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New wiki representative

Hello, I wanted to reach out (as I apparently forgot last week) and introduce myself as your new wiki representative (formerly called wiki managers). Please let me know if you need anything. --Pcj (talk) 22:59, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello and welcome. I don't think we need anything in particular right now that's not already mentioned on the noticeboard, but I'll make sure to reach out to you if something needs your attention. --Krschkr (talk) 23:07, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Petway

Hey, would you be able to restore the Petway build? I think my vote (saying it had 0 hex removal) caused it to be below threshhold and get trashed, but I meant to return back to it after further testing, and it works okay. I'd like to update my vote. If not, can you move it to my userspace? Thanks! Willarddog (talk) 02:56, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Restored. Please apply a bit more scrutiny on future votes. --Krschkr (talk) 12:04, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! After getting to see a good amount of HM VQ and Tombs footage, I think the build has some legitimate merit. It's kinda wonky, but its brutally efficient and has some pretty nifty synergies. However, in my opinion the build still needs more work, theory crafting, and testing. There are obviously still some glaring flaws which need to be worked through (hex removal?). On top of that, the neither of the existing votes (5/5 and 3/3) truthfully do the team comp justice. Would we be able to move it back into testing? It's not ready to be vetted yet. Willarddog (talk) 20:40, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

I did some extensive testing on this as well and essentially came to the same conclusion as you. I provided several suggestions. The author has not been very receptive however. The 3/3 vote from me was reflecting that the build could be better, but that the author wasn't willing to make changes /shrug. I did mention that I think petway as a concept will probably not work well no matter what, but my suggestion is to just create a separate petway build page with your vision of the setup. Us3r1OO425457 (talk) 22:27, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

The page author does not have special rights about the article, see PvX:OWN. Apply the general wiki process by testing, tweaking and voting on the build. If you do not want to touch the build page but still want to change things, the only alternative would be to make a second petway build page that will then be in a competition with the other one. I doubt that there will be two distinctive petway builds that warrant featuring them on multiple pages, so either the old or new page would then have to go, based on vetting. --Krschkr (talk) 11:50, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks - I am aware of PxX:OWN, I'm just proposing what I believe to be the path of least resistance... I guess. See PvX:DRAMA lol. Anyways, I want to think about my 3/3 rating, it might be inflated, I might adjust it. Us3r1OO425457 (talk) 13:40, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

I'll gladly suggest some comparative testing via PvXwiki:Project Standardized Testing. :) --Krschkr (talk) 13:47, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Personally I'm more of a theorycrafter than tester, as I have the time and free thought space to theorycraft for fun (while I'm in downtime at work...), while simultaneously I lack the time and ability to test out builds in practice (get to play 0-6 hours a week). All this to say I would rather keep the build page rather than split it off into two separate ones. So far the OP seems open to constructive changes. More importantly, he cares about the page and is more willing to playtest things as new ideas come up.

Aside from that, I'm going to go ahead and throw it back into testing. Willarddog (talk) 14:48, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

UCX implementation

Hi! I'm Tots, one of the Community Managers here at Fandom. I'm here to talk with you about the upcoming changes we'll need to make on the wikis when the new UCX is released. We'll need to adapt your current content - mainly the design and implemented code - to ensure they're compatible and operational.

Specifically, the UCS will mainly affect the Frontpage, the design (logo, background, favicon, themes), the CSS/JS used, and some templates that will need to adapt their look to fit. It's still several weeks until the wiki will be migrated but I'm here to work alongside you to anticipate all the work regarding review, improvements, and adaptations to the new skin.

If it's alright with you I'll start reviewing the elements I mentioned and describing to you what work should be done. For the design, I can work with the future version and get it set up ahead of time so that once the wiki is migrated it's ready. Regarding the Frontpage, templates, and code, I can work and implement the changes now to have them properly working both in the present and future, but getting all the changes done in advance.

Let me know what you think about all of this and we can start working together on the upcoming changes. Thanks! HeyTots (Contact) 18:46, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

The visual design changes won't be an issue as long as the functionality is preserved. This wiki is entirely dependent on custom wikia extensions. They need to remain functioning or PvXwiki loses its entire purpose. For reference, compare these two pages:

a) page with working code

b) page with dysfunctional code

If we were to lose our working build code (PvXCode extension), the wiki content would be devaluated. If we lose the ability to have page ratings on the basis of community votes (PvXRate extension), we lose our QA system. As long as the basis for our work in this wiki remains intact we'll find a way to work with the redesign. --Krschkr (talk) 20:02, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Fun Rit Build

Hey Krschkr, sharing this slightly different take on the Caretaker's Charge build.

