Adrenaline currently seems a bit boring (especially since my other classes are Ele and Mesmer.) You can do only one thing with it, and even then the choice between waiting for 3 bars vs. using it early seems a bit of a no-brainer.
One of the things I really like about Thief is how the initiative mechanic allows any skill to be used on demand. This is natural for me since I come from fighting games, Devil May Cry, Dark Souls etc where there’s no such thing as cooldown.
I’d like to extend this sort of gameplay to more classes in the game, and warrior seems like a good fit.
So here’s my idea:
This is an addtional mechanic to adrenaline, available to all warriors without requiring a trait:
A warrior can use a skill that’s currently on cooldown. It will consume one adrenaline bar.
This also works for dodge – a warrior can dodge when out of endurance, using up a bar of adrenaline.
If this is too OP (well, it is pretty OP), then we can make it more expensive and limited.
For example, rather than a single bar of adrenaline, it costs 3 bars.
Or, this counts as a “burst” ability, so you can only use it when your burst is off cooldown. Once you use it, the burst goes into cooldown.
Or, when you shortcut a skill like this, the cooldown is added to the remaining cooldown of the skill, so if you keep spamming one move via adrenaline, eventually that’s the only way you can use it, because the cumulative cooldown will be many minutes.
The most important thing is, I think this change will make the Warrior one of the most fun classes to play in the game. If this makes Warriors OP, then nerf some numbers to compensate until balanced, because the gameplay is more important than statistics.
Feel free to comment on my idea or suggest your own ideas for adrenaline.
