Or additionally to #3, change it so that Backlash also burns the target for a small amount of magic damage second to account for the wasted moments in between waiting for the detonation that your damage cap has been met.

Khivas_Carrick wrote: »

1) Good god please.
2) No, it's already powerful enough in that it hits hard and can debuff the healing of a target. Instant cast would be a bit much since you can't exactly CC break a Maim.
3) I want to say no to this and instead propose a different change, in that once the damage cap has been met, the skill auto-detonates instead of having to wait it out, OR if you refresh it the previous one auto-detonates.

Dark Flare doesn't cause Maim, it adds Major Defile. It is so powerful that no one ever uses it, there is no point in using Dark Flare in PvP or PvE, it is a horrible, horrible skill the way it works now. It is too slow, it has a massive arc anyone can see coming, it doesn't hit hard enough for having over a second of cast time that can be interrupted, and it has no CC.

Consider Crystal Frags, a "similar" skill.. it hits harder than Dark Flare, is cast instantly, has no arc, flies faster and has a 2 second knockdown. Compared to Crystal Frags, Dark Flare is an abomination of a skill. Even newbies quickly find out how useless this skill is and scrap it from their bars.

Sorc's are all about burst with no sustain. In PVP until this is fixed Sorc's will always have the advantage because they can move about the battlefield using abilities that set themselves up for their burst. All you need to do is LOS them and keep shields up. There are ton's of video's out there showing how to kill Sorc's in PVP. Beefing up a kickass class like Templar isn't really the answer.

Crystal Frag's having their cast time removed, and their dmg increase reduced would be a better solution imo than these suggestions.