swing with splinter weapon anyway. -
HeWhoIsPale 01:38, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- Then you are using it wrong. If that were the case Volley would own Barrage even if the elite is more spammable. If they are going to nerf the number of foes it will hit they should increase the number of hits will apply to. Less spike more duration. Dancing Gnome 01:41, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- I used to mob up some moas sometimes like a TON of them and let SW rip with hundred blades and watch this huge bomb explode and drop my comp to 5 FPS for a few seconds :) - 69.248.175.25 05:19, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- If you're hitting "only" 3 enemies with Splinter Weapon now, you're dealing 750 armor ignoring damage for 5 energy every 6 seconds. That's "uselessness"? Someone must have rewritten the definition of the word last time I checked, because that sounds pretty solid to me. MA Anathe 05:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, this only nerfs abuse by farming builds (e.g. Splinter Baraage Tombs) really. In most cases in PVE, you don't hit over 3 foes. However, it does need a compensatory buff to the duration or hits Preferably hits, so it can be more of a maintainable spell for triggering say Wielder's Boon.198.28.92.5 09:42, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- It was fine for PvE, because while it was used for farming, it didn't break anything. With the higher difficulty of areas like DoA and almost anywhere in HM, the extra power wasn't actually a problem. The problem was in PvP, because it was causing TPK for pretty much anyone that clustered. --Phydeaux 09:02, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, this only nerfs abuse by farming builds (e.g. Splinter Baraage Tombs) really. In most cases in PVE, you don't hit over 3 foes. However, it does need a compensatory buff to the duration or hits Preferably hits, so it can be more of a maintainable spell for triggering say Wielder's Boon.198.28.92.5 09:42, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- If you're hitting "only" 3 enemies with Splinter Weapon now, you're dealing 750 armor ignoring damage for 5 energy every 6 seconds. That's "uselessness"? Someone must have rewritten the definition of the word last time I checked, because that sounds pretty solid to me. MA Anathe 05:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- I used to mob up some moas sometimes like a TON of them and let SW rip with hundred blades and watch this huge bomb explode and drop my comp to 5 FPS for a few seconds :) - 69.248.175.25 05:19, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- Then you are using it wrong. If that were the case Volley would own Barrage even if the elite is more spammable. If they are going to nerf the number of foes it will hit they should increase the number of hits will apply to. Less spike more duration. Dancing Gnome 01:41, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Can someone say STILL USEFUL? This is still a VoD beast. It turns melee characters into beasts. Most Splinter Weapons don't hit more than 3 people if the opposing team is positioning anywhere remotely properly. 12.198.139.130 12:20, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- Here's a good way to see how much nerfing is going on. (1) Barrage hits up to 7 targets. Volley hits up to 4 targets. (2) Splinter affects up to 5 hits, thus 5 targets. (3) Each Splinter affects up to 3 adjacent targets not including the target hit.
- If you cluster up to 4 targets, you will see no difference. If you cluster 5-6-7 targets, barrage will hit at most 15-18-21 times, instead of at most 20-30-42 times. Thus splinter is nerfed by 25%, 40%, and 50%... at most, which is considering that they are clustered enough to be within each other's range of SW. Groups larger than that will be nerfed even more, according to (N-3)/N where N is the number of enemies clustered. The nerf will not be as severe if the targets are not that closely clustered. Alaris 18:12, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] synergy skills
works well with OoV --His Calling 09:19, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
- How? Halogod35 00:10, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 4/17/08 Nerf
Well damn, now I have to wait an additional 3 seconds for my barrage spike -_____- Halogod35 01:54, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
- Exactly.... I ran rt/r Splinter Barrager in fow where the tank aggroed around 5 mobs..... now i have to wai 8 seconds........ THX ANET
- aw aw aw now you have to think of a build for yourself. - Y0_ich_halt
12:28, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
- aw aw aw now you have to think of a build for yourself. - Y0_ich_halt
I still got nightmare + triple shot in the same build, so that's not much of a problem. :/ Halogod35 13:24, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
- pve or pvp? - Y0_ich_halt 13:30, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Synergy with ursan
Noticed this when I was going Ursan: when you attack with splinter weapon, each hit from splinter weapon counts as damage done by the one enchanted by splinter weapon. This means you also gain energy for each hit from splinter weapon. 
Dre 05:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Notes=phy damage?
Physical isn't armor ignoring, is it? I do armor-ignoring damage with this. Ninjas In The Sky 15:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- it's one of those damn exceptions :P - Y0_ich_halt 15:07, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- kk ty Ninjas In The Sky 15:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
