Skill and Power nerf

[japridemor]

Kudos Turbine. The nerf to "Skill and Power"
is going to gut our already pathetically anemic
dps. The loss of +30% damage to all of our gambits
destroys any hope of us being a viable class
in this game. I am so mad at this huge uncalled for
nerf that I am going to quit playing this
game and go play AoC!!!

Click Me!

[thunderchickn]

I can't decide if this is a joke or not...

[cpdm]

Kudos Turbine. The nerf to "Skill and Power"
is going to gut our already pathetically anemic
dps. The loss of +30% damage to all of our gambits
destroys any hope of us being a viable class
in this game. I am so mad at this huge uncalled for
nerf that I am going to quit playing this
game and go play AoC!!!

Click Me!

ROTFLMAO...

You keep using that trait, I do not think it does what you think it does.

[Drglory]

ROTFLMAO...

You keep using that trait, I do not think it does what you think it does.

I think he knows exactly what he is talking about :P

Been far to long. I missed this kind of thread.

[cpdm]

I think he knows exactly what he is talking about...

Me too. Laughing with, as opposed to laughing at.

[japridemor]

Can any of you replying to this thread
offer even one idea as to why one of
our most useful traits has been gutted by the
kind devs? I am so frustrated that,
yes, I am going to cancel my annual
subscription!!!

[Mysterion]

/slowclap bravo

[ANewMachine]

Can any of you replying to this thread
offer even one idea as to why one of
our most useful traits has been gutted by the
kind devs? I am so frustrated that,
yes, I am going to cancel my annual
subscription!!!

Obviously, Skill and Power (AKA "S&P") S&P has done something to anger the devs, who are really the "government" of LOTRO. S&P, of course, is really just a commentary on the overall state of the game, a reflection of the choices the government has made. So getting angry at S&P and trying to smack it down isn't going to help anybody. They should've launched an investigation into S&P before taking such rash action against it.

Wait, I'm confused as to what I'm talking about.

[Regero]

Fools such as yourself that rely on such an ez mode trait
enjoy a level of power that turbine never intended this class to
reciprocate. I also suggest that you take the time to
read the tooltip of that trait, I think you will find it is less
effective than you are claiming it to be. After that,
try some of the other, more skill requiring traits,
see if that improves your ability as a warden more.

[Fleez]

Can any of you replying to this thread
offer even one idea as to why one of
our most useful traits has been gutted by the
kind devs? I am so frustrated that,
yes, I am going to cancel my annual
subscription!!!

Is it not obvious ? Come on japi - just look at the name...

For years now, we all have had to hear how "Wardens have no Skill". Years... And the devs do listen to people, so they had to initially change the skill to just "Power". (note, I know some wadens do have skill, I'm talking about wardens here. And using your pet ferret to face-roll on your keyboard is not considered skill)

But, many of us have had power issues, on and off, over the years as well... It looks bad having issues, so "Power" had to go...

So, now we are left with a skill with No-Name ?!?! Now, devs (or in general, programmers) are inherently lazy. (I know, I am a programmer). All they do is optimize code, to make it faster, or simpler, or such in the name of laziness. Hell, a programmer will WRITE a program to type "Hello World!" just because we are too lazy to SAY "Hello World!". So, we have this No-Name skill, but that is not good... So, the quick fix for that (read lazy) is to REMOVE the skill... So, bye-bye old S&P !

But then, some other dev, created a new skill... course, this skill needed a name as well... And since the name, "Skill and Power" was not only not being used, but was never properly copyrighted (and the dev is lazy by birth-right and profession), the new skill is called "Skill and Power"...

Just don't confuse the new "Skill and Power" skill with the old "Skill and Power" skill... That is like as bad as confusing Coke Classic with New Coke ( or cocaine even...)

/derail

Dev Diaries are slinking in again... Hopefully, we will see a Warden one from Orion soon

Edit: and where is the real Regero, I don't believe that post above was made by the real Regero (course, if it is, welcome back ???)

[SkateDr]

People, are you telling me that now I
have to give up my 14 combination and actually learn
a gambit? Please tell me you are not
serious about this as I have a complete
inability to learn how to do more than just faceroll or
to push things that are off cooldown. I keep trying to
read what my skills are supposed to do but
between turbines wonderful descriptions and
the lack of time I care to spend reading
lines of text, I still feel 14 should be all I ever push.

