I love the concept of banners buffing you in combat and i would love to use them more and see more players using them, but at the moment i think they are pretty bad in PVE because of how locked to one place you are when you use it, or you will end up carrying it but the auto attack is really not that good and the boons it gives are ok but not amazing.
So here is my suggestion, what if the banners were carried on the backs of warriors
(like a samurai banner) and could be changed when out of combat. The banner would still give its bonus to nearby people. Also there would be F2 ability to proc the banner to give you the Boons similar to what the banner normally gives:
Banner of Strength = 1 stack of might for 10 seconds (cooldown 15s)
Banner of Defense = Give Protection for 5 seconds (cooldown 30s)
Banner of Discipline = Fury for 10 seconds (cooldown 30s)
Banner of Tactics = Regeneration for 5 seconds (cooldown 30s)
Warbanner = When activated replaces current banner and applies constant might, swiftness and fury until the banner times out . The F2 ability will revive any downed players around you. (banner cooldown 240s)
The appearence of the banner on the back of warriors would be a small banner attached to a backpack like thing only for warriors
Traits: The Inspiring battle standard (regeneration to allies) would be a little overpowered trait for this so i thought to change it to this.
Intimidating battle standard
“When you use the Banner burst ability (f2) it applies weakness to foes around you.
Banner burst is 20% more effective to yourself (longer boon time)”
How do you feel about the way banners are in this game and do you like my suggestion to overhaul them. Thanks for reading.
(edited by Sef.6918)