So, this wasn’t my idea and I would credit who thought of it but… I dont know who they are. Lol anyway, the idea was that of a trait or a set of runes that make enemies standing in your wells take a % additional damage from all sources. Instant necro meta. If wells made enemies take say 20% more damage if they stand in them it would also add a lot to gameplay. If the damage bonus doesn’t stack you would need to choose to spread them over time or blow them all at once if you want to use them to heal. It would also make well of blood much better.
Since we now know they can make combo fields move, a reaper trait that changed wells to PBAE that travelled with us would have been great.
But beyond that, I’d be afraid of a static +XX% damage multiplier simply because Wells play too large a role in WvW already. It would just force Necros further into that niche and that’s certainly something we don’t want/need.
Other forms of utility could be justified though. Actual pulsing stab/protection/resistance to allies for example.
This might be a cool idea for a trait. If it was a runeset, I think mesmers would be taken after hot release. Stuff like this would really just be a bandaid on a lot of the weapons though. Necros have 2 finishers across all of their weapons, and dagger auto, life blast, warhorn 5, focus 4, and tainted shackles are the only weapon skills worth using in pve. IMO, the weapons an utilities need to be addressed before they throw in random gimmicks to make necros desirable.
Necros don’t have reflects, invulns, vigor, blocks,
extra dodges, real stability, mobility skills,
burst skills, sustain, or good support. GG ANET.
If they remove the ICD on Chilling Darkness, then if you also have Bitter Chill Well of Darkness applies 3 vuln every tick, and Putrid Mark applies 3 vuln per Well you blast.
So that’s all they really have to do to give us some more AoE damage amp. Just remove the ICD on Chilling Darkness.
But more on topic about the original idea… I think wells are already our best utilities in PvE. Have you tried the blood grandmaster trait Vampiric Rituals?
But more on topic about the original idea… I think wells are already our best utilities in PvE. Have you tried the blood grandmaster trait Vampiric Rituals?
I love that trait, I use it pretty much 100% of the time but it’s value isn’t seen in pve as much as it’s noticed in wvw and spvp. The damage boost would make people look at necro’s and think “ok, we have our ps warrior now we need our well necro”. Wouldn’t that be nice to hear for pve
First, it can’t be more than 10%. A 20% damage bonus would destroy WvW.
Second, it would be horrible as a rune set when you think about it. Making it a rune set would mean that only people wearing the runes get the bonus, so if you don’t have a special set of armor for just running with Necros/Chrono’s then it’s a waste. Its function would be that of a Scholar rune without the universal bonus.
Third, I love the idea as a trait but it needs balancing. My idea would be to separate Vampiric Rituals into two traits. The first would be Vampirism Wells + Protection in the Major Line to compete with Vampiric Presence (Selfish vs group healing) and move Banshee’s Wail to Spite. Then for the Grandmaster make it give 20% recharge bonus for Wells and 10% more damage to enemies in Wells. This would take away competition from Chrono’s for the PvE Well damage bonus.
Well of Suffering already does exactly this (yes for both Power and Condi builds). Shoot! GG. Otherwise, +20% damage to any enemy standing in a Well would be stupid broken OP.
Well of Suffering already does exactly this (yes for both Power and Condi builds). Shoot! GG. Otherwise, +20% damage to any enemy standing in a Well would be stupid broken OP.
Any Class can apply Vulnerability he wants something that only necros will have some KIND OF DUBUFF like in WOW that only Dark Knight could apply . Or How Guard symbol now work that buff dmg on enemies that are in symbols
but this will not help necros become meta …..as long as there are Elems with of Ice bow….
Warrior Power Crit Ferocity buff all all party Plus Banner res and might stacking + some of best DPS skills in game Hundreads blade
Then Thief in some dungeons is must have to skip useless trash Great DPS
Then mesmer Port And Projectile Reflect quickness kitten DPS unless 3 phantasm are up but In lvl 50 fractals they die to fast to be viable … so DPS is quite trash My necro will outrun mesmer easy the onyl problem is that Mesmer has good party support
Guard Reflects Might Boons and lot of them
Necro ? Raw DMG ? that isn’t even best in game ? Vampiric aura ? 60 Hp per hit ? While Elem with On dodge can heal for 2 k Or water field blast blast and all party 100% Hp
necro is one of worst classes in game ….I will reroll revenant and suggest this to every one
In a pve environment, and that detail is important, necro’s are Sooooo far behind in dps from the top classes and lack good group dps support. I don’t think they would buff necro damage but if necro’s had a way other than vuln to increase everyone’s dps by around 20% not only would we be taken but we would be sought after. Wells don’t last long enough to make it super OP but they last long enough to burn down a boss. I’m not sure on the implications it might have in pvp or wvw so let’s assume this is a pve exclusive thing.
A wells rune set is a pretty good idea, now that mesmers have wells too.
But bonus damage from a rune set is a nerf. If you have been paying attention, you’ll notice that 5% additional damage from runes will be met with a 5% nerf someplace else. (Cough, master of corruption, cough).
