Dervish Update 05/24/11[edit]
Finally! The dervish update has pissed off alot of players but in the process made it more managable to play. with the introduction of Flash Enchantment Spells which could be based off of Flash from Magic the Gathering card game (best artwork ever when I played). I'll explain why the idea of 'Flash' is useful. Before flash came out you had to set up all the enchantments before you head off to battle, and then they where easily interupted. Now with the introduction of this, you can spam your enchantments while in battle and use your removal status to either reap the end effect, or just to piss off the monsters. Also you can cast the spells on the move without having to stop. The downside that I have found so far with the flash is it temporary disables the other flash skills for 5 seconds, which isn't bad, but is a slight pain.
Another aspect that has improved, either for the better or worse, you decide it the avatars, no longer do you need a skill to be a perma god. Anet has decided that the avatars should not require another skill to be refreshed. With that, the avatars cool down has be decreased, to about 15 seconds before it truely ends, giving you the time to recast it. the avatars also have a more active skill skill making you either cause the foes to catch on fire or heal your team mates. overall, good improvement if you know how to make it work.
While in LA and The Great Temple, listening to other players, the biggest complaint that is going on is the builds that have been made. Some Players like the updates, making it easier to make dervish builds while others hate it because it ruins all the traditional farmer builds and run builds. As one player said that quited the Distric on the topic, the dervish players have put all the builds onto the net and everyone uses them, and NO ONE is wanting to make a new one.
Overall this update has changed how players will play as a Dervish. Love it or hate it, This update is here to stay. For more information on the Dervish click here
Why in the world? Engineer?[edit]
With the latest release of the engineer, a few members in my guild are wondering... what is the point of this class? we all can see that this class will be completely overpowered and need some serious help to balance it. As some people are pointing out, this class is a modern ritualist with turrets instead of spirits. I have nothing positive to say about this class other then it is cool and interesting... other then that, I wont be playing this class ever.
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