Ranger new specialization : Bard with a new unique skill type, Songs.
Unlock Focus weapon. Focus skills are songs (the skills play songs when you use them) that buffs allies & applies conditions to the enemy.
And here I go with another one for a bard-ish elite spec.
Meet the Siren, a Mesmer Elite Specialization.
Shatters are replaced by anthems which can be toggled on and resolved. Only one anthem can be active at a time. Each clone and phantasm in the world increases the intensity of the anthem. Activating another anthem will resolve the current one and remove your clones and phantasms. A resolution counts as a shatter for affected traits.
Anthem of Discord: Pulse AoE damage every few seconds
-Resolve Discord: Apply AoE confusion
Anthem of Humility: Strip a boon from target every few seconds
-Resolve Humility: Daze target
Anthem of Life: Pulse AoE healing every few seconds
-Resolve Life: Large AoE Heal
Anthem of Purity: AoE condition cleanse every few seconds
-Resolve Purity: Apply Distortion
Weapon: Shortbow
Summoned Strings: Create illusionary stings transforming the shortbow into a musical instrument. Deals piercing damage.
Second Fiddle: Create a clone that plays summoned strings at target location.
-Musical Chairs: Switch places with summoned clone. Pull foes in a line between the two locations.
Crescendo: Channel a tune that absorbs attacks.
-Forte fortissimo: Release the absorbed damage into a sonic bolt. Applies bleeding.
Phantasmal Bard: Create a phantasm that deals AoE damage and copies your boons to nearby allies.
Sforzando: 0-300: Stun + heavy damage, 300-600: Daze + medium damage, 600-900: normal damage
Glyph of Harmony: Heal
Discord: Gain Might
Humility: Gain Retaliation
Life: Gain Regeneration
Purity: Gain Protection
Glyph of Ballads: Taunt target
Discord: AoE Bleeding
Humility: AoE Weakness
Life: AoE Chill
Purity: AoE Poison
Glyph of Echoes: Create a clone at your location
Discord: Increase condition damage to allies
Humility: Increase toughness to allies
Life: Increase healing power to allies
Purity: Increase boon duration of nearby allies
Glyph of Chants: Ground targeted Aoe Damage
Discord: Fire field – Pulses burning
Humility: Smoke field – Pulses blindness
Life: Water Field – Pulses healing
Purity: Light Field – Pulses vigor
Glyph of Melodies: Blink to target, Blast finisher
Discord: Damage target
Humility: Daze target
Life: Steal life
Purity: Steal a boon
Glyph of Symphonies: Refresh your anthems
Discord: Bonus damage for each anthem refreshed
Humility: Stability stack for each anthem refreshed
Life: Heal for each anthem refreshed
Purity: Lose a condition for each anthem refreshed
Traits
Minor Adept:
Vocalist – You can equip warhorns and gain access to siren glyphs. Your shatters become anthems.
Minor Master:
Energetic Entertainer – Resolving an anthem grants vigor.
Minor Grandmaster:
Chorus Unbound – Clone skills no longer require a target.
Major Adept:
Music maker – Shortbow skills recharge 20% faster and grant might.
Dazzler – Beginning an anthem applies AoE blind.
Dashing Dancer – Your movement speed is increased for each illusion in the world (11%)
Major Master:
Dreamer of Dreams – Glyphs recharge 20% faster.
Cacophony – Gain fury when you gain vigor.
Alluring Melodies – Taunt when you apply confusion (30 sec ICD)
Major Grandmaster:
Encore – Anthems are recharged a small amount for each illusion lost to resolution.
Send in the Clones – Instead of gaining intensity at your location, an anthem’s base effect is replicated at each illusion’s location.
The Show Must Go On – The passive effect of an anthem remains for a short time after resolution.
This was meant to hearken back to the the roots of mesmers as performers. I also want to see more of a sidegrade than an upgrade for the class. Anthems are still heavily dependent on clones but in a different way from shatters.
(edited by Valerian.6028)