Ritualist / Necromancer 12 + 1 + 1 Channeling Magic 9 + 1 Communing 9 + 1 Spawning Power 3 Curses Creatures you create have 40% more Health, and weapon spells you cast last 40% longer. Caretaker's Charge NightfallRitualist. Channeling Magic 14Caretaker's ChargeElite SpellTarget foe is struck for 71 lightning damage. If you are holding an item, you gain 5 Energy and 47 Health.514 Channeled Strike FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 14Channeled StrikeSpellTarget foe is struck for 89 lightning damage. That foe is struck for an additional 33 lightning damage if you are holding an item.1024 Renewing Surge NightfallRitualist. Channeling Magic 14Renewing SurgeHex SpellFor 8 seconds, target foe suffers 11 damage each second. When this hex ends you gain 8 energy.5115 Ancestors' Rage FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 14Ancestors' RageSkillFor 1 second, nothing happens. When this skill ends, all foes adjacent to target ally are struck for 103 lightning damage.5¼10 Binding Chains FactionsRitualist. Communing 10Binding ChainsHex SpellFor 3 seconds, target foe and all nearby foes move 90% slower and take 20 damage each second while moving.10115 Lamentation FactionsRitualist. Channeling Magic 14LamentationHex SpellFor 19 seconds, target foe and all nearby foes suffer 3 Health degeneration. When this hex is applied, these foes take 47 damage if you are within earshot of a spirit or corpse.10115 Anguished Was Lingwah FactionsRitualist. Spawning Power 10Anguished Was LingwahItem SpellHold Lingwah's ashes for up to 43 seconds. While you hold her ashes, your Ritualist hexes cost 4 less energy and last 33% longer. When you drop her ashes all your Ritualist hexes are recharged.5230 Rip Enchantment NightfallNecromancer. Curses 3Rip EnchantmentSpellRemove 1 enchantment from target foe. If an enchantment was removed, that foe suffers from Bleeding for 9 seconds.5115   Template code

Basically you dip into Communing to take Binding Chains and empower it with Anguished was Lingwah. Pretty fun dumping Binding Chains on someone, using Arage on your melee, and then finishing it off with Caretaker's. Also Renewing Surge only costs 1 energy to cast when holding the ashes, so you can cancel cast like a god with it and make interrupters mad >:(. Soldier1766 (talk) 23:40, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Build looks like it wants to get fluxed.

Skill	Non-flux	Fluxed
	71 damage 1 activation time 5 energy cost net return of 0 energy	69 damage 0.75 activation time 4 energy cost net gain of 1 energy
	89–122 damage 2 activation time 10 energy cost	82–113 damage 1.5 activation time 8 energy cost
	8*11 (88) to 11*11 (121) damage 1 activation time 5 or 1 energy cost 3 or 7 net gain	8*10 (80) to 11*10 (110) damage 0.75 activation time 4 or 0 energy cost 2 or 6 net gain
	3*38 (114) damage 1 activation time 5 energy cost	3*35 (105) damage 0.75 activation time 4 energy cost
	up to 3*20 (60) or 4*20 (80) damage 1 activation time 10 or 6 energy cost	up to 3*25 (75) or 4*25 (100) damage 0.75 activation time 8 or 4 energy cost
	0 + either 19*6 (114) or 25*6 (151) damage 1 activation time 10 or 6 energy cost	0 + either 16*4 (64) or 21*4 (84) damage 0.75 activation time 8 or 4 energy cost
	43 duration -4 energy/hex 2 activation time 5 energy cost	47 duration -4 energy/hex 1.5 activation time 4 energy cost
	1 activation time 5 energy cost	0.75 activation time 4 energy cost

You only lose tiny bits of damage which should be entirely compensated by faster casting and even less weakness against energy denial. Especially being able to cast the ashes faster will be nice, as they're the most vulnerable skill in the build and you can only reposition yourself so much. The only skill that's absolutely not worth it if fluxed is lamentation. I suggest to replace it with dulled weapon (12 to 16 duration at 20 recharge with 12 or 8 energy cost, giving 0% crit chance and -11 damage per hit) in a fluxed build variant. I think that would be a good move anyway as you somehow have to justify not having a resurrection or death pact signet in RA/GvG, and bringing some valuable extra defense can do that. I see quite some value in the build and it definitely looks fun, but I'm not currently active and won't be able to give it a try. Also, if fluxed, consider going for rend enchantments rather than rip. I think there are a lot of eles in this flux and 1.5 activation time is not much more than your unfluxed 1.0 while providing a lot of extra benefit. --Krschkr (talk) 08:41, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Mercenary Mesmerway Alternative

Given what I've come to learn of your favored team comps, I think you would prefer this to Mercenary Mesmerway. The melee team is very similar to your version of mercenary mesmerway. Both melee and caster variants are derived from Z-Way with the strong focus on a Panic + ESurge + Ineptitude midline. From my experience, mercenary mesmerway is better as a "fire and forget" setup, whereas "BiP Z-Way" puts more emphasis on supporting the player who is expected to deliver a hefty amount of damage.

