Stalking Blastbones: A Solution.

Skullstachio

Here is the solution, two actually, and both of them involve corpse consumption being a thing.

1. Summon a flaming skeleton from the ground after 2.5 seconds. The skeleton runs after the target and explodes when it gets close to them, dealing [x] Flame Damage to all enemies nearby. Activating Stalking Blastbones while a Blastbones corpse is present will reanimate the corpse, increasing its damage by 50%.
2. Summon a flaming skeleton from the ground after 2.5 seconds. The skeleton runs after the target and explodes when it gets close to them, dealing [x] Flame Damage to all enemies nearby. Consume a nearby corpse to reanimate a more powerful Soulfire Blastbones, increasing its damage by 25% and creating burning remnants at the point of impact that deal [y] flame damage to enemies within 6 meters every 1 second for 100% of the Blastbones remaining duration.

Solution 2 has the name change from Stalking Blastbones to Soulfire Blastbones.

Grianasteri

As I have said variously elsewhere, the entire skill needs a rework due to the ridiculous pathing issues. It still just stands about idle half the time.

dazee

Grianasteri wrote: »

As I have said variously elsewhere, the entire skill needs a rework due to the ridiculous pathing issues. It still just stands about idle half the time.

But it can't actually ponder life decisions since it was dead the whole time!

Ashamray

Never give ZOS ideas of what should be. Give them pain point only.

Magna_Chronos

Grianasteri wrote: »

As I have said variously elsewhere, the entire skill needs a rework due to the ridiculous pathing issues. It still just stands about idle half the time.

I agree! Although the 5.3.4 changes have improved, it still doesn't work perfectly.

Grianasteri

Magna_Chronos wrote: »

Grianasteri wrote: »

As I have said variously elsewhere, the entire skill needs a rework due to the ridiculous pathing issues. It still just stands about idle half the time.

I agree! Although the 5.3.4 changes have improved, it still doesn't work perfectly.

I tried to go back to my magcro recently, which aesthetically and play style wise, I really enjoy. But its just not usable. I went to carry out some parsing practice and the blastbones literally stands there doing nothing half the time. A parse is therefore not possible since the skill is totally integral to the damage output and corpse creation for other skills.

Transfer that into real world game play, no thanks. Funnily enough, earlier in its life I was having no where near the same issues as others were reporting. Now I am.

Hugely disappointing. But I do hear that a further update is coming, so fingers crossed.