Another guard balance theory

Another guard balance theory

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Posted by: casius van.5186

casius van.5186

So it’s late and a slow night at work so I thought “hey, lets throw some ideas at the wall and see what sticks.”

So I thought about traits and how we all complained about bad placement and worthless traits so my balance theory, was rearrange and change some traits at random see how they work. So I present to you the changes.

Zeal minor: zealous scepter is change to zealous strikes where attacks grant might for each justice passive proc.
Zeal major: zealous blades changed to zealous strength cd reduction applies to all two handers (hammer, greatsword, staff) and grants effects based on weapon; greatsword heals, hammer chill on crit, staff boon duration. No damage increase due to wider application of trait.
Zeal grandmaster: expeditious spirit remains largely the same except for the weapons have more health in addition to their previous effects. A interesting nugget was if the spirit weapons could combo off fields (hammer and greatsword blast, bow projectile) or create fields (shield light)

Radiance minor: Right hand Strength effects main hand weapons (mace, sword, scepter) for cd reduction and crit chance. Shaving crit chance down to 10% to compensate.
Radiance grandmaster: perfect inscriptions to again cleanse one condition on activate and grants a single stack of a single boon dependant on signet (bane might, judgement protection, mercy regen, resolve swiftness, wrath fury, courage stability).
Radiant retaliation increases damage dealt by retaliation by 50%.
Valor major: communal defences is moved to virtues line to replace glacial heart.
New trait called heart of valor introduced that will add 8s of swiftness and fury on a 10s icd.

Honor minor: invigorating bulwark applies to all blocks with the shifting of mace cd to right hand strength.
Honor major: to replace honorable staff we will have pure soul which converts one condition to a boon upon using a heal skill. It will have a icd of 35s.

Virtues major: communal defenses moved here to replace glacial heart.

Well thats all i came up with on a lazy saturday night at work and pardon the format doing this from phone.

(edited by casius van.5186)