notyuu wrote: »

Well
1: it's a 2 second cast time, not 4, which is there in an attempt to balance out it's large radius, solid damage and wide varity of effects it can have

The method they've used to balance these skills is to suck the life out of them. I don't disagree with balancing, but it's unfortunate.

I wanted to knock people from keep walls. The fact that the 2 seconds are enough to uncloak you as a nightblade isn't even the main problem. In fact that may be intentional. The real problem is that you choose your spot on the ground at the beginning and 2 seconds is a lot of time for a player or ballgroup to move. As far as I can see that also affects the direction in which they will be flung, e.g. where they are relative to the centre of the explosion when it finally goes off. Think you'll knock them out of a keep? Nah, it's random. Another instance of a skill that's borderline useless, because it's uncontrollable. It's also only 6 people at most, I reckon, since I went into Skyreach with it. That's fair, but eh. Where is the fun? I want to see 100 Skyreach mobs flying around, not a random 6.

It's probably a decent skill for big fights all the same, but I went on to evaluate other skills. Ulfsild's uncloaks you straight away, has no height component to the knockback, is shorter range and seems unreliable. Which brings me on to the big irony. The best skill for knockbacks, at least as a nightblade, seems to be Magnum Shot. It's instant, you can aim it, you can control the direction and, for some reason, it doesn't even always uncloak you. That's a whole lot of plus points for an existing skill, even though it's only single target.