Showing Posts For Shadowwaka.1952:
Hey everyone! I was just kinda sitting around thinking about PvP balance and stuff (yeah, kinda sad, I know :P) and I had an idea : why not have a single thread where anyone can post what they think should be changed?
I also kind of have a love of collecting information and stuff like this, so it’d be a win / win for me if you all would use this, so yeah, feel free to type away, and have a good day!
Random note: If you’re feeling ambitious and wanna write why you’d want a certain change, that’d be awesome!
Giver’s Armor Revamp
**Note: While I realize that Giver’s Armor (Toughness, Healing Power, Boon Duration) is both FAR from being meta and a popular choice among players (in fact, it’s avoided like the plague) I nevertheless believe it’s only right that this armor be brought up to the new standards every other set was elevated to, as every set should be viable (though not necessarily optimal). That being said…
As it sits now, a FULL SET of Giver’s armor gives a character a meager +6% boon duration, each piece still only providing +1% alone. That means you’ve given up 299 points of an attribute bonus for that small +6% boon duration, and I feel the sacrifice/reward in this situation just pushes Giver’s further into the corner of obscurity, so I suggest a revamp.
As stated before, the armor’s “meh”-ness comes from the lackluster benefits sacrificing an entire attribute buff gives you, so a flat boon duration percent increase may help this sacrifice seem more worthy.
If each piece were to give a +5% buff to boon duration as opposed to +1%, a full set would give a much bigger +30% duration buff. This may seem rather substantial, but it wasn’t too long ago that traits gave some people this without any attribute sacrifice.
Also, if Anet is feeling in the giving mood (will show myself out shortly for that pun :P), they could even try any duration from 5% to 10%, as such a huge bonus would help further justify and even potentially promote using the set on boon focused support builds.
Flat buffs aren’t always the answer, so I wanted to create an alternative concept.
Rune of the Giver
1) Increases toughness (25)
2) Increases boon duration (10%)
3) Increases toughness (50)
4) Increases boon duration (10%)
5) Increases toughness (100)
6) Increases boon duration (10%). Boons you apply to yourself are applied to nearby allies (5 person cap) for half the duration.
In total, the rune set will give +30% boon duration to the player, while also sticking with the armor’s idea of being able to take some hits (the armor had toughness as its main stat, now carried over as stat bonuses).
I also give the 6th bonus the ability to share self-applied boons with allies, but for half the duration you’d receive. I feel this enforces the Giver’s concept of boon sharing while keeping the shared durations in check.
Comments are, of course, welcome
I like the idea that people are conceptualizing COMPLETELY new weapons for specializations. Unfortunately, I don’t think Anet will take that winning approach. It’s much o work for them to make many other sets of weapons for prof specs.
Like your ideas though, for what that’s worth.
Why thank you! Seriously, that means a lot to me
Here’s another skill concept I’ve thought up. It’s an alternate 5th skill that is a bit more unique than my original idea. I did increase the base damage a bit to compensate for the loss of the granted protection, but it (hopefully) isn’t too crazy.
Alternate 5th Skill
Symbol of Benediction (CD – 40 seconds, Combo Field: Light) – Slam your spear into the ground, creating a mystic symbol that damages foes and grants stability (2s per pulse, 4 pulses) to yourself and allies.
Attack Scaling:
Base Damage: 605 Damage Coefficient: .5
Radius: 180
Reading back over my original skill ideas, I realized I had completely neglected one of the Guardian’s core features: symbols, so I drafted up this idea. One key aspect of introducing new weapons is that the said weapon should introduce some new features to the class while playing in tune with the class’ core, and that’s what I was hoping this skill would do.
Playing to the Guardian’s group boon giving nature, this symbol also brings a boon to the table that no other symbol (at the moment) gives. I also felt that it would fit well with the polearm’s current capabilities, specifically the sweep, as it covers the opposite side of the control spectrum (preventing knockdown instead of doing it).
As always if you read something that you think is crazy, please point it out! Idea sharing is always appreciated.
