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Chain has been overpowered. I'm glad it's nerfed.
Im kind of reluctant to accept the Fireball and Meteor buffs. Seriously, was it really needed? Fire eles are already dominating in PvE, but do we really want them in to be just as effective in PvP too? Now, fire eles will be just as good as Air eles, but they have AoE too. Seriously...logic please?
Chain lightning nerf was needed. Killing 3 people with a 5 eles in ONE cast is just too much.
The ability to kill 3 people in one cast was only a threat to groups who seriously had no idea what they were doing, any serious group had little or nothing to fear from air gank. But since it seems you people seem incapable of grasping that fact, I see I am wasting my time.Originally Posted by Catching Zees
Agree with first part.Why make changes to fire when it it is already used by a lot of people?Buff water and earth instead.I mean 25 energy and big recharge time is unacceptable for Deep Freeze.Ice Spikes should be buffed too.Mind Freeze too.Originally Posted by Catching Zees
Don't agree with second part.Exhaustion is enough of a penalty for CL.When was the last time you saw 5 ele team win in Tombs.It was months ago when I last saw it.Also probably there are others classes that can kill 3 people with single cast if coordinated.5 Feast of Corruption necros can maybe kill 5 people in one cast.
Edit:Tralus,exactly my thoughts.
Please, give me the name and address of at least one. Who used it in serious PvP. With good success.Originally Posted by Uriah_Heep
I have to say I like the finesse that a.net have employed with this nerf *um, I mean, patch*.
We had three types of teams dominating in Tombs:
1. air spikers
2. smite bombs
3. spirit spammers
Each one of them has had a tweak: chain lightning is more focussed, zealot's fire triggers have been slowed down, and spirits can be called but not spammed.
All it means is we have to start THINKING again about what to put in our team. I've run with air spike teams. Do you call it skill to stand in a line, hit T, and then cast chain lightning? How about spamming spirits? What skill is there in choking the map and owning ppl's fps?
Hopefully we are back to the situation where a team will need to figure out the 64 SKILLS they'll take along, instead of the 8 template characters that has become everyone's favourite...
Gosh, nerfing farming pissed me off WAY more than this nerf :D
This game is not only PvP. 90% of PvE players use fire and 90% of PvP players use air so I am surprised there are no water and earth buffs.25 energy for Deep Freeze just bugs me.Originally Posted by MasterNightfall
PvE? Alot of Fire eles there. Thats why we are complaining. Fire eles should excel more in PvE, while Air eles should excel more in PvP. Since with the huge unneeded Fire buff, not only will they be used alot in PvE, but in PvP too. What would be the point in being an Air ele is Fire els can do the same job but better? A buff to Water magic would have been a better way to go.Originally Posted by MasterNightfall
Wait a gosh darn minute! They nerfed FARMING!?!??Gosh, nerfing farming pissed me off WAY more than this nerf
And "Balance" in PvE is seriously < balance in PvP. I like PvE as much as the next person, but "Balance" is the last thing I worry about when I play it.Originally Posted by Uriah_Heep
And, just FYI, my PvE ele hasn't used fire ever again, after he got to Fisherman's Haven.
The reason that fire is "Overpowered" in PvE, is because stupid monster AI doesn't move out of the firestorms.
I can't think of any decent ways to "Balance" the elements for PvE without completely gimping PvP balance.
The reason there "Are no earth or water buffs", is:
A: That "List" is a very limited list of patch changes.
B: Earth is quite bloody fine as it is. It's defensive properties (And by that I mean, ones that affect the ENTIRE team) are amazing, and the offensive spells are good.
C: Water will most certainly receive an indirect buff through the nerfs to QZ, NR, and Air. And, as said in A, there may be direct buffs.
Deep Freeze has a huge area of effect.
