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Better support for ranged DK mages
Armann
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Something that's bothering me is the lack of ranged mage support in DK skill trees, the upcoming change to Stonefist is nice for the support side of things, but Ardent Flame is lacking for a ranged pyromancer.
I suggest changing Searing Strike into a ranged firebolt spell and tweaks to one of the morphs. Being mostly DoT based we lack some burst options, my proposal is giving one of the morphs the ability to deliver the total DoT damage from the base ability as a single burst in the form of a delayed 3-4m AoE blast that scales depending on target HP. Not a true execute, but something that could scale upwards to like 30% extra damage on low health targets to be used in conjuction with Molten Armaments.
Since it makes most sense to have them both magicka based, Lava Whip should be given its stamina based morph to replace Unstable Flame.
I suggest changing Searing Strike into a ranged firebolt spell and tweaks to one of the morphs. Being mostly DoT based we lack some burst options, my proposal is giving one of the morphs the ability to deliver the total DoT damage from the base ability as a single burst in the form of a delayed 3-4m AoE blast that scales depending on target HP. Not a true execute, but something that could scale upwards to like 30% extra damage on low health targets to be used in conjuction with Molten Armaments.
Since it makes most sense to have them both magicka based, Lava Whip should be given its stamina based morph to replace Unstable Flame.
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✭✭Wouldn't that make the fire staff redundant? DK could then use a different weapon but still effectively have access to the staff's weapon skills too...
It's probably considerations like this that have put Spellcrafting on the back burner, along with issues of "balance".0 -
Armann✭✭✭I_killed_Vivec wrote: »Wouldn't that make the fire staff redundant? DK could then use a different weapon but still effectively have access to the staff's weapon skills too...
No not really, all the other classes support ranged dps options and executes combined with Resto staff for example take abilites like Mage's Fury, Crystal Shards, Sunfire, Solar Flare, Radiant Destruction, Strife, Cripple and Impale. Asking for one single Ardent Flame ability to support a ranged caster type is not asking for much.EU megaserver | XboxNord Nightblade | Ebonheart PactImperial Dragonknight | Ebonheart PactDunmer Sorcerer | Ebonheart PactDunmer Warden | Ebonheart PactOrc Necromancer | Daggerfall CovenantAltmer Templar | Aldmeri Dominion0 -
You can play with Destructive Reach, Force Pulse instead of Lava Whip and co, Eruption can be used from range. Mage guild scalding rune can be used ranged too. Molten Arments + Heavy Attack is an execute?
It's less dps than close up, but still not too bad. DKs are already the strongest Magicka DD.0