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    Hey! If you're just tuning into this thread, there's an updated version of this pass located here. Go look at that before giving feedback! Thanks!

    For thread preservation, here's the original post that was here:

    Quote Originally Posted by The Original OP View Post
    Hey, everyone!

    SteelStar here to give you a first look at a pair of smaller revamps currently slated for Update 50! These two passes are quick sets of changes we did around other upcoming features we're working on, so while they may not be complete overhauls, we hope they add some interesting build options, and wanted to bring them to you ahead of the Lamannia previews! (The first of the two revamps, Shadar-kai, can be found here!)

    The second of these two previews is the Cleric Radiant Servant Enhancement Tree! The primary Healing tree for Clerics, it has a long history of bad bang-for-your-buck: Almost everything costs 2AP (meaning it costs close to 80AP just to max out the one tree), and some of the abilities are simply lackluster. Like we said above, these passes are fast, so while there are definitely other things we could improve in the future, we aimed for changes that were both fast and would help address the issues above. The usual warning applies: This is early preview content, and will likely change before it goes live!


    • Pacifism is gone from Core 2, and has been replaced with a Cure Moderate Wounds SLA: 4SP, 6 second cooldown.
      • Pacifism is an odd ability. While there are certainly builds that like and use it, the ability to toggle it on and off made it not really fitting for the flavor of the ability, and the tradeoffs for the power didn't really... matter much. And its position in Core 2 meant you had to take it, even if you didn't want it. We went through a few iterations of trying to make something of it before scrapping it outright. Radiant Servants should have a lot of new points to put elsewhere after this pass, and the resulting builds should be stronger even without Pacifism.

    • Radiant Servant (6th Core) now grants +4 Wisdom instead of the +2 it granted before.
      • Most of our Core Capstones now grant a total of +4 in ability scores, so this was just bringing it even.

    • Many enhancements in this tree now cost 1AP per Rank that used to cost 2AP per rank:
      • Divine Cleansing now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Mighty Turning now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Bliss now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Divine Healing now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Intense Healing now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Endless Turning now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Incredible Healing now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Positive Energy Aura now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Cure Focus now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Reactive Heal now costs 1AP per Rank

    • Extra Turning and Improved Turning are now combined in T2.
      • We did this in Knight of the Chalice a while back, glad to finally bring it here as well.

    • New T1: Divine Aid: +2% Positive Spell Critical Damage. 1AP.
    • New T3: Divine Aid: +2% Positive Spell Critical Damage. 1AP.
    • Disconnected the prerequisite chain of Divine Healing, Martyrdom, and Reactive Heal.
    • New T5: Raise Dead SLA. 15SP. 9 second cooldown. 1AP.
      • This is the same SLA that Beacon of Hope gets in T5, but we felt it was an important tool for Healing builds to have.

    • New T5: Radiance: Activate: All allies in the dungeon (regardless of distance) gain the effects of the Greater Restoration spell, and purges Paralysis, Stun, and Knockdown/Trip. This can be used while Crowd Controlled. (Activation Cost: 30 Spell Points. Cooldown: 1 minute.)
      • We wanted to give this tree something shiny in Tier 5, and a Get-the-party-out-of-a-jam button seemed like just the thing.


    That's the pass! Again, it won't solve all problems with Radiant Servant (or Clerics in general), but we hope that between the new skills and opening up a LOT of AP, Clerics will have some fun new options to play with. This is early, we're still tweaking numbers and playtesting internally, and you'll see it on Lamannia before it goes Live, but we wanted to show these off and see your thoughts! Let us know what you think!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steelstar View Post
    Hey, everyone!

    SteelStar here to give you a first look at a pair of smaller revamps currently slated for Update 50! These two passes are quick sets of changes we did around other upcoming features we're working on, so while they may not be complete overhauls, we hope they add some interesting build options, and wanted to bring them to you ahead of the Lamannia previews! (The first of the two revamps, Shadar-kai, can be found here!)

    The second of these two previews is the Cleric Radiant Servant Enhancement Tree! The primary Healing tree for Clerics, it has a long history of bad bang-for-your-buck: Almost everything costs 2AP (meaning it costs close to 80AP just to max out the one tree), and some of the abilities are simply lackluster. Like we said above, these passes are fast, so while there are definitely other things we could improve in the future, we aimed for changes that were both fast and would help address the issues above. The usual warning applies: This is early preview content, and will likely change before it goes live!


