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Symbols of Inspiration
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| Categories | Skill feedback → Mesmer → Fast Casting |
Current[edit]
Symbols of Inspiration
5 
1 
15 
Elite Skill. (1...25...31 seconds.) This skill becomes the Elite of target foe. Elite spells you cast use your Fast Casting attribute instead of their normal attributes.
Proposed[edit]
5 1 3 Elite Skill. Disables elite skill (1...13...16 second[s]). This skill becomes the Elite of target foe, at target foe's attribute level. (1...25...31 seconds.)
5 1 2 Elite Skill. Disables elite skill (1...6...7 second[s]). This skill becomes the Elite of target foe, at target foe's attribute level. (Fast Casting 8 = 11s, 9=12, 10+=13 seconds.)
Why[edit]
If this skill really wants to inspire players by using a foe's elite, the copied elite should use foe's rank instead of the user's Fast Casting rank because the sweet spot for Fast Casting is 7-9. Sure, the elite will be "ok" with 9, but who really wants to purposely gimp their elite? And that's not even taking into account that you are throwing what you'll get up into the air in the first place. Will there only be things available with a high energy cost or recharge? If so, that may be not be useful. And this isn't even the most friendly skill towards playing. Not everybody can pick up something in the middle of a fight and run with it like a pro. All of this combined is why I thought of new ideas.
1 I added the functionality of Signet of Humility to this skill because it is a risky elite and I like the idea of stealing an elite. The disabling would be a little more than the SoH on it's own. How could they code the rank though? Not sure, though I was thinking hard coding the foe's rank into the copied skill, but technically that would ignore weakness. I also reduced the recharge time because in short fights, there won't be enough time to use many ones, but this could help with that.
2 is a reduced duration of 1, I was thinking it would feel like a gumball or junk machine, you can try out more things faster.
