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I think revenant class mechanic is more like swaping legends, not staying in them. Mesmer isn’t good comparison – he has acces to all his F1-4 skills all the time, no matter what utility he chose (and yes, he can mix them). Revenant is kinda lock in very specific role per legend. It is more like specialisation with trade off, and when You use all your energy there is no difference which legend You invoked. This proposition change it.
Thik of it like this – after invoking legend revenant can feel his/her power through mists and that connection affect revenant somehow.
It adds some decision to gameplay – I am low on hp – do I want to stay in Shiro and try to finish off my opponent, or switch to Jalis/Ventari to heal/defense; and this also give ppl reason to stay in one legend in pve (which will propably happen anyway).
The Legends already dramatically change your utility
And that’s it! Ivoking legend is right now is just a button to swap right side of bar + 50 energy. With this change we can make it sth more.
wouldn’t be fair since the other professions have to trait when their core mechanics gets modified.
Reve mechanic is legends swaping look at Invocation line e.g. stun break on swap, fury on swap, etc.
Plus, core mechanics don’t have an ICD
Swaping legend has 10 cd.
Swaping ele atumnets – cd.
Guard virtues – cd.
etc.
Plus agrument “there isn’t kitten like that in game already” isn’t good. Think outside the box.
Would it be nice when You are attacking sth after invoking Shiro legend, which is now “beside” You, your offensive power is little higher?
Just quick idea:
Each currently invoked legend gives revenant sth small. (so only one effect at time)
E.g.:
Shiro: “+5% Dmg”
Jalis: “-5% Dmg taken” or “-10% Condition duration applied to you.”
Mallyx: “+10% condition duration:”
Glint: “+10% boon duration” or “You are healed for 150 hp each time You gain a boon / 3sec ICD”
Ventari: “50% chance on hit (or ‘50% chance when struck’ to be more in defensive theme): Remove a Condition from yourself / 15sec ICD” or “You are healed for 150 hp each time You gain a boon / 3sec ICD”
Just simple generic stuff, because then it will be usable in all game modes. Effect like “Shiro: Your first attack is unblockable / 15 sec ICD” looks nice, but it is near to useless in pve.
Roy Cronacher what You think about it?
Maybe You have some others examples to inspire devs?
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Yes, I know that DPS is aware that world is bigger than NA, and thank You for that.
I know when it starts – I put link at end of 1st post with simple tool that check what is your time zone and show time/date.
But look at latest post from A-net: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/this-week-on-the-ready-up-livestream-wvw-automatic-upgrades-and-dragonhunter-pvp-demo/
Again the same situation – “NA: stream will be at noon Pacific Time, EU: go figure out when stream will be.” Again middle finger.
Good practice looks like in this post: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-the-guild-wars-2-tournament-of-legends/
“Tournament of Legends Details
Dates: Saturday April 26-27 starting at 3pm CET (7am PDT) for Europe (…)”
Why this chaneged? Maybe someone from A-net will tell us.
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We know they will be a locked weapon profession, like Elementalist and Engineer.
I know, but unlike Ele on Engi, they don’t have attuments/conjures or kits, so e.g. Reve hammer will be almost dead weapon on dungeons/fractals because lack of cleave/aoe on auto attack. Swirling hammers around You won’t comensate that dmg loss (according to numbers seen on PoI).
Who knows, maybe They change thier mind…
ok, how does all engi and ele weapons cleave? I don’t play engi a lot so I’m not sure, but eles attacks usually don’t cleave except for lightning whip and fireball and chain lightning if you count it as a cleave
Who told that all attack cleave?
Engi has kits and bomb #1 hits 5 targets, nades #1 hits 2x (3x if traited) 5 targets. (and it is one of the reasons why engis complain about being forced to use kits)
Ele has 2 ranged weapons: staff and scepter.
From staff “dmg attunements”, fire and air #1, hit 3 targets (either by aoe hit around target, or by jumping to next targets). So it isn’t “cleave” by definition like Mike linked, but efect is the same – You can hit at least 3 targets, like (almost all) melee weapon. IMHO this compensate lack of abiility to swap to “cleave” weapon like other classes can.
From scepter only air #1 can hit more than one enemy, but they must be in line, so in reality it doesn’t work. That is one of the reasons why s/f (s/d) builds in pve use lighting hammer – conjured hammer can hit more that one enemy.
Ele fire autoattack on staff doesn’t cleave and that doesn’t stop an ele that sits in fire attunement from being top damage in dungeons.
But I agree that there needs to be a good amount of AoE on the weapon overall to ensure viability in groups, whether it’s from a cleaving autoattack or a low recharge, high damage AoE.
Yes, it doesn’t cleave in “cleave definition” (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Cleave), but it still hits 3 targets (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Fireball), so end efect is the same and that is what I am trying to ask developers.
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I know that probably some melee weapon will be the meta, but IMO it isn’t reason to make weapon, which you can’t swap, more subpar to “meta one”.
If now isn’t the best time to talk about it and avoid possible mistakes, then I don’t know when will it be.
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Yes, I know that, but during hit, he has only 3 conditions on him.
If wiki is correct:
Phantasmal Swordsman: Damage: 672 (1.925) = usualy hits for 3k-4k on medium armor.
Phantasmal Warlock: Damage: 438 (1.65) = should be less than iSwordman, but -30% from conditions it is 4,3k; so better than average iSwordman and is still far more then I expected.