Feedback:User/Jette/Nerf Wail of Doom
Nerf Wail of Doom
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| User | Jette |
| Categories | Skill feedback → Necromancer → Other |
As per title. Wail of Doom is an amazingly overpowered skill that really should never have existed in the first place -- in essence, it removes any enemy from the game for 4 seconds at next to no cost and with a short recharge. Usually, if this skill is cast on a monk, one of the target's party members will die. The former version, which looked as follows:
10% 
10 
¼ 
15 
Elite spell. Target foe is interrupted. If that foe was attacking, all of that foe's skills are disabled for 8...18...20 seconds.
was sorely underused, but not necessarily underpowered -- it was the ultimate shutdown against assassins, and extremely annoying to anyone who used adrenaline as well.
My suggestion, therefore, is thus. Choose one:
- Revert Wail of Doom. The original skill, while not optimal, was more balanced than the current incarnation.
- Nerf the skill. This is only if you're certain the mechanic is valid and won't listen to anyone who says otherwise. I say it should work like a necromancer Power Block, doing the following:
20% 15 ¼ 20 Elite spell. If target foe is using a skill, that skill's attribute becomes zero for 0...8...10 seconds.
Since it only affects one attribute, it could be allowed to last a bit longer. The obvious response to this is "Power Block is better," which is true from a single-skill perspective, but it's important to remember that Necromancers have other utility skills (gimmicks) such as Foul Feast that give them a different role. I should point out this second option is half-assed, and you should really go for the first one. —Jette 
19:39, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
