Change Stonefist of DK

Winchester94

I'm opening this discussion because i really want to play a different playstile with my DK (full range). A really helpfull skills that can help is Stonefist, but as it is now it's not good enought for be a dps skill. My idea is to change stonefist and let it become similar to cristal fragment of sorcerers. That will really help my idea of playing different playstile with my DK.

redspecter23

I think it's by design that DK's don't have any real ranged skill. The skill which comes closest is the chain and that isn't really so much a ranged skill as it is a reverse gap closer. It's likely intentional that a DK fights up close. If there were to be a "weakness" to the class it would be a lack of ranged firepower. It's usually overlooked as a DK can just take destruction staff to make up for a lack of ranged firepower in the class skills.

One of the key defensive abilities of the class nullifies ranged attacks, further hammering out the design philosophy of anti range combatant.

driosketch

Winchester94 wrote: »

I'm opening this discussion because i really want to play a different playstile with my DK (full range). A really helpfull skills that can help is Stonefist, but as it is now it's not good enought for be a dps skill. My idea is to change stonefist and let it become similar to cristal fragment of sorcerers. That will really help my idea of playing different playstile with my DK.

The sorcerer skill has a cast delay. I like that stone fist can be used in quick succession to CC. I sneak up on enemy siege, floor 2-3 players there and set the siege on fire. To add DPS would mean it would need to lose something else to keep the skill balanced.

NordJitsu

If stone fist had a longer range it would need a cast time or a damage decrease to compensate.