Massive Nerf to ranger DwS positive energy

[OverlordOfRats]

I do not mind a change to devotion for rangers, but this change is not a good change.

I did make a suggestion in the Official Ranger Enhancement thread. It is on page 11. Check it out and let the developer checking that thread know if you like it or make another suggestion yourself.

Let's see if we cannot get a response there.

[mezzorco]

1. Add 25 Devotion to each tree tier 1, this limits multi-classers as you can only have 6 trees in total and rangers don't have to invest much it its other 2 trees to grab it

or

2. Do the same thing as DWS in AA and Tempest just randomly shove in the devotion boost in random enhancements than make it so it only applies the highest boost (so if DWS is giving 20 devotion and tempest is granting 35 you'd be getting 35)

3. Add 10 devotion per core to DWS, tempest and AA. If you strictly focus on cores, you can get up to 130 devotion (30/30/20 split, it's unlikely). Normally a splashed ranger would get 60-90 devotion, no matter what tree is its main tree.

[JasonJi72]

The REAL problem is that there is not any easily attainable positive sp boost in the other classes. People should be wanting to splash Cleric instead of Ranger for a healing boost, instead of pure Clerics splashing one level of Ranger.

I am making a Druid archer, and this change may MURDER my build. Since I have been working on this character for the past two years, I do not know if I will be able to swallow this one.

The DEVS really messed up with not puting enough positive sp into the divine casting classes, and want to now take what option there was to fix their mistake?

Unforgivable, completely unforgivable!

And I am usually NOT the doomsayer, and have always tried to argue for the developers, because I am an optimist.

This change, however, absolutely sickens me.

[Maelodic]

... I get 90 Positive spell power from the tree. 20 for cap, 10 per each core, and then 20 from the Tier 1 enhancements. I feel it's a fair trade. Pure Rangers get more as they should. You can still get 30 for one level of ranger, but 75 for one level of Ranger was a bit unbalanced IMO.

[EllisDee37]

... I get 90 Positive spell power from the tree. 20 for cap, 10 per each core, and then 20 from the Tier 1 enhancements. I feel it's a fair trade. Pure Rangers get more as they should. You can still get 30 for one level of ranger, but 75 for one level of Ranger was a bit unbalanced IMO.

No they don't. Both Tempests and Arcane Archers lose devotion.

[BOgre]

What I find most interesting is that this change didn't make it into the prelim release notes on Lamma, and despite the uproar since then, it didn't make it into the official release notes on Live patch day. Why?