Everything about this elite needs a rework. The good news is that it’s mostly a numbers issue, so we aren’t in the same boat as dragonhunter and tempest. The bad news, it’s a lot of numbers.
Starting with traits, the one real issue is modifiers. We need something that promotes more damage to burning enemies and to enemies with condi’s on the . Taking berserker (going to talk pve for now) we lose a lot of dps due to traits. For an elite that really is only for dps, this is awful. Almost everyone playing berserker will take strength and arms because they fit with the berserker role the most, although some people may still want phalanx strength, which should be in strength anyway. The grandmaster trait that increases burning duration is cool in theiry, but max burn duration isn’t hard to get. I’d much rather a damage multiplier, or both.
Sword may be in a good spot with sinister if we get the appropriate damage buffs.
Mace needs a buff. Mace seems like it may be our other option due to its primal skill, but it needs to be buffed either baseline, or with the same trait that buffs sword. I would suggest buffing all 1h weapons in one trait, or something along those lines. Mace can be fantastic, but it’s lack of speed make it inferior to axe, and it’s lack of condi inferior to sword. With a speed or damage buff, and it’s primal skill, it can be used well for hybrid set ups.
Moving along, the adrenaline itself. The f2 is in the worst spot but that is an easy fix. The f2 should have it’d own separate bar. I agree with how long it takes to get it ready, level 3 adrenaline, but that’s where it stops. After I use my f1 I should be able to go berserk and be ferocious. Instead I sit there and wonder if it’s even worth going berserk, will it be a dps loss, the attack speed bonus at 10 percent is barely visible. With chronomancer giving aoe quickness nonstop, and the revanent auto attack being stupidly strong, my little berserk mode feels like 15 seconds of changing my dye. Heck, death shroud, not reaper shroud, but death shroud feels 10x more dangerous than berserker.
Berserk mode should give usnfury, or increase crit chance. The ferocity trait is cool, but I kind of feel like that should be baseline in berserk. Our power should go up 300 points atleast, as well as condi damage.
Every burning attack needs higher duration. It’s almost impossible to stack any decent burning, on an elite based on burning.
The utilities are ok, but not great. Howevet, making it so they all do burning with the trait is genius. The problem is they burn less than a lighter. People would take then if they caused much more burning, or much higher damage.
The leap should be an aoe pull.
Headbutt I swore had a 10s cd in the poi, but 20 seconds is way too long. Atleast 15 to make it decent. Again, long cooldowns should be a no no. This spec was teased as the opposite of the reaper, but reaper seems to do everything better.
Back to the mace, can you consider adding some torment to the mace? Sword torch mace sword would work absolutely perfect. Revanent mace is a condi weapon and works perfectly in a hybrid build, ours should too. Torment on the 3rd hit, or confusion on the third hit would make mace completely viable. As it stands now, and I said before, it has no purpose.
Please change the primal cd to 10 seconds or less.
Also some kind of bloodless should be attached to the minor traits, or be berserker baseline. Our condi and power should Increase per enemy hit or killed for a short duration. Berserker should feel like it’s gaining momentum to kill more, not like a wimpy shout.
I have more suggestions but I don’t know if Robert has time to read this honestly. I still think he’s the best dev hands down, and Berserker is still my favorite elite.
. Ah who am I kidding….Us necros are never wanted .