Originally thought traits were different...
In fact, there are many changes like this though they are more General changes over specific ability changes.
I remember the thief having a trait that lets him blind nearby foes EVERYTIME he stealths, that may look wrong at first, but blinding a mass of people every 3 seconds on just blinding your target in a 1v1 will surely give you an advantage.
It doesn’t feel the same way as DIII did with the change of skills, but remember also how every single barbarians were exact clones in that game because some skills were shinier than others for X reason leaving other skills in the dust.
The runes were the same by the way, only some runes were good making people pick them over others that might seem useless.
I think that the trait system is very good, I’ve seen myself disappointed at first but managed to pick it up and I really like it now. Even though I see very specific trait that NEEDS to be picked up for survival in both PvP and PvE.
I suggest you open an internet builder or even log into the Mist to play with your favorite character and try to build different trait build. I promise you’ll see some very interesting trait and you will change your weapons accordingly.
I hope this helps.
even though those traits donĀ“t cause dramatic visible effects, the things you mention have a HUGE impact on character builds and individual playstyle.s Just look at the guardian condition possibilites e.g. You just cannot toss “x skills now cause y condition” aside as marginal as you do. Things like that are game changers in the hands of people who actually put a lot of thought into their builds.
There’s so much of the basic ability traits we have now that aren’t working right. I just don’t think they have the talent to get something more elaborate, make it work, and make it balanced. It would be difficult.
Necro wells can be traited for ground targeting, same as ranger traps.
And various additional effects like health stealing can be put on necro skills.
Necro wells can be traited for ground targeting, same as ranger traps.
And various additional effects like health stealing can be put on necro skills.
Targetable wells is what I figured all the traits would be like. VERY noticeable changes that allow you to play differently. Too bad most of them are VERY minor stat improvements that don’t change anything unless you’re staring at the combat log. Many don’t even work at all, no matter what the description says. Some you don’t even want or can’t use unless you play a VERY specific way. Bad synergy.
Most of my exp is with the Necro, which has FUBAR trees.
Well there is also the traitable pierce on Death Shroud Life Blast, and i think the Engineer Pistol 1 skill can be similarly traited to Pierce (as well as explosive engineer potions iirc). So there are some in there, but most seem to be percentage and condition fillers. Could be they found radical traits to be a pain to balance in time.