Blobbing will remain with no deterrent if nothing is changed.

Domander

The new proxy det does less damage at max (+25%) than the live version and with an 8 second timer. Yes, it's instant now, but if the point is to be a blob fighter then this ability is less effective than on live, especially with the extra damage reduction.

wtf?

It would have been better not to have changed it, it was a good ability and this is pretty much a nerf. It needs to scale past 25% or changed back.

If 20 players stand together they should explode, there is no deterrent to blobbing and it will remain a problem. (and not fun pvp)

Players spread out and fighting all across a battlefield/keep/whatever is more fun. I'd bet most players feel this way.

If blobbing remains the most effective way of playing with no good counter, then that's what players will do.

RoyJade

Proxy detonation is good against purge spamming blob. When a zerg want to take a keep and spam purge when he enter, two players with the new detonation will be able to kill the entire raid. With the cast time, you can't do that.

But yeah, for the most part the skill will be a little less useful. And with the new money-stealing mechanism in the IC, blobs will be more and more here...

ToRelax

RoyJade wrote: »

Proxy detonation is good against purge spamming blob. When a zerg want to take a keep and spam purge when he enter, two players with the new detonation will be able to kill the entire raid. With the cast time, you can't do that.

But yeah, for the most part the skill will be a little less useful. And with the new money-stealing mechanism in the IC, blobs will be more and more here...

What's that BS?
The damage of the ability has been reduced, the damage has been severly reduced across the board and the damage does not scale higher with the number of targets than 25%.
How are you going to kill a zerg with that, you deal way less damage than on live!

Glory

ToRelax wrote: »

RoyJade wrote: »

Proxy detonation is good against purge spamming blob. When a zerg want to take a keep and spam purge when he enter, two players with the new detonation will be able to kill the entire raid. With the cast time, you can't do that.

But yeah, for the most part the skill will be a little less useful. And with the new money-stealing mechanism in the IC, blobs will be more and more here...

What's that BS?
The damage of the ability has been reduced, the damage has been severly reduced across the board and the damage does not scale higher with the number of targets than 25%.
How are you going to kill a zerg with that, you deal way less damage than on live!

Agreed. They just need to make the scaling much more significant. I'm fine with detonation having lowered damage against 1-5 people, but it should scale to wreck large groups.