    • Pacifism is gone from Core 2, and has been replaced with a Cure Moderate Wounds SLA: 4SP, 6 second cooldown.
      • Pacifism is an odd ability. While there are certainly builds that like and use it, the ability to toggle it on and off made it not really fitting for the flavor of the ability, and the tradeoffs for the power didn't really... matter much. And its position in Core 2 meant you had to take it, even if you didn't want it. We went through a few iterations of trying to make something of it before scrapping it outright. Radiant Servants should have a lot of new points to put elsewhere after this pass, and the resulting builds should be stronger even without Pacifism.

    • Radiant Servant (6th Core) now grants +4 Wisdom instead of the +2 it granted before.
      • Most of our Core Capstones now grant a total of +4 in ability scores, so this was just bringing it even.

    • Many enhancements in this tree now cost 1AP per Rank that used to cost 2AP per rank:
      • Divine Cleansing now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Mighty Turning now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Bliss now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Divine Healing now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Intense Healing now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Endless Turning now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Incredible Healing now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Positive Energy Aura now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Cure Focus now costs 1AP per Rank
      • Reactive Heal now costs 1AP per Rank

    • Extra Turning and Improved Turning are now combined in T2.
      • We did this in Knight of the Chalice a while back, glad to finally bring it here as well.

    • New T1: Divine Aid: +2% Positive Spell Critical Damage. 1AP.
    • New T3: Divine Aid: +2% Positive Spell Critical Damage. 1AP.
    • Disconnected the prerequisite chain of Divine Healing, Martyrdom, and Reactive Heal.
    • New T5: Raise Dead SLA. 15SP. 9 second cooldown. 1AP.
      • This is the same SLA that Beacon of Hope gets in T5, but we felt it was an important tool for Healing builds to have.

    • New T5: Radiance: Activate: All allies in the dungeon (regardless of distance) gain the effects of the Greater Restoration spell, and purges Paralysis, Stun, and Knockdown/Trip. This can be used while Crowd Controlled. (Activation Cost: 30 Spell Points. Cooldown: 1 minute.)
      • We wanted to give this tree something shiny in Tier 5, and a Get-the-party-out-of-a-jam button seemed like just the thing.


    That's the pass! Again, it won't solve all problems with Radiant Servant (or Clerics in general), but we hope that between the new skills and opening up a LOT of AP, Clerics will have some fun new options to play with. This is early, we're still tweaking numbers and playtesting internally, and you'll see it on Lamannia before it goes Live, but we wanted to show these off and see your thoughts! Let us know what you think!
    I've been playing cleric for a long time. I want to address some changes and maybe get something's changed.

    How it stands, the tree is got a really nice revamp to an extent. We lost pacifism but in place we got +4% energy critical that's a net +1% gain - fine, but we still lost 25 positive spell power. Which is very unfortunate. Raise Dead SLA, not going to be helpful. Most clerics get all 3 and only 1 player dies in a dungeon at a time and that use would be true resurrection. I think a Resurrection SLA (even though it might be a bit powerful) would sit fine here, because it would be more used than the Raise Dead SLA. Last thing, please address the Positive Energy Shield situation, that needs to be removed or changed. Possibly do something revolving everytime you cast a positive energy spell, your target receives something for a peroid of seconds similar to beacon of hope, but we don't get wings like FvS do. I think it would be nice to provide a +20 healing amplification bonus for 30 seconds or so with a 10% chance on cast for a positive energy spell. That would definitely be nice and a better incentive than positive energy shield that makes absolutely no sense in context because everyone is usually full health so providing a bonus to healing amplification while the hit points remain (even though they're full) is practically a useless fifth core.

    Also, EDIT: For everything holy. Playing in healing domain provides 2 healing sla's that are both cure moderate. This seems redundant, asking if this could be redesigned. Referring to Core 2. Thanks.
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    This is a pretty awesome revamp. I've mained RS for a long time and the high costs were always quite restrictive, so it's nice to see some much needed cost reductions. Also thank you for disconnecting Reactive Heal. I never wanted to use Martyrdom so it was always felt like 4 points just for that one ability. Love the new CC breaker. Very shiny, very cool.

    Quote Originally Posted by Azoyhn View Post
    I've been playing cleric for a long time. I want to address some changes and maybe get something's changed.