If one takes the time to read the whole thing. One can see it has some very neat ideas, but the numbers might need to be tweaked.
Why thank you! I do have to admit, numbers and I don’t usually mix well, but I’m glad you liked it
le snip
Thanks for reading too
I’ve actually been thinking on what you said about a spirit oriented skill, as well as having skills with more potent effects, and here’s something I came up with.
New 2nd Skill Concept:
Ethereal Grasp (CD – 10 seconds) – Throw a spirit chain at the target foe, crippling them for 5 seconds. Also, the target foe is leashed to you (duration – 5 seconds), during which time they take damage.
Attack Scaling:
Base Damage: 197
Damage Coefficient – .6
Damage Over Time: 100
Damage Coefficient – .08 (Can occur up to 4 times)
Follow up skill:
Ethereal Charge – Jump at the leashed foe, dazing them (1 second) and blinding adjacent foes in a 200 radius for 3 seconds.
Attack Scaling:
Base Damage: 275
Damage Coefficient – .6
I wanted to have the spear retain its engage ability, but I also wanted it to be more than just a simple jump into the fray. I felt like the single target daze would allow for a stronger shock value, like you suggested, though I am hesitant to make it a full knockdown without further increasing the skill’s cooldown.
Also, by adding a damage over time with the ranged tether, I wanted to give the polearm a hybrid functionality, being capable of doing decent ranged damage along with its strong melee abilities.
I also kept the AOE blind when you hit the target, as this will help the spear give some nice crowd effects while staying true to the guardians core conditions (in this case, blind).
Again thanks for reading, and feel free to suggest more things
This is probably the one decent picture I have, and I love it
Attachments:
Mother of god, it’s a steam logo (albeit sideways). Half-Life 3 confirmed!
Attachments:
No one will give Dusk or any other precursor to you for free unless they’re braindead.
Hope this quote works, I’m a noob at forum stuff, but I know, I was just trying to use my bad sense of humor XD Anywho, thanks for the info, seems I have an epic Me vs. RNG battle coming up
:D I love Jormag’s Breath, it’s such a cool sword. Best investment ever. I feel it’s better looking then Bolt, but hey, personal opinion. It does light up the area while in your offhand btw
Oh, well that’s a bummer >_< Well thanks for the info
I do believe I have that trait, along with a decent amount of crit damage/chance, so damage is pretty good, like you said.
Hia forums. As a warrior, I use the good ’ole sword and board combo. Since the sword is supposed to do condition damage I decided to try to get in stats there. I have around 550(i think), is that any good?
Preemptive thanks -Mr. Generic Name
Hia forumers.
So a friend of mine has decided to try to get Twilight and, seeing how he has pretty much helped me way more then I’ve helped him, I’ve been trying to find a way to help. The problem is that he needs Dusk (of course), but he kinda lacks the money, which leads to the question : Does anyone have any pro-tips on raising money for this obscenely high priced weapon?
Pre-Thanks for the advice and stuff
I’m guilty of using signets, but I don’t use Greatswords. I’m trying out a build that gives precision and such when using a sword so I have good condition damage while getting some crits to increase normal damage. There is one trait that give +40 precision for each signet and another 10% chance when using a sword, so that with For Great Justice and/or On My Mark seems to be promising
Well I’ve played very much, but what set me back for awhile was The Lost Shores. Pretty much I nerd raged that I put in so much effort only to see someone else get something worth 300x what I got. After some time though, I realized life’s not fair and hates people named Shadowwaka Still kinda grinds my gears though, seeing how that would have gotten me some of that Cultural tier 3 I’ve been working towards
Well, at first I looked at 5 signet users as bad, but now I use them too. My reason is that I have a trait that gives me more precision for each signet, and pair that with some other precision/ critical hit chance buffs and my swords do a rather large amount of damage
Hia forums. My friend and I are trying to craft one of these swords, but the only problem we have run into is the recipe. Can someone please confirm that the 250 blades/20 glacial stone recipe even exists or if it is fake? Thank you in advance if you do.