(edited by Iceflame.5024)
DS "redesign" suggestion
When you say
-F3 – DS ability skill set with a personal 10 second CD – weapon swap
-F4 – activate DS health bar with all the traited “on entering DS” effects – a 10 or 7(Near to death trait) CD
you are trying to separate the components of deathshroud into f3 and f4?
Hmm. I am fascinated by the idea, but wouldn’t it be better to just give us healing through deathshroud?
Something like this has been talked about before. I think most necros agreed, as did I. It seems the necro community in general is hungry for any positive changes.
I would mention that we do very much have sustain right now. It is just too difficult to get in many cases because it removes too much of other important things (usually damage), but it isn’t like it is nonexistent. I would also really prefer they give us self-healing through DS before something like this.
That said, I somewhat like your idea. The only problem I have with it is that you basically step all over the toes of Elementalists, which ANet isn’t likely to want to do, since every profession as of right now feels pretty unique. Not a bad idea though, I see it being much more likely as a specialization, since ANet seems to like the idea of doing some cross profession mixes there (our GS is going to be heavily based on Ranger’s I bet, seeing as Marj learned from a Ranger).
Hmm. I am fascinated by the idea, but wouldn’t it be better to just give us healing through deathshroud?
The idea is to make weapon skills and utilities available when using the DS health bar while also making the DS abilities available as a third weapon set outside of the DS health bar even without any life force(except for life blast). The sustain thing is just an example of what could be done this way. Currently you’re stuck in DS with it’s own weapon set and no utilities or you cannot use the DS abilities without life force and activating DS.
I do really love the idea of layering our Lifeforce while still having our normal weapons. It is a really good idea, and there are quite a few ways they could implement it.
This needs to stay on page 1.
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