Elite-Elemental Overcharge-Recharges all attunements*. 30sec cd
If that’s too weak, you can add a second effect (numbers subject to change)
Inflicts a condition on nearby foes for each attunement that is not affected by this skill.
Fire: 4 sec burning
Water: 3sec chill
Air: 6 sec weakness
Earth: 1.5sec immobolize
radius: 360
Another: Master level trait for the fire line- Putrid Flame- whenever you burn a foe, inflict an equal duration of poison.
or causes x seconds of poison when hitting a burning foe. But then it would need an internal cd that’s per target, or it’s be kind of weak.
From the first page:
Signet of Arcana
Elite Skill
Passive: Increase intelligence by X%. (faster attunement recharge rate)
Active: Instantly recharge all attunements, CD = (45)s, Instant Cast
It is the perfect use of a signet, and would be amazing to get an arcane signet as an elite. The recharge abilities loosens the necessity of taking arcane.
While the idea sounds good, I do not agree with it. Why have another skill do the same as another skill but for a different class. That certain skill would make the Mesmer class not so unique anymore. Its like giving the elementalists a “sheep” skill rather than moa or take the warrior’s one thousand strikes and give elementalists one thousand “lightning” strikes. Either way I do not like that form of skills. Everyone has the same skills they just look or do “one” thing different than the other.
An idea for an Elite Signet, as there currently isn’t one.
Signet of Intelligence
90s CD
Signet Passive: Grants 20% Intelligence, reducing Attunement recharge by 2 seconds.
Signet Active: Send out a shockwave, causing enemies to be Dazed.
Daze (2 sec): Unable to use skills.
Radius: 240
Edit: This would have to come with a cap of Intelligence at 60%. Attunement recharge at 8s too stronk!
For me, mechanically and aesthetically, core Ele is not up to scratch yet. The absolute dependence on switching elements continuously is a real negative – not that switching isn’t fun, more that there’s no other way to play that is the real shame.
Accordingly, I’d like to see more ways of playing Ele as the core design brief. Not just reducing the requirement for 15+ water & 20+ arcane, more something like a way to make fire & earth stronger at the cost of weaker air & water, or vice-versa.
This is one I’ve thought would be a lot of fun. Basically a new glyph of elementals, allowing for a larger pet build, and more geared toward condition builds than the other glyphs.
Glyph of Elemites
Summon four Elemites based on your attunement
Fire Elemite- Burning attack
Ice Elemite- Vulnerability attack
Air Elemite- Weakness attack
Earth Elemite – Bleeding attack
And of course, my suggestion I have made many times now to allow for more attunement, and less arcane base, builds.
All of the alacrity traits need to be moved to master traits, or the Minor Grandmaster trait, and then changed as follows.
Pyromancer’s Alacrity – All your fire weapon skills recharge 20% faster, your fire attunement’s cooldown is reduced per point invested in power. This does not stack with arcane tree reduction, maximum 7.5 second reduction.
Aeromancer’s Alacrity – All your air weapon skills recharge 20% faster, your air attunement’s cooldown is reduced per point invested in precision. This does not stack with arcane tree reduction, maximum 7.5 second reduction.
Geomancer’s Alacrity – All your earth weapon skills recharge 20% faster, your earth attunement’s cooldown is reduced per point invested in toughness. This does not stack with arcane tree reduction, maximum 7.5 second reduction.
Aquamancer’s Alacrity – All your water weapon skills recharge 20% faster, your water attunement’s cooldown is reduced per point invested in toughness. This does not stack with arcane tree reduction, maximum 7.5 second reduction.
And then the final touch to allow for more monocentric attunement builds, make Conjuration skills replace your current attunement, and count as spells of their appropriate element in all cases, allowing one to have more than one attunement of the same element.
