Ability Rework Progress

[Tesq]

Any chance to change Orders/Auras to work like they're intended? Example:

-> PtA: Buffs Str/Int/etc(offensive stats) + debuffs Toughness -> offensive order
-> SS: Buffs Toughness + debuffs offensive stats
-> GYR: Stays as is

I could be more intricate and want Knights just to buff and Chosen just to debuff. Example:

Knight
-> PtA: Buff offensive stats
-> SS: Buffs Toughness
-> GYR: Buffs resistances
Chosen
-> Dreadful Fear(I think...): Debuffs Toughness
-> Corrupting Wrath: Debuffs offensive stats
-> Discordant Turbulence: Debuffs resists

But I will not req that. It's not reasonable, but it'd would add A METRIC TON of character to factions. I am just curious about the first example, so that PtA is actually an offensive order, SS defensive etc. Idk what Mythic wanted to say with "offensive" aura giving +offense while debuffing ofense(just...wut O.o )

God seems like as huge nerf to kobs and huge buff to chosen... I LIKE IT !!

[herrmarek]

Azarael, i dont imagine it, i played SM 4 days, last today i checked it, i focused on these strikes

[Azarael]

Not saying that you imagined it. Merely stating what I've seen from playing my own SM.

[Tesq]

well play t4 sm and t1 sm are completly different btw

[amputationsaw]

I think before all classes get fixed and balanced, they should be a big attention of some interface bugs to be worked on. I mean some little things who are making the gameplay more pleasant.
For example: buff tooltip indicator, falling down damage, buffs/debuffs of target unitframe, abilities in actionbars are switching and changing after logging in or joining a sc, gaining rr points in open rvr fights, raid unitframes in sc and teammate location on minimap

I don't know how big the current possibilies of the devs to fix bugs are. And of course I don't blame anything here. Just memtion some facts which I guess are important for the whole gameplay

[Tesq]

probaly after all these last fix party/wb ui is what would be look at, maybe fixing even stcuk targeting bug, lost of los bug, etc

[wots]

reguarding channels and los, memories are a little hazy but i do recall with certainty that the herder channel lots o arrers and its shadow warrior mirror ability would continue to damage reguardless of los. i experienced this from both sides of the equation, and it was fairly common for a herder/sw to use the ability if they saw an enemy trying to break los.

[Vizzie01]

reguarding channels and los, memories are a little hazy but i do recall with certainty that the herder channel lots o arrers and its shadow warrior mirror ability would continue to damage reguardless of los. i experienced this from both sides of the equation, and it was fairly common for a herder/sw to use the ability if they saw an enemy trying to break los.

Well.. Ive found an even more interesting thing about squigs.

Scenario:
1. select any single enemy
2. use Yer Bleedin!
3. immediately select another enemy
4. use Yer Bleedin!
5. immediately select next enemy and repeat
6. watch as previous enemies get their bleeding stacks refreshed and your squig sends multiple arrers
7. repeat into infinity in order to bleed 4-5-6 enemies at once

[Bozzax]

Just mirror DoK's and WP's prayers/covenants and be done with it. WP's prayers were pretty much useless anyway and much weaker than the covenants.

Please stop this mirror this and that. Mirroring things dumbs down the game and makes it less interesting as a whole. Looking at a single ability it may feel unbalanced but as whole WPs are probably the best healer in game.

[eisenhans]

Please stop this mirror this and that. Mirroring things dumbs down the game and makes it less interesting as a whole. Looking at a single ability it may feel unbalanced but as whole WPs are probably the best healer in game.

Better dumbed down and working than un-usable. Also, WP can't outheal big spikes, never could. WP was an AOE-heal machine. Just like DoK. They even mirrored the cleansing ability after some time on the officials severs. If anything, DoK is superior:
- Higher DPS
- Same heal output
- Working, useful Covenants

DPS cannot be fixed without hilarious amounts of work, so at least mirror the Covenants (or Prayers if you want to nerf DOK).