what do the veteran agiwhores think about the new patch?

[no_rules_just_play]

So I'll start with stating that I did not yet get a chance to play or even set my new stats because of internet problems. But since the new patch came out, I'm afraid that once I do I will be immensely disappointed.
I have always played my 15/24 build (that recently became pole/shielder hybrid) and with the right weapon choice (and I also want to claim some skill on my side), I have always been quite effective.
I was 'that' agiwhore and I loved it. My build was perfect for having fun and trolling around by spamming people or totally surprising them by using the most annoying tricks and abusive tactics. I was faster than most people and had a specific role in the community directly related to that speed.

Now, from what I have heard and what I fear is that I won't be alone anymore. I will no longer have fun because of my fast build because everyone else about as fast. The community maybe lost another OP class, but with it we lost a class that was very fun to fight and now the choice of valid builds just got smaller.

If I finally manage to play and find that my fears have become reality I will strongly consider asking for an actual redo of the str nerf. For now I'll have to take enough wih the opiniob of others

[no_rules_just_play]

Sorry for the typos, I'm on my phone.

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[Corsair831]

Really weak buff, they should buff athletics so it gives you 2x more speed per rank and shield skill so you can have a 360 degree ranged forcefield

(hue hue)

seriously though, i love it, finally feels like the game is almost balanced, i'm dieing far less frequently to spamming high armoured guys who can't block, very nice

[Nehvar]

As a long time agi build I'm liking the free respec the most.  The bonus WPF pool is also pretty nice.

[Angantyr]

Think many in the EU are sticking with balance builds.

[_GTX_]

Think many in the EU are sticking with balance builds.

Thats the impression i got aswell. Str is still viable, just not the most ridicolous builds, like 30-3(example).

[Malaclypse]

18/24 player. I'm digging the bonus WPF (I was a three way hybrid before, now I'm an even more beefy three way melee hybrid). Maybe it's just in my head, but I feel slower in general/like everyone else is faster.

[Sir_Firebus]

21/21 all day ery day

[Kalam]

It didn't change too much in cRPG. Means I can take less power strike.

What's big is the melee hybridization. I'm kicking myself for not going 180 in one weapon and 120 in the other, or 130/130/130 ish.

Going agi was a trap as far as strat goes. Unless you have a shield or are ranged, I guess.

[Leshma]

Was 18/24 for longest period, now I'm balanced 21/21. Going for 21/24 on lvl 35. It's great build for public play, in strat STR builds still dominate but being tripple melee hybrid adds completely new dimension, both on public servers and strategus. I'm not the most useful in strat or the best killer but now I'm able to fill any given role and that is awesome.

[Mongolista]

Is it just me or is it yet another buff for the agi whores? My main was the ultimate Str whore (36/3) and it definitely wasnt as OP as some of you cry here, one of the reasons for sticking to this build was the increased number of shielders since the last two (or three) patches and the only countermeasure to deal with them quickly was the maul build, this build is pretty much useless against any other class unless you know how to block, so I cant possibly understand anyone crying about 2h str whore nabs who cant block - either youre a shielder or a balanced 2h, if youre a shielder you should not even dare to cry about anybody lacking the skill of blocking well, if youre 2h balanced build and the str whore cant block (and you can) then you pretty much lead the fight as in most of the cases my only chance was to chamber/hit the faster builds. I am not crying about the new patch, just dont see the point for such a change, it only eliminates str builds for the cost of making agi whores universal in strat, basically we are left with shielders, balanced/agi whores 2hs and ranged now and we have no anticlass for shielders?? correct me if Im wrong please

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Is it just me or is it yet another buff for the agi whores? My main was the ultimate Str whore (36/3) and it definitely wasnt as OP as some of you cry here, one of the reasons for sticking to this build was the increased number of shielders since the last two (or three) patches and the only countermeasure to deal with them quickly was the maul build, this build is pretty much useless against any other class unless you know how to block, so I cant possibly understand anyone crying about 2h str whore nabs who cant block - either youre a shielder or a balanced 2h, if youre a shielder you should not even dare to cry about anybody lacking the skill of blocking well, if youre 2h balanced build and the str whore cant block (and you can) then you pretty much lead the fight as in most of the cases my only chance was to chamber/hit the faster builds. I am not crying about the new patch, just dont see the point for such a change, it only eliminates str builds for the cost of making agi whores universal in strat, basically we are left with shielders, balanced/agi whores 2hs and ranged now and we have no anticlass for shielders?? correct me if Im wrong please

Your wrong. Strenght still dominates strat, when it comes to melee classes. You dont need to be a 36-3 build to carry a maul, a balanced build can hit the requirements aswell.

Builds like 36-3 is not great anymore, true. But that was kinda the idea behind the patch aswell. Look at it from another perspective, would an agi build with crazy amounts like 3-36 work? Not rly.

[Teeth]

Wait, so your point is that because 8 WM now gets 15 more wpf more people are going to get 8 athlethics? Which will make you less fast comparatively which means that the game lost a class and you will no longer be able to have fun, which might cause you to lobby for a rework of the wpf nerf?

Lel, talk about overreacting.

[Kafein]

There are like, a few more agi whores around. And even that is quite temporary methinks. What really changed is on the STR heavy side, and ranged.