    How it stands, the tree is got a really nice revamp to an extent. We lost pacifism but in place we got +4% energy critical that's a net +1% gain - fine, but we still lost 25 positive spell power. Which is very unfortunate. Raise Dead SLA, not going to be helpful. Most clerics get all 3 and only 1 player dies in a dungeon at a time and that use would be true resurrection. I think a Resurrection SLA (even though it might be a bit powerful) would sit fine here, because it would be more used than the Raise Dead SLA. Last thing, please address the Positive Energy Shield situation, that needs to be removed or changed. Possibly do something revolving everytime you cast a positive energy spell, your target receives something for a peroid of seconds similar to beacon of hope, but we don't get wings like FvS do. I think it would be nice to provide a +20 healing amplification bonus for 30 seconds or so with a 10% chance on cast for a positive energy spell. That would definitely be nice and a better incentive than positive energy shield that makes absolutely no sense in context because everyone is usually full health so providing a bonus to healing amplification while the hit points remain (even though they're full) is practically a useless fifth core.

    Also, EDIT: For everything holy. Playing in healing domain provides 2 healing sla's that are both cure moderate. This seems redundant, asking if this could be redesigned. Referring to Core 2. Thanks.
    The new Divine Aids grant +2/4% spell crit damage, not crit chance, so the +3% from Pacifism is lost. I use Pacifism only rarely, so personally I find this to be a good trade-off for aura use, but I do agree that the SLAs are a bit redundant, so I'd rather keep Pacifism instead of CMW.
    I don't think Positive Energy Shield should be lost. It's useful for self-healing in R10 and giving people just a little bit more HP to work with if they get hit by a plague reaper and Unyielding Sovereignty is on cooldown. If anything, the cooldown of Positive Energy Shield should be reduced.

    With all that said, I'm happy with the changes as stated. Looking forward to it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gregen View Post
    This is a pretty awesome revamp. I've mained RS for a long time and the high costs were always quite restrictive, so it's nice to see some much needed cost reductions. Also thank you for disconnecting Reactive Heal. I never wanted to use Martyrdom so it was always felt like 4 points just for that one ability. Love the new CC breaker. Very shiny, very cool.



    The new Divine Aids grant +2/4% spell crit damage, not crit chance, so the +3% from Pacifism is lost. I use Pacifism only rarely, so personally I find this to be a good trade-off for aura use, but I do agree that the SLAs are a bit redundant, so I'd rather keep Pacifism instead of CMW.
    I don't think Positive Energy Shield should be lost. It's useful for self-healing in R10 and giving people just a little bit more HP to work with if they get hit by a plague reaper and Unyielding Sovereignty is on cooldown. If anything, the cooldown of Positive Energy Shield should be reduced.

    With all that said, I'm happy with the changes as stated. Looking forward to it!
    For the love that is all holy by the spirit himself, Positive Energy Shield is a useless ability on anything but yourself. There's not enough downtime in dungeons for Positive Energy Shield to be exactly useful. I've talked to 4-5 people and everyone agrees this needs to be changed. It just doesn't fit a core that well, it's not strong enough for a fifth core (level 18) in my honest opinion. Also, the damage is new. I don't necessarily like, but alright - I guess. I missed that text. I saw Spell Critical and flushed it aside. We're down to 3% from 6% compared to FvS which gets 14%. Great.
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    So far good changes and I'm glad you continue to improve the different classes to make them all a good choice to play!

    But what I personally really miss is that clerics get a real regeneration ability similar to what bards get.
    Clerics get this basically with Divine Healing and Divine Vitality and this even before bards got that but unfortunately DV and DH are way too weak no matter how low the APs costs are.
    Therefore Divine Healing and Vitality need a real improvement in my opinion!
    You should change Divine Healing to a long-lasting regeneration effect similar to the Sustaining Song from the bard!
    The same for Divine Vitality (it is not mentioned here at all) it would be very nice if DV is also a long-lasting spell points regeneration like the Bard's Spell Song Vigor.
    The question for me is only if Divine Vitality and Divine Healing should stack with the bard song or not after such an improvement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Entyri View Post
    If you want want ideas for other shinies that might be interesting:
    Overheal: Every 10 hp you heal a target for over their maximum hp is converted to 1 temp hp. Once per target per 30 seconds, lasts 10? seconds.
    Mass freedom of movement.
    Deathpact but on an ally.
    Death Pact, but on an ally? Yes. Could replace the tier 5 raise dead with this action once per rest.

