Anyone else wish Dark Shade would summon two shades again?

Reinfarcements · October 2020

Honestly the skill was just so much cooler looking to me when it summoned two shades instead of one. Anyone else in favor of this coming back? Perhaps half the damage of each shade so the damage comes out the same.

What do you guys think?

Ryuvain · October 2020

Yeah, I liked double shade. Never got to use it because I leveled my blade too late and was dissapointed that it only summons 1 now.

universal_wrath · October 2020

They looked cool, but this new shade does more damage than the previous two together

exeeter702 · October 2020

The old 2 shades was cool when used with the hunt set which netted a nice stamina sustain for nb tanks back in the day.

Reinfarcements · October 2020

universal_wrath wrote: »

They looked cool, but this new shade does more damage than the previous two together

This is true which is why I'm thinking it would be cool if they kinda combined the old shades with the new one. So basically it still scales off of your highest offensive stats, still does AoE, but each shade does half the damage the current one does.

Basically if both shades are targeting the same enemy, it'll do the same damage it does now (just looks cooler), but if they go after different enemies it would spread the AoE damage around a bit more, which would be helpful.

Or they could have the shades always target the same enemy, whatever people prefer, I just want the two shades back. Really made this ability feel awesome.

Reinfarcements · October 2020

So is there any major reasons this couldn't be a reality? Hoping this really could make a comeback.

Reinfarcements · October 2020

Hoping to see an official response on the matter, at least that they are considering the idea. Seems to be favorable so far amongst us.

Zeromaz · October 2020

2 shades were cooler

Reinfarcements · October 2020

Zeromaz wrote: »

2 shades were cooler

Much cooler indeed and the more I think about it the more I think it would actually benefit the skill practically. Take half the damage of the current Dark Shade and give it to each the new two shades, still give them AoE capabilities, it would spread the damage around more all the while looking way cooler.

Reinfarcements · November 2020

I am a console player so I'm a little late here, but I didn't see anything about this in the PC patch so I'd like to bring this up again.

I have noticed an effort being made to improving class "fantasy" like with the changes to Stam DK and Stam Sorc. To me, this is right up that ally, and would absolutely make this part of Nightblade feel much better. Hoping this gets considered for the next update.

Daemonai · November 2020

Only all the time.

universal_wrath · November 2020

Reinfarcements wrote: »

So is there any major reasons this couldn't be a reality? Hoping this really could make a comeback.

Is zos a major reason?

Fennwitty · November 2020

To think of a reason against, wouldn't that have some impact on performance? Instead of one 'pet' now you have two and possibly with additional AOE checks going on.

And with the ranged morph, which one of the two would the user teleport to when reactivating?

GrumpyDuckling · November 2020

Getting two back would be cool. I'd also like the option to make the skill optionally toggle-able, so the shade could be up at all times in exchange for having to double-bar it.

Oreyn_Bearclaw · November 2020

Honestly, no. I use it on my Mageblade currently. I honestly only care about the tool tip. Less things on the screen the better if you ask me.