? Can you be more clear? You made no sense.Originally Posted by snepp
I'm not flaming, just pointing out your flaws as well... and that being, I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. Chain Lightning's damage has been reduced, so it's not doing as much damage against one target. If it did less damage on the second and third target, it would make sense, but they're basically weakening one of the few powerful air skills that air had. If I was going to use this for PvE, I would have no reason to bring this skill, since the AoE is also being reduced. It seems only people who use Thunderclap or Glimmering mark can really still benefit from Chain Lightning.Originally Posted by Incognito2me
Actually, you can't say it has a wider area, without knowing how much the range was changed. Also, as far as my experience, I havne't ever been able to avoid meteor, I get hit with it when I'm running, so I assume it'll hit unless you're weaving from side to side. And in addition, it knocks down.Originally Posted by Incognito2me
And Air isn't completely undodgable... hence Lightning Orb, Lightning Javalin... along with 4 "close ranged" skills: Lightning Touch, Shock, and Whirlwind. The only undodgable damage skills is: Chain Lightning, Mind Shock, Enervating Charge, Lightning Strike, Lightning Surge (of course, you can only use four at once, since both Mind Shock and Lightning Surge is elite). So there's more avoidable damage spells (2 dodgables, 4 "touch") and 4 insta-hits.
As for the Dodgability of fire, there are ones that are undodgable. Immolate, Incendiary Bonds, (I still think Meteor isn't exactly dodgable), Mind Burn, Phoenix (half the damage isn't dodgable, or I've never seen it dodged), Rodgart's Invocation. Let's see, even if you don't include meteor and Phoenix, Fire has 4 undodgable damage skills? How many did Lightning have again? 4 (5 if you could use 2 elites)? No way! There are plenty of dodgable fire skills (Flare, Fireball, Meteor (or so you say)), and plenty of AoE spells. So it seems you've lost a major argument point on that "undodgable" thing you were talking about. Fire seems to have about as many. Just because you don't use them, doesn't mean they don't exist!
When did make it seem I didn't understand the range change? 25% Armor Penetration is in effect, but they've reduced the damage of Chain Lightning by about 20 points of damage... (used to do 106, now 85). That's, gee, about 20% damage reduction. So it won't be doing much damage anymore. Meteor will do 119 damage, but with no armor penetration (but knockdown). Fireball will deal 119 damage, but area of effect (I'd say, that after they cut the range of Chain Lightning, it would probably be about the same range, but we'll see). FOriginally Posted by snepp
I think I've made it clear auto-hit is a non-issue. Armor penetration is supposed to be the power of air, but unfortunately, if they weaken the damage, they're essentially weakening the armor penetration too. Also, although it's true that adding mana cost doesn't seem bad on paper, believe me, battling with air, using Lightning Orb as often as you can, you can exhaust mana quickly. Also, there's... ironically, exhaustion, which depletes your maximium pool. And if you use Lightning Surge... well exhaustion will kick your mana to the curb.Originally Posted by snepp
Protective spells do protect one person at a time, but there are a lot of defenses. Mantra of Lightning, Elemental Resistance, spells that add armor from the warrior, the armor spells from the elementalist, Protective Spirit, Protective Bond, Ward Against Elements, and there might even be more. I mean, seriously, there's lots of ways to prevent a lot of damage, or even reduce it. Ward Against Elements can even effect an entire team.
Seriously, did you read everything? Either everything I said, or the changes? I'm not sure what 5 second cooldown you're talking about (or are you talking about Lightning Strike? Cause it was always like that), but I certainly thing that Air Magic has taken a huge hit, and that I'm going to start into Fire, since Arena Net seems to favor it so much. I mean, they made Fireball recharge faster, and cheaper. I'd gladly wait two seconds to do AoE damage not too far off in damage, and that's 5 mana cheaper than Lightning Orb. Meteor is also a viable skill if you're low on mana, because although Exhaustion would eat up 10 mana, if you've only got 5, you have nothing really to lose.Originally Posted by snepp
Chain Lightning now takes as long as Meteor to cast, does less damage (I'm sure it'll still do less with armor penetration), effects a shorter area, and doens't knockdown. I'm sorry, it seems that Meteor is going to be the better skill.
As it is, the only air spells I really used was Lightning Strike (whose 5 second recycle was always unfair to Fire Magic's Flare), Lightning Orb, and Chain Lightning. My other spells were defensive, or energy management. Lightning Strike can do more damage because of Armor Penetration, but I certainly don't think a full five second cast time was justified.
Anyways, yes, I'm switching to fire, but I've always considered it. It's not one thing or another exactly, but more it seems to balance has shifted to fire. With Arena Net shoving fire in our face in the beginning of the game, and making it hard and long to switch into any other line, it seems that they must really want people to use it more. These changes only reinforce what I thought. They nerfed one of the only three lightning spells I always used, and improved the fire ones I used to use when I was a Fire Elementalist. Personally, that's all the real reason I need to switch. But if that wasn't enough, fire also has a lot of good Area of Effect spells that could help to do a lot of damage.
