More Beams Likely

ViggyBoi · May 23

So how do you guys think that the devs are going to incorporate more beam attacks into the game, and which skills will end up being the sacrificial lambs to do so?

Templar for instance despite already having a beam, radiant destruction is an execute you can't use throughout an entire fight. Also, I'd imagine not every class beam will end up being a cone attack. Honestly would be kind of cool and funny if they went the orbital laser route and just had you aim with the screen reticle like with Arcanist but instead of projecting a beam outward you call one downward onto an area like you're aiming Spear Shards. As for which skill to replace, I don't think anyone would miss dark flare.

Soarora · May 23

Templar is the OG lower cpm build so I doubt they’d make a plar beam. They could make one morph of jabs an even longer channel but I would imagine that would not be popular.

I do wonder if they all will be conal/rectangular or perhaps warden and/or sorcerer will have a circular channel.

Avran_Sylt · May 23

I'd imagine Plar's would be a ground-targeted duration AoE that ramps up damage over time. Might be movable/modifyable utilizing other skills, might not be.

Sorcs would likely just be a touchup of Overload. (And ult-based), or if they're reworked into three elemental class trees, combing abilities/status effects and consuming negative (elemental) status effects to empower an AoE channeled ability.

Nightblade potentially either mirroring damage to targets adjacent to a "marked" target, or tagging targets and detonating based on tagged targets. Less beamy.

Warden perhaps able to summon a fetchfly/totem that could uniquely be "killed" by the warden (or enemies) while also having an ability that spreads fetcher infections when a unit killed by it dies. (AoE DoT).

Necro perhaps having some kind of aura of death that follows them, temporarily strengthened by deaths/corpses near them, passively costing resources and having active activations.

Who knows. Hope it isn't just: AoE Channel.

LunaFlora · May 23

i think one of the morphs of Radiant Destruction will be changed to a channeled area of effect like Fatecarver and Engulfing Dragonfire.

similarly for Nightblade's Path of Darkness and Warden's Swarm will likely get similar changes.

SilverIce58 · May 23

LunaFlora wrote: »

i think one of the morphs of Radiant Destruction will be changed to a channeled area of effect like Fatecarver and Engulfing Dragonfire.

similarly for Nightblade's Path of Darkness and Warden's Swarm will likely get similar changes.

Frost should get the spray tbh. Idk what skill theyd have to change to give it to us, but it'd be a nice addition to the kit. Maybe green balance will get the spray and it'll be a spray of pollen onto the enemy. Thatd be cool too.

LunaFlora · May 23

SilverIce58 wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

i think one of the morphs of Radiant Destruction will be changed to a channeled area of effect like Fatecarver and Engulfing Dragonfire.

similarly for Nightblade's Path of Darkness and Warden's Swarm will likely get similar changes.

Frost should get the spray tbh. Idk what skill theyd have to change to give it to us, but it'd be a nice addition to the kit. Maybe green balance will get the spray and it'll be a spray of pollen onto the enemy. Thatd be cool too.

Falcon Swiftness could get a morph that makes you flap the magic wings forward and deal Frost damage.

cannot think of any Winter's Embrace skills that could be reworked into a Fatecarverlike.

edited to add:
my hope for Falcon Swiftness is
- base skill pushes you forward instead of only applying Minor Expedition.
currently the morphs only differ in granting Minor Evasion or Berserk.
i hope they get changed to do more:
defense Morph: wings embrace you to give you a Damage Shield.
offense Morph: wings flap forward for a similar duration to Fatecarver, dealing Frost Damage.

i love skills with morphs that are for defense and offense so you are not simply choosing the morph based on how much damage it deals.
And in this case there would be synergy(?) with the Winter's Embrace skill line, hopefully the Animal Companions morphs that deal Magic damage get changed to deal Frost damage too.

SkaiFaith · May 23

SilverIce58 wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

i think one of the morphs of Radiant Destruction will be changed to a channeled area of effect like Fatecarver and Engulfing Dragonfire.

similarly for Nightblade's Path of Darkness and Warden's Swarm will likely get similar changes.

Frost should get the spray tbh. Idk what skill theyd have to change to give it to us, but it'd be a nice addition to the kit. Maybe green balance will get the spray and it'll be a spray of pollen onto the enemy. Thatd be cool too.

It would be OP against me and my allergy

Btw, I'd enjoy a beam-like on Warden, but I'd prefer they don't alter Polar Wind and Deep Fissure, my staples...

tsaescishoeshiner · May 23

I hope they add more channeled ranged attacks like shooting a stream of arrows or magic projectiles. Something like the werewolf channel would be cool for melee weapons, as well.

CatalinaWineMixer2 · May 24

We already have enough beams. A lot of people will argue "too many buttons". Remove light attack weaving. Problem solved. And stop ruining our characters with more beams. We have already endured 4 awful years of the Arcanist being everywhere.

LunaFlora · May 24

CatalinaWineMixer2 wrote: »

We already have enough beams. A lot of people will argue "too many buttons". Remove light attack weaving. Problem solved. And stop ruining our characters with more beams. We have already endured 4 awful years of the Arcanist being everywhere.

if all Classes get a skill refreshed to be similar to Fatevarver, you will see people use more than just Fatecarver.

Zodiarkslayer · May 24

I am all for new playstyles when the class refreshes hit. But "Spam Spam Beam" on every class is too much of the same.
A beam or a channel attack have to fit the theme of the class and I don't think Warden, Nightblade and Necro fall into that category.
However, I can easily imagine an Altmer sorcerer with a lightning beam and of course a Breton knight channeling holy light.

LootAllTheStuff · May 24

SilverIce58 wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

i think one of the morphs of Radiant Destruction will be changed to a channeled area of effect like Fatecarver and Engulfing Dragonfire.

similarly for Nightblade's Path of Darkness and Warden's Swarm will likely get similar changes.

Frost should get the spray tbh. Idk what skill theyd have to change to give it to us, but it'd be a nice addition to the kit. Maybe green balance will get the spray and it'll be a spray of pollen onto the enemy. Thatd be cool too.

Completely new character animations are almost certainly not in the cards, but a pollen attack triggering a sneezing fit that functioned as a CC would be hilarious to watch. (Less so if you were on the receiving end!)