The One Ice Staff Change Missing from Pre-PTS Reveals

AverageJo3Gam3r · April 2018

Great changes proposed to make other tanks relevant. I love that ice staffs now count as 2 set pieces removing one of the obstacles to staff tanking. Now please make this change: Ice staff heavy attacks no longer taunt enemies. Elemental Susceptibility (morph of weakness to elements) now costs magicka, no longer gets refreshed on damage, but taunts the enemy for 15 seconds and grants you a shield for 10% of your max health.

Not giving it major fracture separates it from pierce armor (1hs taunt), and giving it a small shield fits the theme of ice staffs. Major fracture can still come from a stamblade, stamden, or stamDK in the group.

Lynx7386 · April 2018

No thank you. I'd be happy if they just made the heavy a 1 second cast instead of two. It isn't mean to be your primary or only taunt, if you want a magicka taunt use inner fire.

AverageJo3Gam3r · April 2018

@Lynx7386 Why are you opposed to making an irrelevant morph relevant? Inner fire has no benefits other than being a ranged taunt. The synergy is garbage.

Lynx7386 · April 2018

Because I like having a free ranged taunt, magicka return, and damage shield all rolled into one thing that I don't have to waste a bar slot on?

They said when they first implemented ice tanking that the heavy attack taunt was never meant to be a primary taunt at endgame - its a filler until you get inner fire, and after that a highly situational taunt that can be world into any skill set up.