[Regero]

Edit: and where is the real Regero, I don't believe that post above was made by the real Regero (course, if it is, welcome back ???)

Lulz, no its me. I started College and until things settled down I couldn't get on. Now that I have my schedule down and know whats going on though I'm starting to be able to find lotro time again.

[monk_tbd]

Kudos Turbine. The nerf to "Skill and Power"
is going to gut our already pathetically anemic
dps. The loss of +30% damage to all of our gambits
destroys any hope of us being a viable class
in this game. I am so mad at this huge uncalled for
nerf that I am going to quit playing this
game and go play AoC!!!

Click Me!

Is this a spin off of my comment in this thread

Oh missed the click me before
lol

[Malephor]

People, are you telling me that now I
have to give up my 14 combination and actually learn
a gambit? Please tell me you are not
serious about this as I have a complete
inability to learn how to do more than just faceroll or
to push things that are off cooldown. I keep trying to
read what my skills are supposed to do but
between turbines wonderful descriptions and
the lack of time I care to spend reading
lines of text, I still feel 14 should be all I ever push.

So true :/

Obviously, Skill and Power (AKA "S&P") S&P has done something to anger the devs, who are really the "government" of LOTRO. S&P, of course, is really just a commentary on the overall state of the game, a reflection of the choices the government has made. So getting angry at S&P and trying to smack it down isn't going to help anybody. They should've launched an investigation into S&P before taking such rash action against it.

Wait, I'm confused as to what I'm talking about.

Ocasw? i'm confused.

[Chanah]

No, no, no, it's ASWD! I think. And you don't push - you use the mouse and click! Also be sure to slot your Muster to Suri Kyla just above the spear icon, especially if you're tanking a difficult boss.

[Fleez]

Lulz, no its me. I started College and until things settled down I couldn't get on. Now that I have my schedule down and know whats going on though I'm starting to be able to find lotro time again.

Ah, Collage... The place of higher learning, learning how to properly balance study and party (yep, still trying to perfect that one )

Good Luck (and have fun !)

[LtDiablo]

Oh how I've missed a good "warden" thread Clearly the OP was dropped on his head.

Learn to READ people.

[Antrius]

Great thread guys. You get cookys!

[japridemor]

The results of exhaustive testing
have shown that the +30% DPS applied
every time "Skill and Power"

gets used is the bread and butter that
really makes our class shine. Each and
every build that doen't currently include
a useful trait like this is, in my opinion,
totally gimped. Now with our future

class change, this mandatory gambit
has totally changed, ruining all builds
including it. "Skill and Power" beats
conviction as a core mechanic. If you
keep applying it, its a no brainer that the
extra +30% Damage, as it stands
now, is our best trait.

[LtDiablo]

The results of exhaustive testing
have shown that the +30% DPS applied
every time "Skill and Power"

gets used is the bread and butter that
really makes our class shine. Each and
every build that doen't currently include
a useful trait like this is, in my opinion,
totally gimped. Now with our future

class change, this mandatory gambit
has totally changed, ruining all builds
including it. "Skill and Power" beats
conviction as a core mechanic. If you
keep appling it, its a no brainer that the
extra +30% Damage, as it stands
now, is our best trait.

Totally agree 100% The Great Chicken even trumps ferrets

[Mysterion]

The results of exhaustive testing
have shown that the +30% DPS applied
every time "Skill and Power"

gets used is the bread and butter that
really makes our class shine. Each and
every build that doen't currently include
a useful trait like this is, in my opinion,
totally gimped. Now with our future

class change, this mandatory gambit
has totally changed, ruining all builds
including it. "Skill and Power" beats
conviction as a core mechanic. If you
keep applying it, its a no brainer that the
extra +30% Damage, as it stands
now, is our best trait.

I'll ask, b/c I don't mind the riducule....

So I thought I was supposed to read the first word from every line to make a coherent statement.

What does "The have every gets really ever a totally class has including conviction keep extra now" mean?

What am I doing wrong? Should I start a new main and ditch my warden? Tell me! Please

[geoboy]

Try to understand that
the warden community
first must learn their
letters to understand.

[Mysterion]

/bowsheadinshame

[LtDiablo]

If you can't read this, have your R back

Oh our memes ^

[Mysterion]

If you can't read this, have your R back

Oh our memes ^

I could read it but added r to sig anyway for my earlier lapse in warden meme theory.