A brief history of the problems with Eclipse (let's finally fix it)

tinythinker

OK, well, after trying a few things, the changes to Eclipse for the early PTS build of patch 2.30 have good intentions and an OK start but miss the mark. The problem with Eclipse has, from the very beginning, been about cost-benefit.

When it *only* worked on single-target spells and you could spam it on multiple targets in PvP, you still had to hope one of them was a magicka-based caster who you just caught off guard in mid-cast of a single-target spell. In PvE, many bosses were immune and why slot Eclipse on the off chance you might run into a single-target spell spamming trash mob? So people complained.

Changed were made that let you be healed for each reflected spell in one of the morphs (Total Dark), but, the same problems listed above still applied.

More changes were made so you couldn't spam it. Above listed problems became worse.

And now...?

Now, it works against all projectiles, spell or physical, but not all single-target spells. That sounds like a fair trade, but it isn't. Unlike other reflective abilities, it only works against a single target that you have to be aware of and that you must target via line-of-sight. Plus, people can Break Free with no penalty and gain crowd-control immunity. So, you could have it reflect every ability in the game, which would be OP for PvE, but in PvP it would still be a bust. Literally. Get it?

Sooo... as I've repeatedly suggested, please, whether Eclipse reflects single-target spells, or all projectiles, or abilities that begin with the letter R, add in a penalty for Breaking Free. Have the target take 2.5-3x the normal end of bubble damage so that there is a reason to not just Break Free and gain CC immunity. Make it a strategic decision, not an obvious and risk-free choice.

As for the changes to Unstable Core, I am rewriting this part a bit. After more testing it's more useful than I thought it was, for PvE at least, but the mobs often don't stay close enough for the AoE to hit each other. Taking time to tag multiple mobs is more work than just hitting them and killing them with other abilities. Maybe add something like a small snare, or a loss of some modest amount of magicka and stamina upon detonation, or a short stun upon detonation, or something.

Yolokin_Swagonborn

I would laugh so hard if eclipse reflects dragon leap now. Some DK leaps you, you cast eclipse on him, he bounces off you and flys into the sunset.

tinythinker

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

I would laugh so hard if eclipse reflects dragon leap now. Some DK leaps you, you cast eclipse on him, he bounces off you and flys into the sunset.

Oooooh, that would be awesome.