First off, I get the change, however the timing is terrible.
It offers counterplay now, yes, except the Warrior differs a lot from other professions on which this would fit more considering that Warrior is one of the few (or only) Profession(s) that actually gains boons in a “fair” way.
It needs to work for it, which is something generally accepted because it feels like you are actually actively playing the profession rather than playing the traits. In order to get boons that is.
Berserker Stance got changed now, but at the same time there has been considerable changes to Necromancer, giving it a lot more options to corrupt boons. You can actually go as far as saying that this change was a flat out buff to condi chill Reapers, which was probably not the initial thought behind it. Warrior struggles to get the boon uptime that others got, which would be fine if the immense power creep did not exist, but sadly it does.
Suggestion
What I personally think a fair change to the utility would be is converting a set amount of conditions on activation and when pulsing. This would mean that Necromancers are no longer capable of simply pressing #1 or #2 depending on the weapon and completely nullify a (costly) cooldown. Or rather, not as easily.
And speaking of which; Warrior could use more boon conversions. Mending is still terrible, and just a change to converting some conditions to boons would help it. Maybe not by a lot, but by far more than it’s current itteration.
What are your opinions about my suggestion? Discuss
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