Our first pass with this set was meant to grant a reward mechanism that was more impactful and less buggy than its current Damage over Time effect seen on the Live servers. We tried finding a bonus that was less generic and more interactive, with some build opportunities and synergy where you could use it passively on your back bar or dig in and carve through your foes on your front bar too. Unfortunately the first pass created situations where the reward incentivized you to often replace your existing skills with more Two Handed skills, rather than just help you use it as a front bar enabler.

In order to alleviate this, we’ve adjusted the bonus to be slightly more generic in its amplifications. This bonus continues to synergize with the ability that activates the bonus, as well as a vast majority of the Two Handed skill line itself – retaining your ability to go “all in” with build crafting, while opening up what skills you slot to diversify that build craft. With these adjustments we’ve also slightly lowered the bonus to make up for the fact that it can now enhance more damage sources and put a cap on the scaling to limit its scaling potential.