Board |
Ideas.old [context] |
Sender |
SirLance |
Date |
Fri Jan 13 13:10:34 2012 |
To |
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Subject |
re Auras/Vodur |
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While I wouldn't oppose that, that would be a nice buff to controlling
spellups and I don't know if all that is warranted. Shielding just affects
shielding and I see no reason why you should be stuck using one type the
majority of the time. They really scream flexibility to me and they've
just never had that. Not only do you get to manipulate enemy vulns, but
also enemy damtypes as you can resist their damage a bit with the right
aura. Renewal and the natural duration of auras kind of get in the way
of this.
Heck, even if we made them last 3-5 ticks I think that'd be wonderful. It
is a spell you can cast in combat, so you don't have to worry about going
without an aura in longer fights.
Select Cancelation would of course be a solution, and a chance of a
random spell being knocked is worth the risk, but then you also get the
advantage of having Haste whenever you want (and don't want). I've not
used Haste on SirLance for years because I don't think it's worth getting in
the way of my regen per ticks, especially when using a Firebrand, and again,
working up renewals on a full spellup. Even with nearly maxed Slow, Haste is
very hard to knock off
knock off yourself*, and you also risk the change of not only knocking off
Haste but Slowing yourself too in one cast.
Frenzy is another one people would like to specifically target. Ahazus
after just a few levels should pretty much never want that. Mana
Shield could be flipped on and off more readily, and I think that is
a type of spell that also fits well in where you need to decide when
you turn it on and deal with how long it may be affecting you for.
This would also allow people to knock out important spells with 0-2
ticks remaining sooner, which would be nice for big groups. Gets
annoying waiting for everyone to be fully spelled (with enough duration;for a
big fight) because you get a domino effect--once you wait for
Member A's spells to wear, another one is almost surely needing to
wait a tick or two as well. While I'd be happy to have a way around
these nuisances personally, those nuisances have been a part of our
balance so to speak and I'm not sure we deserve all that.
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