05-12-2020, 12:21 AM
So, this isn't really a spell balance as opposed to a balance suggestion in general.
The changes to the Mana stat now giving 0.15% instead of 0.20% are good, however I feel nerfing one side of the coin(Mana / Agi) only buffs the other and with the way agility works currently there is actually no way where you can look at it statistically and be like, yeah they're balanced.
We all know, that the best way to view Crit Chance is to see it as a percentage AP increase by halfing it. This is common knowledge, just like viewing DR is better viewed as Effective Vitality Gain.
Essentially you have your two core stats; Vitality and Power scaled by the Support stats, however balancing them fairly is difficult in their current form. However, I think there's a better way to do it-- Although I'm sure certain people will not be a fan of it, I decided to at least spitball the idea. Hopefully this way, we'll be able to get the support stats in question balanced to one another, so that way we can deal with the biggest problems, which in my opinion are in the spell trees and mechanics themselves. Not the stats.
So my suggestion, is pretty simple. Just change the 'crit chance' to an AP increase, which mirrors the Damage reduction increases of Mana. That way, one can be used to boost your damage or your effective power and the other can be used to boost your effective vitality. Essentially making it far easier to build accordingly, there is less inconsistency, and overall I feel it'll be beneficial as a whole. The Flee/Pursue feature and everything doesn't need touching in this, I just feel this is a much more refined and direct way to view them and have them apply.
That way, there's very little complain about the stats and their bonuses, since they are literally mirrors amplifying different core stats. On another note, make your characters Damage Reduction apply to your vitality, similar to how Damage Boost applied. So people are capable of seeing and understanding their stats a little more.
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The changes to the Mana stat now giving 0.15% instead of 0.20% are good, however I feel nerfing one side of the coin(Mana / Agi) only buffs the other and with the way agility works currently there is actually no way where you can look at it statistically and be like, yeah they're balanced.
We all know, that the best way to view Crit Chance is to see it as a percentage AP increase by halfing it. This is common knowledge, just like viewing DR is better viewed as Effective Vitality Gain.
Essentially you have your two core stats; Vitality and Power scaled by the Support stats, however balancing them fairly is difficult in their current form. However, I think there's a better way to do it-- Although I'm sure certain people will not be a fan of it, I decided to at least spitball the idea. Hopefully this way, we'll be able to get the support stats in question balanced to one another, so that way we can deal with the biggest problems, which in my opinion are in the spell trees and mechanics themselves. Not the stats.
So my suggestion, is pretty simple. Just change the 'crit chance' to an AP increase, which mirrors the Damage reduction increases of Mana. That way, one can be used to boost your damage or your effective power and the other can be used to boost your effective vitality. Essentially making it far easier to build accordingly, there is less inconsistency, and overall I feel it'll be beneficial as a whole. The Flee/Pursue feature and everything doesn't need touching in this, I just feel this is a much more refined and direct way to view them and have them apply.
That way, there's very little complain about the stats and their bonuses, since they are literally mirrors amplifying different core stats. On another note, make your characters Damage Reduction apply to your vitality, similar to how Damage Boost applied. So people are capable of seeing and understanding their stats a little more.
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Dazzer