@ Xaices & Avair - Skill Change Request

[Meldryn]

Originally Posted by ssri

I honestly think that stacking shield/bastion was not intended.

The way they changed is unacceptable though because DC resets for each mob when fighting multiple mob currentl, which means ac and block bonus resets after each mob.

They should fix DC to stay on when fighting multiple mobs.

ssri
<Phoenix Rising>
50 DK on woefeather

I agree. If it worked like bard forms where it progresses as long as you're in combat, that would be perfect. Perhaps not necessarily applying the debuff to every mob we're in combat with, but at least applying it as long as we have them targetted.

[velzevul]

Originally Posted by ssri

I honestly think that stacking shield/bastion was not intended.

The way they changed is unacceptable though because DC resets for each mob when fighting multiple mob currentl, which means ac and block bonus resets after each mob.

They should fix DC to stay on when fighting multiple mobs.

ssri
<Phoenix Rising>
50 DK on woefeather

I didn't imply advocating for stacking SoF/DB.

On the contrary, I believe it was their vision to have SoF/DB stay at the level it was casted at. But every time you recast it, it should reapply (REPLACE) current application, not blindly stack on top of it. That way DRK can be making a choice whether to replace his current buff because its timer is too low with a lower benefit buff on a new timer, or bank on a crit when DC is same/higher, or what not. That would present us with an intelligent combat decision to make. The current setup where you either have buff or you don't, and your control over buff's benefit is not with timing of your action, but rather with raising DC on the mob is.... strange.

That being said, yesterday I was with a 44-46lvl group on average in Rahz Inkur, and mobs there are hard to kill at our level, they are 4-6 dots 46 and up. SoF/DB came in useful because by the time a mob was at 60% I already had DC5 on it. So for long fights, SoF/DB is OK, I can live with it. At this point I would advocate higher benefit of this chain to offset the requirement to stupidly raise DC on every mob to get the benefit.

[ssri]

Ah didn't know you were saying that.

anyway, yes SoF/DB is OK right now.

Problem I have is having to freaking re-raise DC on every mob in multiple mob encounter. This is ridiculous, DC should stay on the adds instead of dropping when 1st target dies.

I want to know the logic behind having us re-raising DC on every mob.