increase range for polar winds heal

KingShocker

right now the heal range is 8 meters but it feels like 4. I built a health stacked warden tanked, excited to try the polar wind heal. I thought it would be nice to have the ability to heal allies if the healer goes down or if I got a *** healer in a random queue. The problem is it almost never works. it's like you have to be clipped through the allied player while spamming polar wind three times just to get a single heal off on them. 16 meter would be great but i'd even settle for 12. why does the range have to be so short, it already costs a metric ton of magika for just a 10% heal and 2% HoT.

Lynx7386

I just went with the damage morph for more aoe aggro with elemental blockade, ice shards, and sub assault.

KingShocker

yeah, the damage morph seems to be the go-to morph. more the reason I think this polar wind could use a little love from zos

AverageJo3Gam3r

I just want the animation to not last two seconds.

KingShocker

I'll add that to the wish list.
-quicker animation time for the artic wind skill
-increased range of polar winds heal

NyassaV

Last thing a Warden needs is a buff

KingShocker

Hollery wrote: »

Last thing a Warden needs is a buff

it's supposed to be an instant skill so a quicker animation time seems hardly like a buff

and I'm not asking for the heal to be buffed, just it's range increased to make it a relevant morph.

I'm not sure where your agro towards wardens is coming from but I guarantee it isn't from polar winds abuse.

just be happy dive's are dodgeable next patch.

red_emu

I wish the damage morph scaled off the highest resource instead. No tank is gonna waste their time on a long animation and for DD or healer 200dmg tick is laughable

Lynx7386

The heal/initial effect is instant and the animation doesn't make it any slower, nor does it stop you from using another ability or attacking right away.

@red_emu
Tanks use the damage morph because it's another chance per second to proc chilled. I stack it with gripping shards and elemental blockade for that purpose.

Silver_Strider

Polar Winds suffers from too many drawbacks as is that they could make it 28m and still no one would use it. Average tank has, what, 35-45k health? That's a 4.5k heal to an ally, at best. My Enchanted Growth heals for that much, can heal more than 1 other person AND grants regen buffs to everyone healed. Budding Seed heals for 6k, costs almost half as much as Polar Wind and can again heal more than 1 target.

I honestly can't see it ever being useful as it currently is. Maybe, on top of the increased range, the health to an ally could be buffed to 15% or extent the 2% regen effect to them as well so that it might see the light of day.

KingShocker

@Silver_Strider I like the idea of adding the 2% heal duration effect to the healed ally.

I can do 60K health on my warden tank easily enough so the HoT tick would be 1200ish. Not much compared to other HOTs but could help proc healing sets like troll kings or earth gore on the ally.