ArenaNet:Skill feedback/Mesmer/Ether Lord

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Ether Lord

<-- Skye Marin's --> Issue -- 04:40, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

Issue

Not really viable as energy denial, because of the "lose all energy clause". Net effect is stealing 9 energy above rank 12, which is not really viable. The hex could be stripped before then.

Suggestion

Remove energy loss. Scale from -2 to -3 degen.

How to fix this

Issue

"Lose All Energy" makes this skill completely obsolete.

Suggestion

Remove the "lose all energy". It gives energy degeneration of 1, and you gain 1...3...3 energy regeneration. This way it cannot be used efficiently to ruin energy for someone else, but it works well as energy management.

Desocupado's Issue -- (10:26, 27 November 2008 (GMT-3))

Issue

"Lose All Energy" makes this skill completely obsolete.

Suggestion

Hex Spell. You lose (10..7..5) Energy. For 10..16..17 seconds, target foe suffers -2 Energy degeneration, and you experience +(2..3..3) Energy regeneration.

5 2 10

This way it would be better to use it while in low energy to win against a enemy in the long run due to energy denial/regeneration.

Akirai's Issue

Issue

Never sees use. The effect is too weak to justify the hard to use requirements.

Suggestion

5e//2c//15r. Duration buff: 2..15..17 seconds.

It keeps being fairly hard to use (lose all energy, 2 second cast) but also becoming harder to remove and becoming a more important removal. Diversion, dshot and other disablement should keep this thing in check.