Note I'm not trying to flame you either, Incognito2me, but simply repaying the favor: showing you your flaws in argument. It seems to me that fire was always the most "developed" line in the game. It had one person damage, unavoidable damage, AoE damage, hex damage... I mean, if it had some kinds of speed boost, and protection, it would have everything! Although Air has armor penetration, besides two spells (Lightning Orb, and the elite exhaustion Lightning Surge), fire does more damage. In some cases, I'd assume enough to compensate for the Armor Penetration. So now that they made fire spells better, and one of the few air spells I use worse, there's no real point in my Air Elementalist anymore. In fact, I went and got a Superior Fire Rune, before prices increase (for they very well may).
Yeah, I noticed that too! But since they said "decrease" I assume that it was either out of 15, or out of 16 attribute points. Also, because of what they were saying, it makes little sense to make chain lightning stronger...Originally Posted by TehPantlessHero
Oh god. No one here said that the other elements weren't powerful. I personally just don't want to change my attribute type simply because air spike builds were the flavor of the month, and everybody hates fighting them. God, there are so many counters to air I don't know why people complain. Spike builds are good, but they don't win against everything!Originally Posted by Edwinna Elbert
In fact, I thought that fire was kind of over powered. Given some secondary spells, and a group of fire elementalists, you can do air spike type damage or more, as you pointed out. Earth Magic also seems to be a line that Arena Net put a lot of thought and power into... I mean, they can do a lot of damage, knockdown, AoE, and have protection skills. Meanwhile, it seems Air and Water magic really got the shaft. Although Water is good for specific purposes (slowdown), and has good protection spells. But it doesn't have the damage that all the other three lines have. Air magic used to have a lot of damage going for them, but it seems that it won't for long. I've always thought that Chain Lightning's bouncing from target to target (to target) was a bit too strong, especially since it did a lot of initial damage. But this is hardly the way it should have been changed.
I agree, although I'd say that if it was elite, it shouldn't cause exhaustion, or it should cost 5 mana, personally...Originally Posted by stubberella
"Now when you cast a Spirit, all other allied spirits within the newly cast Spirit's range are destroyed."Originally Posted by Death Dragon
It doesn't talk about multiples of the same type, it says all other allied spirits.
Which is why increasing the cost, and making the "bounced" damage less would be a perfect solution, IMOOriginally Posted by ColdwaveKid
Exactly. I always thought Water needed a buff. But yeah, Earth is a fine attribute on it's own.Originally Posted by Uriah_Heep
If it wasn't clear, I sign this petition whole heartedly. Nerfing Chain Lightning, is just like killing the attribute line, IMO. It'll turn into another Water Magic. Has a few specific uses (like Thunderclap + Chain Lightning) but not good enough to use most of the time.


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When author and screenwriter Ronan Bennett was wrongfully imprisoned by the British in the infamous Long Kesh in Northern Ireland in the early '70s, a number of books made the rounds among the Irish Republican prisoners. There was Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon, which tells the story of a Bolshevik revolutionary imprisoned by the Soviet state he helped create, and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Solzhenitsyn's account of an ordinary prisoner in a Soviet labor camp. But the one that spoke to Bennett most urgently was Soledad Brother, the prison letters of black American militant George Jackson.
"The other books didn't have the visceral impact, but Soledad Brother was just something I could relate to completely. I felt I knew the man," Bennett recalls. "There were all kinds of recognizable elements in our struggle. The most powerful part was the way he conducted himself in the jail.... It was about dignity. Never, ever folding or letting threats from the jailers make you collapse.... It was about being principled, dignified and resistant. I tried as best as I could to replicate that attitude of no compromise, resistance and the emphasis they put on solidarity. Strong standing up for the weak."
Bennett had never met a black person. Indeed, the only ones he'd ever seen had been those serving in the British army. Nonetheless, as an Irish Catholic in occupied Ulster, black America loomed large in his life. "From a very early age my family had supported Martin Luther King and civil rights," he says. "We had this instinctive sympathy with black Americans. A lot of the iconography and even the anthems, like 'We Shall Overcome,' were taken from black America. By about '71 or '72, I was more interested in Bobby Seale and Eldridge Cleaver than Martin Luther King."
