regarding Frost staff taunting

Lynx7386

So frost staffs are getting a taunt effect on heavy attacks to serve as a magicka tanking weapon. The developer comment on this is "so players can try using frost staffs for tanking at level 10".

Here's my problem with this: how often do current 1h/shield tanks use heavy attacks? Staff heavy attacks are significantly slower than that even.

A tank won't want to constantly have to stop blocking for several seconds to cast a heavy attack. 1h/shield taunts are instant and can be used while maintaining block.

Since so many ability skill lines are getting shuffled around already, why not just make inner fire the first ability in the undaunted skill line?

Lord_Eomer

Lynx7386 wrote: »

So frost staffs are getting a taunt effect on heavy attacks to serve as a magicka tanking weapon. The developer comment on this is "so players can try using frost staffs for tanking at level 10".

Here's my problem with this: how often do current 1h/shield tanks use heavy attacks? Staff heavy attacks are significantly slower than that even.

A tank won't want to constantly have to stop blocking for several seconds to cast a heavy attack. 1h/shield taunts are instant and can be used while maintaining block.

Since so many ability skill lines are getting shuffled around already, why not just make inner fire the first ability in the undaunted skill line?

Normal Dungeons will not kill you while doing heavy attack!

My issue is physical restistance debuff with frost tanking!

Anhedonie

That's the problem with frost staff tanking. They could even put taunt on another morph of elemental drain.
Dungeon boss will shove that staff up to tank's ass faster, than he'll be able to charge full heavy attack.

Kodrac

Wardens in training.

Zakor

Sounds good for me. Just change it with the (kinda useless imo) blood altar and it will be much better.

Turelus

I don't know why they didn't just make Destructive Touch taunt.

Lord_Eomer

Turelus wrote: »

I don't know why they didn't just make Destructive Touch taunt.

Inner rage is already range taunt available! Destructive touch taunt can only benfit if will also apply physical and spell resistance debuff like piercing armor!

Narvuntien

You can still use inner fire as well.

Lynx7386

Narvuntien wrote: »

You can still use inner fire as well.

I know,but good luck frost tanking your way to rank 3 undaunted with heavy attacks as your only taunt.

This is why they should have swapped inner fire and blood altar positions in the undaunted tree.

notimetocare

Lynx7386 wrote: »

Narvuntien wrote: »

You can still use inner fire as well.

I know,but good luck frost tanking your way to rank 3 undaunted with heavy attacks as your only taunt.

This is why they should have swapped inner fire and blood altar positions in the undaunted tree.

Pretty easy tbh with reg dungeon

Sugram22

seriously the taunt should be

A. Destro staf new skill.
B. New effect on Weakness to elements spell, but only with ice staff, then u have taunt & debuff at the same time

even ic its bad to put taunt on staff heavy attack, it needs to be skill or on skill & new effect on old skill

only staves i have used heavy attacks are restro & lightning

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