Long story short, percentage based health gain is absolutely bat shit, especially when it requires no casting tool. Yes, it has a cooldown, however it still should be looked into.
If you're adjacent to the priest who used this, you just gained back 36% of your health (If they're elf, add +SAN to that) with zero stat scaling involved whatsoever.
If this skill has to exist, can it at least bother to use some stat scaling with it? FAI/2 or something. If you get yourself 1000 hp, you can gain back 240 health without much of an issue, while a good FAI based LB can't even heal for that much on someone with high HP because it requires stat scaling in every other move in the game.
That, or make it a spell that can't be stolen because ho-boy is it a spell that really shouldn't be stolen.
Can Piercing blade make swords do pierce damage? Having access to this would make RPing Rapiers a lot easier to justify, I know there's Special Attack for swords but that won't apply to all of the hits.
I'd like to suggest something like a glancing blow, A hit that didn't fully connect.
Something like {cel/2] + [Def/3] = Glancing chance.
And [cel/3] + [def/2] = Glancing damage
Pure tanks and pure dodges would barely benefit from these new changes if approved, So that's one downside i can already see, But it's worth suggesting. Might make a good alternative middle ground if you don't want to go too deep into either though.
So dodge builds can trigger glancing more, Because they are light on their feet.
Tank builds will take less damage when they are glanced, Because of their better armor.
My thoughts for this primarily is to make mobs a bit harder.
Right now, I feel like they're a bit too weak at level 60.
Might make pvp interesting too.
Are basic weapon attacks ((all things that go through hit/crit check and skills that use it such as sidecut)) supposed to be doing...
( Sum of Scaling ) x1.5 + Weapon Power*2
Because right now the SWA on the weapon's stat screen can show say... 66. But if you do a basic attack, it does 72 (or 73).
On lower power weapons, this isn't so much of an issue, however with higher power weapons that are used for basic attacks (think 30 power here) it gets a bit extreme.
Cafe Artorias is a quaint little establishment located in the North Eastern area of Cellsvich, close by to the Ivory charge. Now one might think to wonder why another restaurant has located itself near the highly acclaimed establishment that is the Ivory Charge, and whilst it does seem like an unwise business decision, it is rather clear that Cafe Artorias and the Ivory Charge cater to completely different crowds.
For Instance, the Cafe itself, is just as it is advertised, a Cafe. Small, close knit, with a small number of wait staff and a variety of foods and drinks all priced at a very reasonable rate that allows for anyone of any status to enter and have a decent meal without worry. In a sense, the ease of entry and the welcoming atmosphere is both the cafe's strength and a rather unintentional curse. For whilst one can easily walk in with their friends and use it as a venue for conversation over a nice cup of coffee or two, this place, much like other popular public areas, can attract some rather strange and flamboyant characters. However this flaw is by no mean's the Cafe's fault but rather a product of the environment it is located in, for as many locals are aware, Cellsvich is a festering hotbed for the strange and perverse.
Service
Service, to say the least, was impeccable. The wait staff is generally friendly and food comes out in a timely and orderly fashion. I myself ordered a traditional brew of in Season Egwynian Chai and the man who was serving me not only knew what I was talking about, which is surprising in this land but was also able to faithfully prepare the concoction to a level that I could say outranked many brewers in my own homeland. This dedication to genuine service also extends to food items as well. A particular staff member, a man by the name of Kazimir, is so committed that he claims to be able to prepare any dish a customer can throw at him. So, as a joke, I asked if he could prepare me a deep sea giant squid, and the man went outside and caught me a deep sea giant squid. I was honestly amazed. Service like this is unprecedented. If anything, the service alone is reason enough to spend one's time and money in this establishment for it would be almost criminal to go to any other similar yet inferior establishments in the area. But we will get to Pink's Pub in a later review, for now, let us move onto what may be the most important part of this examination.
Food And Drink
Thankfully the taste of the food and drink were able to match up to the stellar service that Cafe Artorius already provides. The coffee that I mentioned earlier, for instance, was once again of a very high and delicious quality. At the same time, I have also ordered in the past a rather wide variety of teas and other drinks, all of which had been prepared to a faithful degree of care and preparation and all tasted adequate and worth the money spent. However, this cafe is not limited to a selection of drinks either. The Cafe also sells a wide variety of pastries and light food items, good enough to satiate a person's lunch break needs if so required. I personally prefer the pies myself. Rather small, quaint, and self-contained little things with a pie crust that is to die for. After all, so many places, such as Pink's, have no idea just how important a good pie crust is, so it was rather refreshing to see an establishment that knew what it was doing for once in regards to pies.
Conclusions
Honestly, when I first saw this place I was a bit skeptical over what I would be experiencing. Other local establishments had unfortunately managed to damage my trust in the ability for local business to provide a decent eating experience with professional service that felt genuine and homely. However, Cafe Artorius has renewed my hope in the local businesses of Cellsvich, with a combination of great service and good food and drink. I may have come here at first as a means of satiating my curiosity but I will be returning, later on, to satiate my hunger instead, and I recommend that many others do so as well.
So, I thought on how Reaver is sword master from DMC3 and 4 and figured "What if it got an attack that did a long string of badass comboing before flinging the target like in game.
Thoughts?"
EDIT: In hindsight this was a dumb suggestion. I guess from my lack of damage in my DH experience I was frustrated and concluded reaver just sucked. Which isn't like me to judge quickly. Probably was the hype.
Can Umbral icons be given some percentage of transparency when it's night time? It would help players notice the change more clearly, and, in my opinion, be an easy way to add flavor to the race.
Right now Soldier is mostly just.. auto-hit central. All of it's skills, bar shinken (the melee part), hanging (BK), Lead storm (DH [Desperado]), Wild Ride (DH [Desperado]), are all just... autohits. Literally every portion of it's kit makes it auto-hit central, and it's really only just for SPEAR/AXE/SWORD (with incise getting a small benefit for knifing a bitch).
I'd like to see Soldier, in the future, get some more... generic weapon attacks, and more support overall for each weapon type so that it isn't just 'meh'. The Tannite Militia is, what I'd assume Arbalest/Something... but despite being in the military, SOLDIER just doesn't fit for them at all unless they run demon hunter to just fucking fling their bow at their enemy like a god damn boomerang.
If there was a way to just swap out SPECIAL ATTACK 1 and give the skills as a passive of some sort to Soldier, that'd be a step in the right direction.
I don't exactly have any ideas of my own, but I know a number of lovely people who likely have their own ideas for making soldier less auto-hitty and adding a bit more cross-class benefits with it that isn't just straight up +stats because DH ur way 2 victory.
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