Would this change make "Perfect Scion" worth using?

TX12001rwb17_ESO

The Perfect Scion morph is notorious for being less then ideal compared to it's Swarming Scion counterpart, no weaknesses for 20 seconds which you will probably not even notice.

What if instead the Perfect Scion morph was identical to the base morph BUT it added a passive effect while slotted that makes it when the player Vampire feeds when already at stage 4 they will ascend to stage 5 for roughly 5-10 minutes losing all of their weaknesses regardless of what form they are in, unslotting the skill will simply remove the stage 5 buff.

Vaqual

Sounds like people would burn out trying micromanage the hell out of this. The direction of the idea is not horrible, but 5-10 min is an uncomfortable duration.

TX12001rwb17_ESO

Yay

Vaqual wrote: »

Sounds like people would burn out trying micromanage the hell out of this. The direction of the idea is not horrible, but 5-10 min is an uncomfortable duration.

I feel that would only be for balance purposes, the duration could of course be set to something longer, Perfect Scion is by all means a powerful ultimate, it only looks weak when compared to the alternative.

Vaqual

I get that, but considering that targets for feeding are not widely available everywhere, people would end up running around to refresh the buff every 5 minutes. So I think a permanent buff would be better, which would have to be weaker of course. Like: "While slotted on either bar, your penalities are reduced by one stage if you have enough ultimate to activate the ability (like the incap threshold for the stun)". Or something like that.
Undeath balancing is a separate topic I guess.

moo_2021

Nay

can't feed in combat so no

Shagreth

Yay

Best proposed change I've seen, problem is.. there's no combat feeding, though they could turn the spammable into some form of execute (but only when transformed into scion? Idk) I have always wanted something to make us feel like vampires more often (ww's have feeding on corpses) and that could be it, it's not only the performance that's lacking but the fantasy as well. @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_Kevin please consider this feedback.

JohnSanguinius

Personally I'd make it so that the scion ability gets a 5-10 second duration extension per every vampire health cost ability you cast or have Active + damage boost + CRIT chance boost for the blood for blood/arterial burst ability when perfect scion morph is active. It would also make using the sated fury ability a valid ability to use in normal gameplay since if you can manage the health cost ramp, you can remain in the form as long as you have that ability active.

It doesn't make the ult too overpowered but it gives tangible benefits for going for the perfect scion instead. Could also make it so it uses the claws more and you can absorb health with every heavy/light attack And buffs the existing CC skill too hypnosis.

I like transformation classes very much and would like it to feel like one instead of just a bigger model and a cool skin.

This change would validate the vampire lord set again because using it would be optimal to save on health cost for abilities and cost of vamp abilities in general.

Artim_X

Interesting idea. I personally just want the transformation gone on one of the morphs.