    Quote Originally Posted by Chacka_DDO View Post
    So far good changes and I'm glad you continue to improve the different classes to make them all a good choice to play!

    But what I personally really miss is that clerics get a real regeneration ability similar to what bards get.
    Clerics get this basically with Divine Healing and Divine Vitality and this even before bards got that but unfortunately DV and DH are way too weak no matter how low the APs costs are.
    Therefore Divine Healing and Vitality need a real improvement in my opinion!
    You should change Divine Healing to a long-lasting regeneration effect similar to the Sustaining Song from the bard!
    The same for Divine Vitality (it is not mentioned here at all) it would be very nice if DV is also a long-lasting spell points regeneration like the Bard's Spell Song Vigor.
    The question for me is only if Divine Vitality and Divine Healing should stack with the bard song or not after such an improvement.
    I agree, DH and DV should be improved. It would further make cleric unique vs Favored Soul.
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    Fun stuff!

    Radiance looks super cool, definitely excited for that.

    Im not exactly sure why raise dead is a must have in the t5. I dont spend ap on it on my fvs and wont sped it here either. By level 12 resurrection scrolls are available and there is no reason not to use resurrection (or true resurrection) simply because the extra health matters if someone takes a fireball to the face right after accepting.

    Ap cost reduction is also really nice.

    If you want want ideas for other shinies that might be interesting:
    Overheal: Every 10 hp you heal a target for over their maximum hp is converted to 1 temp hp. Once per target per 30 seconds, lasts 10? seconds.
    Mass freedom of movement.
    Deathpact but on an ally.
    A dot that heals a portion of missing health.

    Thank you for your hard work, have an excellent day.
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    It's nice to see RS clerics getting some much needed love.

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    unlinking some of the enhancements and making them cheaper is WAY more appealing.
    i never used any of them, due to the fact that you had to invest alot of points to get the one thing you wanted.
    the new t5 reads to be awesome. this is something unique and very useful to radiant!
    also the touch on 20th core and the removal of pacifism (its just pretty useless) are great news! for the people who did use pacifism you could just integrate it in the tree as a tier2 ability?
    thrilled to see this live
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    Hi,

    I like most of the changes

    I agree however with a lot of players that a raise dead SLA is something that I do not see as of any use. First of all, we have tons of clickies (eg. heroic shroud triple positive) that do just fine to raise someone. Second, for me, a SLA is something meant to spam, a bread and butter spell. If I have to spam raise dead something is awfully wrong!
    As such having it as a T5 is a wasted opportunity for something more unique or better. For example, like an ardor clicky to increase healing spellpower, or as others suggested Death Pact on ally or Mass Protection from Elements... anything that makes me use this ability actually more than once to warrant it.

    I also think there is another reason why people select this SLA on a FVS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SisAmethyst View Post
    Hi,

    I like most of the changes

    I agree however with a lot of players that a raise dead SLA is something that I do not see as of any use. First of all, we have tons of clickies (eg. heroic shroud triple positive) that do just fine to raise someone. Second, for me, a SLA is something meant to spam, a bread and butter spell. If I have to spam raise dead something is awfully wrong!
    As such having it as a T5 is a wasted opportunity for something more unique or better. For example, like an ardor clicky to increase healing spellpower, or as others suggested Death Pact on ally or Mass Protection from Elements... anything that makes me use this ability actually more than once to warrant it.

    I also think there is another reason why people select this SLA on a FVS.

    my 2 cents
    CLERIC multiclass benefits most from this. But Radiant needs something combat oriented imo and incorporating shield enhancements specifically for cleric maybe even with a deity to specialize in it was the way to go as a more Frontline medic role. Maybe incorporate things like...you can now use first aid kits to heal great damage without expending SP...cure diseases. Poisons etc.
    I mean think outside the box for more flavor. (For those splashing cleric the first aid kit thing would be a low tier survival enhancement that can be used even raged that could scale with level/heal skill and even self administered allowing possibility of +15 heal first aid kits to drop later for example)
    How about living Shrine...once per DUNGEON/Adventure..The Cleric becomes a living temple for all other members of the party which may treat the player as a shrine.
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    Steelstar,

    From a long time radiant servant ...

