because there was unbroken winds perk on the weapon. why would it be other reasons huh giga brain

Why so many people talk about unbroken winds for this weapon? That perk is not even appear on the weapon lmao

It is not like as a IG/VG that i needed it...but damn i'll take it.

crazy how @Taras Borak is calling people crybabies when it was crybabies who wanted unbroken winds to be gone :D

@Taras Borak

This is just plain wrong.

"The goal of Artifacts is fun through engaging, alternative playstyles. This level of gear rarity is unique, so we want to throw a wrench into the current meta and make players feel overpowered without creating a major power imbalance. That means toning down “required” Artifacts while also improving underutilized or unenjoyable options. We greatly appreciate feedback on underpowered things. It is often harder to see what’s underpowered than overpowered."

Source: https://www.newworld.com/en-us/news/articles/behind-the-scenes-artifacts

Artifact were never meant to be suitable for all builds. They were made to support alternative playstyles as devs say. The balance of artifact can be questioned, but their purpose is very clear. Making them the "be-all, end-all" of every build they can be slapped on is not a good thing, and counters their whole purpose.

This kind of system already exists in other games (Mythics in ESO, Exotics in Destiny 2 and The Division 2) to balance garbage builds or simply add some QoL to them through unique effects.

Spike meta ?

cry babies, if you need unbroken winds, just put it like a third perk)

artifact should be suitable for all builds, not only for your useless unbroken winds

gj amazon team)

This is way better no exclusive skill perk. More flexibility, more build

We need wind chill back;(

rip unbroken winds :(

Rip my Alacritous Punishment plan :D

Well, first try, but I was shocked when I saw that they removed wc because off hand bots cried so much..

This artifact drops from Ice Troll in the mutated version of Glacial Tarn.

To unlock all the missing perks complete Artifact: The Frozen (IG has the wrong name in this quest).

I'm not agree will all these comment. Wind Chill is a good spell in PVE and PVP, For PVP it makes a lot of damage : 500 - 600 "dot" every 0.2 sec and push. when you have a melee against you its cool. my winrate 1v1 spear/SNS/GS/GA are positive with this spell.

For PVE if you are good optimised every 0.2 sec its 1k2-1k6 damage.

Chilling end is a good perk too because with ultimate chill you got 25% increase damage, and you add 15% here. I play with ice stom so my ennemies are allways rooted/frozen

refreshing moove, why not... I prefered ice attunement but if you play Ice gauntlet like me (1st weapon) its ok.

Lets see in game what it will be

Wind chill is a good skill/perk. This artifact is meant for fun and not meant for the (current) meta.

wind chill is very good in small scale/1v1s.

@jamuh acctually a good perk, add alacritous punishment and rip of bows/muskets/hatchets/ga/fs :D

who tf is using windchill,,

would love to know, why thwarting strikes isnt allowed for ig.. works on fs (meteor shower)/ vg ( 300con ), but not for wind chill/ig..

make unbroken winds an optional perk or else this kills build diversity

They should move out Unbroken Winds from fixed perks to optional perk bucket (alongside other IG weapon perks) and add something generally useful like Frost Attunement / Shirking Frost instead of it in fixed bucket. This way, people who want to play Wind Chill or Unbroken Winds can still get it via crafting and people who don't can get other fitting for them perk instead.

Goes hard with GA and VG, devs probably going to change the perk a non-weapon specific skill if the mod comments and support for change are anything to go by

Worst Artifact in game! Im an IG user and its so useless I have to now find another weapon to use. I like how bow gets 20% damage, a stun, and choice of weapon perk if desired. IG gets 15% damage sometimes and forced to take unbroken winds. I really hope they completely retool this artifact before it goes live.

How does “on both weapons” help? Frozen, chilled, root only last a couple seconds or less By the time you swap weapons its over.

Maybe give it a root on crit with like a 12s cd (ice spike could use another way to root). and let us pick a weapon perk if desired. Something / anything that an IG player can use!

ps. If they want to make Wind Chill viable don’t make it count as persistent damage. Make more like a blunderbuss shot with a blast of ice pellets. some pellets can crit. It can be used with lifesteal. And isn’t channeled. Etc. (Or at least add a knockdown to it. frontal aoe knockdown could be interesting)

It's good only if you know how to play with IG as a main weapon..

you made VG useless at all, because it has useless perks for support IG/VG
now u made IG with unbroken winds, 🤬 it)

Unbroken Winds

ARE U KIDDING?
developers so bad, dont play this game at all