I remember Powerr saying not too long ago aura share eles were going to see much more play in the meta (that never happened), that he didn’t lose 1v1s, and so on… sorry mr. Tyler, it clearly shows how hyped you are, but color me openly pessimistic.
An additional dodge every 9 seconds, or PBAoE chill, bleed; or even new/improved runes… the only one that that significantly alters gameplay are Lyssa runes (shoosh! no perplexity here, thank you), others consist of passive stat increases or various random procs; I just can’t see how those could improve the game as a whole… unless:
- some of them are significantly altered (I’m not digging the new Runes of Strength just yet, it’s just more passive might stacking = more passive damage, just add to the runes something active like Lyssa’s, some desirable bonus that interacts directly with skills or actions the player does).
-significant balance changes are made (Dhuumfire change is a step in the right direction).
-more stat combos/new amulets (no Dire, thank you).
-something is done to balance the fact that you have condition users doing damage similar to direct damage users while having far superior defense.
-visual/reactive procs:
Example: Incendiary Powder changed to: Your next critical hit will make your next third attack of your #1 weapon skill (put here whatever weapon/utility skill you imagine would be better placed here) to inflict 4 seconds of burning to your foe.
With a nice very visible pop up animation over your head (or whatever, the thing is you should see it) and appear like a buff on the bar so I and my enemies can clearly see it and react upon it. It should proc on a CD based attack (a specific one) or on the AA itself but not on the fisrt hit so the chances to avoid it are greater and setting it up is harder. All procs should be something like this (you could even make it a 5stack buff, once the buff is gone, the burning procs… and so on), it should be something that pops up and makes me think: “nice! it poped up!, now I have to set it up well so it wont be avoided”; or in case I’m facing it: “oh crap, his burning proced and is coming soon, I should be ready to avoid it!”.
Counterplay like this is seriously lacking in this game.
P.D: Who came up with the Diamond Skin trait idea? What was the thought process behind it? In what way, shape or form did she/he (or you, or they) think this particular trait could(can) improve the Earth trait line, be worthy of being a grandmaster trait, increase Elementalist’s build diversity, provide interesting counter-play, shake the meta at all and more importantly, provide a fun and interesting game-play choise? … and Why? Just curious!
Thanks for reading.
