If that ability effect is only on hard cast then it's pretty lol and useless, unless they made it always instant cast.

They should just make it instant the hard cast does like 2k anyway.

CleymenZero wrote: »

ItsNotLiving wrote: »

They should just make it instant the hard cast does like 2k anyway.

Well that way, it would become an interesting spammable.

Honestly, make it insta cast, put its cost in-line with other spammables, adjust its damage so that, without a proc, it does less damage than other spammables without the proc and considerably more damage with the proc to keep its burst potential.

This must be considered thoroughly in case of such a change.
Reducing its damage below that of other spammables, would raise the question why one would use it over crushing shock then. Crystal shard has the same cost as crushing shock after its 10% cost debuff has been triggered. Yet Crushing Shock has more damage, chance for elemental effects and when talking maelstromg arena (as an example) a hefty magicka return when killing things with it. And let us not even compare it to elemental weapons. It would lose significantly in terms of DPS there.

So the only argument for crystal shard as an individually weaker spammable would stand and fall with what you replace that free slot with. Sorcerer does not have a lot of useful things to put there. It is a trifle, I would say.

WrathOfInnos wrote: »

It shouldn’t be weaker than other spammables. Just instant cast, with the same base damage as Swallow Soul, Elemental Weapon, Screaming Cliff Racer, Ricochet Skull etc. Technically the normal cast would be weaker than any of these because it wouldn’t have any of their morph effects (healing, status effects, bonus damage, cleave), but the higher damage proc every 4th cast would make up for that.

Now you're using logic, careful ;p