    CMW sla in core 2: while I like the idea that there are sometimes multiple ways to reach a similar goal, i.e. CMW sla ... This SLA should be placed if possible in the enhancements rather than core so that one can choose it if they aren't healing domain as well as not choose it if they are healing domain. Suggestion: Move divine cleansing into core 2 and place CMW sla into tier 2 while moving purge dark magics into tier 1.

    Pacifism: understanding the use of this spills into understanding a few mechanics underlying. For those uninitiated, it applies to whatever you "cast" while toggled and remains on that what is casted even after you toggle it off. Main point is that the loss of 3% crit chance is a nerf. Suggestion: place 1% crit chance into core 1 and core 2 to offset the loss sans the 25 positive spell power as you previously stated that RS may have way more positive SP comparatively.

    6th core: as someone suggested, make it a selector between +4 Wis or +4 Cha

    Enhancement AP reduction cost: Bravo! A long time desired for.

    Turning: Bravo again! Not only for combining improved and extra turning, but also for fixing the mighty turning aspect.

    Divine aid: Great addition for some additional crit damage.

    Disconnected some of tree requirements: good change and needed

    Radiance: nice new shiny, time will tell how it plays out.

    T5 Raise dead sla: change please. Suggestion(s): while I have many and a few were suggested already, my current favorite (I reserve the right to change my mind in the future ????) ... Your spells gain the Enlarge feat at no extra cost.

    You have stated that your changes are for a quick update only and I thank you for reading as the suggestions I have made hopefully fall within that category.
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    For those inquiring about a Close Wounds SLA. That is something I also hoped for a long time ago, but truly it would be so incredibly OP from a pure level 20 RS. The OPness is not only from a healing standpoint but from understanding how to chain together a few spells and abilities to Maximum effect.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SisAmethyst View Post
    Hi,

    I like most of the changes

    I agree however with a lot of players that a raise dead SLA is something that I do not see as of any use. First of all, we have tons of clickies (eg. heroic shroud triple positive) that do just fine to raise someone. Second, for me, a SLA is something meant to spam, a bread and butter spell. If I have to spam raise dead something is awfully wrong!
    As such having it as a T5 is a wasted opportunity for something more unique or better. For example, like an ardor clicky to increase healing spellpower, or as others suggested Death Pact on ally or Mass Protection from Elements... anything that makes me use this ability actually more than once to warrant it.

    I also think there is another reason why people select this SLA on a FVS.

    my 2 cents

    Hey,

    Totally agree with the global diagnostic and changes overall.
    I don't know if this kind of quick rework to make the tree almost up to date for a minimum workload is a good practice to keep. It should not be an excuse to never do the deepest changes. Taking it for what it is called, I find this is already significative improvements even if we could always think to better ideas.
    I just wonder about the terrible bliss and divine healing. I mean, these are totally garbage. Since it is the occasion to dust off the tree it should not stand in a "new" tree. If no idea to replace them within the given workload time I think at least a slight up would be relevant.
    Anyway, good work. It was highly expected!

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    Just gonna selectively address things things I dislike. Overall, this is great work Steel & Gang. You don't need headpat's and praise on what's right, (even if deserved,) though.

    Quote Originally Posted by Steelstar View Post
    • New T5: Raise Dead SLA. 15SP. 9 second cooldown. 1AP.
      • This is the same SLA that Beacon of Hope gets in T5, but we felt it was an important tool for Healing builds to have.
    Out of order, I know but this one's simpler. You got this wrong I think, and it's because of Why Bacon of hope get's this as an SLA, and that is due to how slot poor the FVS spellbook is.

    There are not enough compelling spells in the cleric spellbook to make this a T5, It either needs to be a stronger Form of res spell, or drop it's place in the grid to T4 or below.
    The people who would take this are offensive caster cleric's, and they are not gonna T5 in RaS anyway. It'll just eat a quickbar space for anyone else.

    What might sell as a T5 is a Spell point Discount when casting Raise/Res/True spells specifically to push them closer to SLA values, and it doesn't clutter up the quickbar. My clerics already has Raise, Res, True, and Raise/Res scrolls. Gimme a 10/20/30% discount on select spells as a passive, and it merits consideration at least.

    Quote Originally Posted by Steelstar View Post
    Hey, everyone!


