Mark Target (Nightblade skill) -- Remove the Need to Cast the Skill

MirandaSharp

GrumpyDuckling wrote: »

Suggested Change: When Mark Target is slotted on your skill bar, it automatically applies the mark to an enemy when you attack them. This would remove the need to cast Mark Target on the enemy before attacking them.

I'd rather have it work like relentless focus. You activate it and by attacking you build up a stack of penetration. You can choose to keep it active or you can release it for the health steal portion which would reset the stack.

erio

GrumpyDuckling wrote: »

Suggested Change: When Mark Target is slotted on your skill bar, it automatically applies the mark to an enemy when you attack them. This would remove the need to cast Mark Target on the enemy before attacking them.

Reasons to consider this change:

• Reaper's Mark got a heavy nerf with the change to Major Berserk. The requirement to defeat an enemy + the short duration of a nerfed Major Berserk + the heal scaling on max health + the breach debuff being limited to a single target makes Reaper's Mark a hard buy over a skill like Razor Caltrops that offers an AOE debuff and DOT. The suggested change to Mark Target would allow it to passively apply when you attack an enemy without the need to cast the skill, but at the cost of keeping the skill slotted the skill on your bar.
• Applying Piercing Mark to an enemy in PVP telegraphs to the enemy that they are about to get attacked. The suggested change would remove the telegraphed signal and apply the mark as the enemy gets attacked, allowing Nightblades to keep the element of surprise.

You cast an ability you get fracture, i see no problem. Yes applying a debuff to someone telegraphs you are going to attack someone. We cant just debuff everyone so we can oneshot them without them knowing