I stopped reading when you said that Diamond Skin will be passive.
On the most technical level, it does provide a passive benefit, but it requires active attention to use defensive cooldowns early and to watch your health so that it stays above 90%. This is why it’s different than something like Signet of Renewal which is basically an excuse to ignore one of your utility skill slots.
okay lets put it like this its a passive trait that requires active play happy now? read the rest please and don’t QQ about things we both know you knew how i meant it
Edit: changed the description
Your logic still doesn’t add up. In that “perfect moment” you outline, the player still has to be active in how they play since they have to be especially aware of physical attacks. They have to be active in watching their health to know exactly when that 90% threshold is broken.
I mean, if you think that this isn’t active enough play, let’s complain about flanking doing extra damage for rangers. I mean, sure they have to be aware of when they are to the side of their enemy, but they aren’t hitting any extra buttons! And what about Heartseeker. It gives extra bonus to low health players, so thieves have to watch enemy health and adjust what abilities they use accordingly, but they’re not hitting additional buttons!
The point here is that you’re getting caught up in thinking that active play has to involve pressing buttons, but in truth, active play is what makes players have to think and consider additional factors which drive the choice of their action. This is exactly what Diamond Skin does.
Your logic doesn’t add up. By your definition every passive ability is an active one. Healing Signet is active because if you don’t pay attention you will take more damage than it heals you for. Endure Pain is active because you have to try to avoid condition damage. Automated Response and Berserker Stance are active because you have to avoid direct damage. Hell, toughness is an active stat because you need play actively to avoid condition damage.
No, you’ve missed the point if that’s what you think. Healing signet is 100% passive because you don’t need to do anything but forget about healing with something like that. It doesn’t change the way you play. Signet renewal is the same way. There’s no change to the decisions you make with something like that.
The difference with Diamond Skin is that it requires you to play differently. Instead of waiting until you’re at low health to use a heal, you will want to use it early against a condi-heavy enemy. Against something like a thief, you’re better waiting until you’re at a low enough health where you won’t overheal.
When going against a condi-heavy enemy, you’ll also want to use dodges and defensive cooldowns early. Instead of dodging big bursty hits, you’ll want to dodge even medium hits while above 90% hp.
These are ways that the playstyle with this trait is more active than it is without it.
This is different from something like healing signet where you play the exact same way as you would with a normal heal, aside from not thinking about using a heal.
@ Sensotix: You’re bunkering up in a bunch of defensive rhetoric without listening to what I’m saying. I’m not saying Diamond Skin is balanced. I’m not saying it’s not overpowered or underpowered. If you’re arguing against me from that perspective, than we can probably stop here because you’re not even reading what I’m saying and are instead just getting upset that I’m disagreeing with you. If you want to check out the points I have made and address what I have said, feel free to, but don’t bother arguing against points I’m not making.
Keep rolling until it’s not Underwater pls.