    • Pacifism is gone from Core 2, and has been replaced with a Cure Moderate Wounds SLA: 4SP, 6 second cooldown.
      • Pacifism is an odd ability. While there are certainly builds that like and use it, the ability to toggle it on and off made it not really fitting for the flavor of the ability, and the tradeoffs for the power didn't really... matter much. And its position in Core 2 meant you had to take it, even if you didn't want it. We went through a few iterations of trying to make something of it before scrapping it outright. Radiant Servants should have a lot of new points to put elsewhere after this pass, and the resulting builds should be stronger even without Pacifism.
    Overhealing to temp HP. Tie that in as a thing that happens while pacifism is toggled on, and it begins to have some redeeming characteristics for it's Offensive losses. As others have commented, how many cure Mod SLA's can a man carry? Let me suggest Cure Mod mass, or Cure light mass, or something, Even if it's early compared to when it's in the spellbook, that's fine. It's a specialization perk at that point. Make it something that fit's the whole theme of Light & Healing, like light healing spread out. Hell, Steal a Mass vigor from a druids spellbook, that's fine, some not-typically-clerical-healing-mechanic's, make a thematic sense for the "Gifted" class at Sovereign Host High School.


    QoL:

    If there is one thing I will ge ton my knee's and beg you for as if your my clerics deity: In the name of all that is Holy.. Make Radiant Aura an actual aura not a 30s-2M clicky depending. I don't care if you Decrement my max turn undead value by 6/4/2 per rank. (they come back from endless turning anyway, so it's not like I run out.) I don't care if its 12/8/4 even.. Let it just be a fire and forget aura like.. Most of the ones in the game 'eh?
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    Fix Turning.

    Unfortunately in the current game once we hit epics we dump turning all together and just rely on spells like undeath to death.

    Would you look at making turning useful in epics, it is worthless after heroic levels.. this hasn't been addressed since epics became a thing.

    Don't forsake the gear basics "level appropriate turning gear." current stuff is outdated and sucks.. especially in epics. and is missing through many leveling ranges

    Change mighty Turning into a toggle. having it active invalidates turning vs warded undead, while not having it allows the warded mobs to still be stunned.


    "turning in epic sucks" ..please fix it.. it scales poorly..
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    This is a good enough revision -- not particularly flashy but it doesn't need to be, whereas the lowered AP costs will help towards build variety.

    Nice.

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    Radiant Servant is such a points-hog dreadful tree just the enhancement-cost-reduction alone deserves applause.

    *enthusiastically claps*

    New T5 Radiance... huh... I'd need to see how useful it is but... darn it, now I'm questioning my T5 choice on my cleric (currently Divine Disciple not that, that tree is fantastic or anything either).
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    Default Incentivize selflessness

    You could make clerics immortal, give them infinity mana, and the average gamer still wouldn’t play one, as it doesn’t make their *ahem* feel bigger than the next guy’s.

    The challenge here is a social one; you need to figure out a way to incentivize selflessness.

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    A few quick thoughts.

    Core
    Healing Domain - Currently for each point spent in this tree you get .5 universal spell power and 1 Positive Spell Power. I don't think I missed the adjustment. If you reduce the cost of a number of abilities in this tree, than we are going to lost both Universal and Positive Spell Power. So if you had spent 60 points and drop to 45 that is 7.5 Universal and 15 Positive Spell Power lost.

    Loss of Pacifism - Raid Clerics will probably bemoan this loss, as there was little opportunity in quests to use this toggle, but in raids it was useful. Mostly with Mass Cure X spells.

    Radiant Servant - Does the change effect the every fifth cast ability?

    Tier 1
    Divine Aid - For clarification this is critical chance for healing as well as damage? Wouldn't a 1/2/3 Ability work better? Archmage is 2 AP for 1%, while it is for a wider number of spell powers.

    Tier 2 -
    Combining Improved Turing and Extra Turning creates an issue for Not pure clerics. With so many things dependent on Cleric Turns pulling it out of Rank One may be an issue for those builds.

    Tier 3 -
    Where is Divine Aid going to fit in the tree. Improved Turning (T2) and Endless Turning (T4) are linked. You would have to unlink them to place a new ability in the tree.

    Tier 5
    Cure Focus doesn't have Ranks. I would Assume it should stay at 2 AP

    Raise Dead SLA is worthless for a pure cleric, but might have value for a cleric splash. I would rather see True Reincarnation or lower the SLA to Tier 4, maybe even Tier 3.

    Radiance - Sounds interesting, just not sure how often it will be used in practice.

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