Publish 26 Rooting

Vorerst nur geplant - aber so hats Thunerheard am 09.12.2005 formuliert:

In Publish 26, we have a bug fix that is going to affect some of the special abilities for Commandos and Smugglers.

This change is being made for three reasons:

• These abilities were never meant to be a "rooting" ability. When this happens, it is happening because of a bug.

• No other professions have abilities this powerful because these abilities were never meant to work the way they do.

• These changes will bring these professions into a better balance for PvP. Often times this ability ends up working like an "I win" button.

Here is the list of special abilities that will be affected:

• Commando: Stun Grenade
• Commando: Flashbang Grenade
• Commando: Concussion Grenade
• Smuggler: Jolting Blow
• Smuggler: Stagger Shot
• Smuggler: Concussion Shot

Currently these abilities can completely root their opponents for a short duration. The specials were originally intended to root the opponent for a short duration, or until the opponent received damage.

Changing the abilities so that the root is broken when the opponent receives damage will make them much less useful: essentially, they would then only be of use against opponents that you are *not* fighting and the commando’s abilities in particular would be hampered by their reliance on area-effect damage.

Rather than changing the abilities so that the roots are broken when the opponent receives damage, we’re going to change them from complete roots to powerful snares; and maintain that they will not be broken when the opponent receives damage.

We understand that this change is going to affect some abilities that some of you use in combat, but the underlying bug needs to be fixed to help make combat work better and balance these professions for PvP Combat.