For most of the last century, progressives and the oppressed around the world have looked to black America as a beacon--the redemptive force that stood in permanent dissidence against racism at home and imperialism abroad. "No African came in freedom to the shores of the New World," wrote nineteenth-century French intellectual Alexis de Tocqueville. "The Negro transmits to his descendants at birth the external mark of his ignominy. The law can abolish servitude, but only God can obliterate its traces." That "external mark" has acted like a passport to an outside world that ostensibly distinguishes black America from the rest of the country and its policies.
When Kwame Nkrumah came to power in a newly independent Ghana, he sent for black American intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois to edit the Encyclopedia Africana and Paul Robeson to take up the chair of music and drama at Accra University. Even as colonial France massacred Algerians by the score, it opened its arms wide to the likes of Josephine Baker, James Baldwin and Richard Wright. For some time during the 1980s and '90s, Jesse Jackson acted as a rogue ambassador, parachuting into trouble spots and freeing hostages.
This affinity found potent expression in sport and popular culture too. For most of the last century, there was an organic connection between black artists and the aspirations of African-Americans and other oppressed minorities. Their songs, like Sam Cooke's "Change Is Gonna Come" and McFadden and Whitehead's "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," provided a soundtrack for a generation of liberation politics (not to mention Barack Obama's campaign). In sports, Tommie Smith and John Carlos greeted "The Star-Spangled Banner" from the Olympic podium in Mexico City in 1968 with their clenched fists. Their protest has resonated across nations and ages. Margaret Lambert, a Jewish high jumper prevented from competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, told NPR last year how delighted that protest had made her feel.
Then there was the inimitable Muhammad Ali. "We knew Muhammad Ali as a boxer, but more importantly for his political stance," says Zairean musician Malik Bowens in the film When We Were Kings. "When we saw that America was at war with a Third World country in Vietnam, and one of the children of the US said, 'Me? You want me to fight against Vietcong?' It was extraordinary that in America someone could have taken such a position at that time. He may have lost his title. He may have lost millions of dollars. But that's where he gained the esteem of millions of Africans."
By the beginning of the new millennium, however, black America's most globally prominent faces were singing and rapping about getting rich. They were playing golf and tennis and staying clear of political controversies that might threaten their record-breaking endorsement deals. And in the figures of Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, they were representing the most reactionary US foreign policy in at least a generation. When Secretary of State Powell addressed the Earth Summit in Johannesburg in September 2002, he was jeered. A year earlier, when he refused to show up at a United Nations antiracism summit after the United States resisted all talk of reparations for slavery and stifled criticism of Israel, the cartoonist for the South African newspaper Citizen ridiculed him: "Coming Uncle Tom?" asked two characters representing participants at the conference. "De Massa in de big house says I ain't," responds a Powell dressed up as a house servant.
To the world, black Americans were looking and sounding increasingly like the rest of America--for better or worse.
But on November 4, 2008, black America was once again the toast of the world. Throughout the Caribbean, radios blared Mighty Sparrow's calypso hit "Barack the Magnificent"; firecrackers went off in El Salvador; Liberians danced in the street. The Times of London's front page showed a picture of Obama below the words The New World. The Sun, Britain's top-selling daily tabloid, showed Obama under the headline One Giant Leap for Mankind.
In the tiny Romanian village of Rusciori, Obama Sorin Ilie Scoica was born on election day. "When I saw Obama on TV, my heart swelled with joy. I thought he was one of us Roma because of his skin color," said Maria Savu, the baby's grandmother, who hoped his name would bring him luck. In Ghana, John Atta Mills, an opposition candidate running on an agenda of change, produced posters of himself standing next to a life-size cutout of Obama. In Brazil, at least eight black candidates took advantage of a quirk in electoral laws so they could stand as "Barack Obama" in elections in October.
America had a black leader, and suddenly everybody else wanted one. Or at least they wondered how they could get hold of one. Political conversation in France, Britain and Germany, in particular, went almost effortlessly from how to keep immigrants out to how descendants of (mostly) immigrants could ascend to the highest office in the land--or why they could not. "America is a New World again," said Rama Yade, junior minister for human rights and France's only black government member. "On this morning, we all want to be American so we can take a bite of this dream unfolding before our eyes." Cem Özdemir, the first politician of Turkish descent to lead a German political party, was not holding his breath [see Paul Hockenos, page 17]. "In Europe there is still a long way to go," he told Der Spiegel. "The message is that it's time to move on in Europe. We have to give up seeing every political figure from an ethnic minority as an ambassador of the country of his forefathers."
