ArenaNet:Skill feedback/Ranger/Dryder's Defenses

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Dryder's Defenses

Life Infusion's Issue -- 21:02, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

Issue

60 recharge is way too long for a solely defensive skill (this has no speed buff). Compare this to Natural Stride and Dark escape which allow avoiding damage altogether by getting away.

Suggestion

Reduce recharge to 30 (~1/3 uptime). I'd imagine it would make it more useful as protection from elemental damage.

Reduce elemental armor at the bottom end to make it roughly 25...40...60 (+34...55...60 armor means even at low rank it has immense strength) , since it is unlikely someone will be running higher than 12 wilderness survival anyway

Make it block only projectile attacks

"ends when hexed" (to fit with wilderness survival theme) [if it sees abuse]

Increase to 10 energy so it is more ranger-oriented [if it sees abuse on nonrangers, maybe]

PvE suggestion:

Make Dryders use it so that Barrage+ elemental damage are not as viable everywhere

Recharge time is too long

Issue

Recharge makes this obsolete.

Suggestion

Increase energy to 15, reduce recharge to 20. Reduce elemental armor buff slightly. This stance should end if you use a skill on another ally.

Frvwfr2's Issue -- 14:03, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Issue

Above

Suggestion

Half duration, make recharge 15. Good anti spike for monks, along w/ Natural Stride. Maybe a bit OPed.

eyekwah's Issue -- 16:41, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Issue

Above

Suggestion

Make recharge 30. Slightly lower duration. Ends if you cast a spell.

WeHeartKatamari's Issue

Issue

Above

Solution

10 ¾ 30

"Elite Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you run 25-33% faster and have +34...55...60 armor against elemental damage."

Stances don't have cast times... 66.75.136.251 00:54, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

3/4s cast for a stance? lol wut?

WUT WUT? stances don't have cast time, and even if that was non-elite I wouldn't bring it.

Recharge of 60

Issue

As above, nasty recharge (twice that of Lightning Reflexes which gives you a better secondary effect - rangers already have high elemental armour anyway.

Suggestion

Slash the recharge to 30 or even 20. Then maybe decrease armour bonus and block chance a bit and/or add a bit of a speed boost or whatever. A la:

5 25

Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you gain a 66% chance to block attacks and +20...48...55 armor against elemental damage. While near a foe, you also run 33% faster.

This would make it a good skill to use for kiting away from melee foes as well as blocking them while also giving you a massive armour bonus against elemental damage, making it an all-around good defence skill, but crucially it no longer suffers from the horrendous recharge. The armour bonus and block chance have been decreased a bit to prevent grief for people trying to harm someone using this, though (especially since it could be used to chase foes too - I mean, nobody wants more SWay abuse as a sorta non-elite Escape with an armour bonus).

Bathory's Issue 00:50, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Comments & Suggestions Here, Please

Issue

Large recharge for an effect that doesn't really help primary rangers, and is definantly not as powerful as Whirling Defense. Remodeling it to owrk more like Natural Strike would give it reason to be used more. The huge amount of armor is un-necessary and can be toned down a lot to fit the skill better. As Natural Stride has an IMS, it would still be more popular than this.

Suggestion

5 0 12

Stance. (1...7...8 seconds) You have 75% change to block and +24 armor against elemental damage. Ends if you are Hexed or Enchanted.