Talk:Defensive Anthem

read the description aloud... each party member HAVE? idk if its supposed to be all party members or each has... plz fixFrvwfr2 21:49, 1 August 2006 (CDT)

nerf stick
the fact they made this skill an elite is despicable. it's worse than aegis in almost every way except for the fact it's not an enchantment. the 5 second less recharge is balanced by the fact aegis can easily be countered--Coldeye 00:56, 24 September 2006 (CDT)
 * Well, it costs less than Aegis, factoring in the Leadership bonus, but... Yeah, it's a bit of a nuisance.  Aegis lasts as long per rank, and can be buffed by enchanting mods.  Defensive Anthem was a superb non-elite, but now it's a mediocre elite.  Still, one must keep in mind that you can't compare skills between professions.  It's been said, since the creation of elites, that elites are not always strictly better than anything, so much as they may allow you to do things a profession wouldn't normally be able to do.  Case in point, paragon doesn't block/evade things, and Defensive Anthem allows them to, and all without leaving Leadership, which is a rather good skill line.  I run it fairly often because I don't really like many of the other great non-elites that ended up becoming elite. Merengue 17:49, 24 September 2006 (CDT)
 * It does cost less than aegis factoring in leadership bonus, but you have to also consider the fact that paragon has 2 pips of regen(which is why we have leadership bonus).
 * Also, the new mesmer skill Mirror of Disenchantment might make Aegis less viable