In almost every instance the simple, honest answer to the question "Could it happen here?" was no. The Obama story was indeed about race. But at its root it was essentially about white people. Would they vote for him? Would they kill him?


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Chouhan, however, attacked Congress party, saying it should not stoop to such tricks.
"Narendra Modi's chopper was not given clearance to fly in Delhi, two hours were wasted there. After that he had a public meeting in Bareilly, he waited inside the helicopter for 40 minutes because it was not given permission to fly," he said.
" If Congress party is thinking that by stopping Narendra Modi's helicopter, they can stop his journey to success, it is a false presumption. Bharatiya Janata Party's and Modi's journey to success cannot be stopped. Congress party should not resort to such tricks," he added.
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- Refrigerator
- Stove
- Toaster
- Dining
- Dining Area
- Books
- Satellite / Cable
- Television ...
- Toys ...
Pool / Spa
- Communal Pool
- Outdoor Pool
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
Location Type
- Downtown
- Village
- bay/sound
- botanical garden
- churches
- cinemas
- festivals
- live theater
- marina
- museums
- restaurants
- zoo
Leisure Activities
- beachcombing
- bird watching
- eco tourism
- gambling casinos
- outlet shopping
- paddle boating
- photography
- walking
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/bank
- fitness center
- groceries
- hospital
- medical services
Sports & Adventure Activities
- cycling
- deepsea fishing
- golf
- jet skiing
- paragliding
- pier fishing
- sailing
- sound/bay fishing
- surfing
- swimming
- tennis
- wind-surfing
Floor Area
- 1300 sq. ft.
- 2 Bathrooms
- Bathroom 1
- Bathroom 2
- 2 Bedrooms, Sleeps 4
- Bedroom 1
- Bedroom 2
- Bicycles ...
- Golf ...
- Lanai / Gazebo
- Outdoor Grill
- Tennis ...
- Water Sports Gear ...
- Guests provide their own meals
Learn more about this vacation rental at the owner's website
- Venetian Bay Village is a special shopping and restuaurants with evening events throughout the season.
- Anchor stores Saks and Nordstrom with popular restaurants and chic shops including Apple Store and Brooks Brothers. A Barnes & Noble is in an outbuilding and this mall is next door to Artis (Naples Philharmonic Center) and the Baker Art Museum.
- Home of the Naples Philharmonic and The Baker Museum. Artis—Naples is the premier center for the arts in Southwest Florida. Artis—Naples produces more ...
- Walk to Private Beach/Gulf Access less than a mile away with miles of walkways along the beach. (My husband calls it the Garden of Eden). Turnkey Living-Ultra Clean. Includes all Cookware, Utensils, Linens, Towels, etc. Utility Area in Condo Unit with Washer and Dryer. 5 Ceiling Fans with Lighting. Large Covered Private Parking Area and guest parking area. Heated community Pool and Patio area. Wireless Internet


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As detailed yesterday by Puddytat, Wisconsin Republican State Senator Pam Galloway resigned from the Senate effective midnight CDT. She was facing a recall election but stated she was resigning to deal with sudden and serious family health issues.
It is now past midnight in Wisconsin. The Senate is officially split evenly, 16 - 16, and Scott Fitzgerald is no longer the majority leader. He is, at best, the co-leader of the Senate along with Democrat Mark Miller.
This is a momentous development that happened as most Wisconsinites slept. For all practical purposes, the FitzWalkerstan era is over...
The Republicans can pass no new legislation without Democratic cooperation.
Scott Walker is likely facing criminal charges and will have to face a recall election.
Scott Fitzgerald could easily lose his Senate seat against Wisconsin folk hero Lori Compas.
Jeff Fitzgerald, brother of Scott Fitzgerald, is the Speaker of the State Assembly. He is running for a US Senate seat in the fall and therefore will not be running for reelection in the State Assembly.
By the end of the year, it is very likely that the capitol building will house no Fitzgeralds and no Scott Walker.
FitzWalkerstan is dead. Long live Wisconsin.