Which raises the question of whether the slightly modified mercenary mesmerway would deserve its own page. My last attempt with the caster only version was deemed too similar, but with the melee variant it might be deserving of a page separate from mercenary mesmerway. In which case, the "quintuple mesmer variant" of mercenary mesmerway would of course have to be changed appropriately. Let me know what you think. --Xanshiz (talk) 17:40, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Yes, the quintuple mesmer setup looks like it'd fit my playing style and preferences more than the build with the SoS healer, but there are still quite some things I wouldn't do. For example, the smiting prayers on the communing prot and the command shouts on the mesmer are a no-go for me. And I actually prefer the domination magic heavy setups, going as far as dropping illusion magic altogether. Double ineptitude has a lot speaking in its favor, but experience also shows what speaks against it: Inadequate skill usage by heroes. If heroes used ineptitude smarter (or if I cared to ball foes) I'd most likely have gone back to dual ineptitude setups, but the way things are I found pure domination magic to provide the better performance for a "general use" team build. After all, what can go wrong with cry of frustration (granted it hits), energy surge (heroes don't use it on targets without energy) or spiritual pain? Simple skills give more reliable results unless we're in an area that features massive amounts of troublesome melees, where illusion magic is bound to shine. Part of the difference comes down to playing styles and player builds. I think dual ineptitude works best with some melee minions/spirits to stall foes while the mesmers do their work. It clearly has advantages over domination-only when one is likely to overaggro. It may also be the better pick for passive player builds (minion master/spirit spam), but I can't speak from experience here. Both ways to build a mesmerway are solid and justified for their respective applications and, in my opinion, deserve to have pages on PvX.

Regarding a move of your page to the build namespace we just have to try avoiding too strong similarities with existing pages.

• Build:Team - 7 Hero Mercenary Mesmerway – right now I think the page in your userspace is quite similar to the existing mercenary mesmerway page, but given the midline is built with a different focus and the target player builds might differ I suppose it's justified to go for a new, separate page. The defensive quintuple mesmer variant could simply be replaced with a link to the new page.
• Build:Team - 7 Hero WoTF – no clash because of quite some midline differences and a player build specialization.
• Build:Team - 7 Hero Paneptitude – no clash because of dedicated mercenary team vs. no strict mercenary requirement.
• Build:Team - 7 Hero AFK Glint's Challenge Farm – no clash because of it being super specialized for one single task in various ways.

I don't consider your page a dupe of one of the existing pages so there's no issue with moving it to the build namespace.

If I may ask for some extra input from your side, however, I'd like to address the similarities with the Paneptitude page. The way I see it that page and your new one have the closest connection build-wise, which is their defensive mesmer midline. Given the close familiarity of these teams I propose that you give the Paneptitude page some love: It'd be most fitting to have the existing paneptitude page and your mercenary team line up as two of the same kind, one getting the most out of its mercenary requirement and the other representing the build concept without the mercenary mesmer requirement... and if need be even without Zei Ri. Accordingly, it'd be beneficial to have them share not just their concept but also a name. I think the more general Paneptitude term from 2011 would be more fitting than Z-Way, because judging from my experience Z-Way is still strongly associated with a BiP-less healer and ether renewal fake mesmers. But it might be most appropriate to go for a consensus nomenclature (following the previous the "offensive mesmerway" precedent), going with a term like defensive mesmerway?

It's up to you whether you want to go through this extra effort. --Krschkr (talk) 18:25, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Just to probe: "smiting prayers on the communing prot and the command shouts on the mesmer are a no-go for me" -- smiting prayers on the communing Prot drops shelter health from 416 to 395. In both cases, shelter absorbs 10 hits before going down. I also think you'd acknowledge that the other options aren't fantastic -- heroes use signet of creation fairly poorly, and fomf risks the hero going idle for 4.75s at a time when shelter may well have just dropped. So why is this a no-go?

As far as shouts on a mesmer -- for the 5x mesmer + BiP + ST comp caster comp, would your solution be to just not run 2x fall back? And if you wanted 2x fall back, would your solution be to drop a mesmer entirely? --Xanshiz (talk) 19:38, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Smite hex keeps the hero from doing relevant things during combat. While the same may happen with signet of creation, it will at least help the hero managing its build down the line. I'd rather see leech signet as an alternative, but not run it because of the risk that the hero follows a kiting foe instead of doing something useful. Ether signet might be the least bad alternative as it isn't used preemptively other than signet of creation? As for strength of honour, it strains the hero's energy management. The less things the communing prot can do that distract him from using his core build and having energy to do so, the better. And this hero shouldn't be forced to reapply the enchantment during combat when it's removed, which doesn't hurt at all on a channeling Rt/Mo and barely on a Me/Mo.

Shouts on the mesmer drain too much energy. I'd rather run without permanent speed boosts or replace the mesmer with a Rt/P or N/P than go for the Me/P route. But my personal opinion is of little consequence. --Krschkr (talk) 20:10, 13 August 2021 (UTC)