Scribing

Sporigudinai · June 4

So, even thinking is still too soon for that, i´m curious and can´t play the game till weekend. So right now, what do you think is the better scribing skill for PvP? For tank, healer, Hybrid? Why? Give us your thoughts.

Jsmalls · June 4

Wield Soul with it's access to Major Breach, Major Defile, or Major Vitality will likely be very strong in PvP specifically for range Sorc as all three of those buffs they do not have access to with their class kit.

Destruction staff ability will be interesting as a counter siege /gank ability. Have mixed feelings about this (the warning to counter it is low, not sure if add-ons increase there timing on this or not).

Mages guild ability with its unique 8% damage reduction will be used for sure. Can also see the delayed damage / +2000 direct damage on next ability be used for ganking / timing bursts.

Restoration staff ability will definitely be interesting, haven't seen it in action to determine true capabilities though.

CameraBeardThePirate · June 4

The two best all around abilities, imo, are the Resto Staff tether and the Mages Guild Contingency skill.

Resto staff tether will be very strong in smaller scale PvP (think BGs, IC, etc), while Contingency is simply an overloaded skill.

Contingency is cheap (less than 3k mag), AoE, can have a burst heal or shield as well as a HoT or unnamed % damage reduction, and has buff coverage like Minor Resolve (allowing groups without an Arcanist to drop Resolving Vigor) or Minor Vitality. It's insanely powerful for the cost.

As a comparison, the other AoE heals/shields you can get for scribing cost around 4700 mag. Over 50% more expensive for basically the same skill.

Theignson · June 4

Already last night, the first day of scribing, there was a tryhard mini ball group and all of them had magical contingency. Dont know how they all got it so fast, but usually you can tell which new thing is the strongest because the trolls get it right away ...clearly they've been testing it on pst

Necrotech_Master · June 4

Theignson wrote: »

Already last night, the first day of scribing, there was a tryhard mini ball group and all of them had magical contingency. Dont know how they all got it so fast, but usually you can tell which new thing is the strongest because the trolls get it right away ...clearly they've been testing it on pst

you can buy all of the grimoires from the merchant in the scholarium as soon as you have access to the scribing system (only 1 of them, the 2nd soul magic one, requires having 1 character who completed the entire scribing questline)

CameraBeardThePirate · June 4

Theignson wrote: »

Already last night, the first day of scribing, there was a tryhard mini ball group and all of them had magical contingency. Dont know how they all got it so fast, but usually you can tell which new thing is the strongest because the trolls get it right away ...clearly they've been testing it on pst

Contingency is available pretty early on (like an hour into the questline).

doabhi · June 4

Barely a day in and the usual suspects have already compiled the skills that kind of abuse the system to enhance already ridiculous builds well above what they should be logically capable of.

My 'favorite' so far is block tanks that mitigate all your damage with what appears to be a big AOE that saps down your health without needing to really do anything? and then sitting on resources with it.

Necrotech_Master · June 4

doabhi wrote: »

Barely a day in and the usual suspects have already compiled the skills that kind of abuse the system to enhance already ridiculous builds well above what they should be logically capable of.

My 'favorite' so far is block tanks that mitigate all your damage with what appears to be a big AOE that saps down your health without needing to really do anything? and then sitting on resources with it.

ulfsids contingency seems to be the most popular scribed skill for pvp so far lol