Feedback talk:User/Talamare/Backfire

Wait a sec, you want to make this skill not punish healers? What do you want to do to them instead? Interrupt their Patient Spirit? Lou Wolfskin 03:46, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

You could try bringing a mesmer. ~Shard 03:51, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

The best way to balance this shit is to change it into an active form of caster punishment instead of a cast-on-recharge hex with a long duration. Any of the 'next time' suggestions sounds like a plan. The bottom one will also force the target to pay attention to what he will cast, if he chooses to csat through the Backfire Koda Kumi 22:04, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

I like the last ones... a backfire would be more or less destructive depending on the amount of power you're using. A destructive force that remained static no matter how much power you used doesn't make sense. This is just me saying what I think would be cool, I don't really have a problem with this skill as it is. Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 22:11, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Hex removal is so meta right now (and for the most part, easy) that Backfire really isn't that big of a deal. Since the VoR nerf, most people who run a build with backfire are probably not covering it...which means it's not as big of a threat.

Imo, lrn2hexremoval and leave Backfire alone. Karate Jesus 22:15, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Because a skill has a rediculous counter does not mean it is balanced. Koda Kumi 22:21, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

If ridiculous hex removal is meta and ridiculous hexes are meta, then it's balanced. Hell, most of the henchmen from the henchmen contest are hexway....so what're you going to do against that?

Seriously though, if you get someone who's covering backfire on you (especially as a monk) then you're right, it's overpowered and needs to be changed. However, in the current meta, VoR, Backfire, and Empathy (along with other hexes) are typically spread out and not covered because of the adverse affects to VoR's damage. So, hex removal is not really that OP against backfire atm. It is against other hexways, but the standard dual-VoR backline is fine for right now. Karate Jesus 22:27, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

<<If ridiculous hex removal is meta and ridiculous hexes are meta, then it's balanced. Hell, most of the henchmen from the henchmen contest are hexway....so what're you going to do against that?> Hello boys and girls, welcome to Build Wars! I'm your host for tonight, Kat, and have we got some special for you! Oh drat, I am tired, going to sleep now and next morning I am going to regret having pissed so many people off today... Koda Kumi 22:37, 11 October 2009 (UTC)