I have never understood this. On top of making Scholar players angry because we're overwriting their shields, the whole thing just fundamentally doesn't make sense to me from a design perspective.
Design-wise, it's a simple compensation mechanism. Let's look at a good example of that:
With White Mage, you have the Blood Lily system. Since White Mage has to use GCDs for most of their heals, they're not doing damage while they're healing. If you use a lily heal, you get 1/3 of a Blood Lily. Blood Lily does 4 glares worth of damage. So, 4 GCDs to do 4 GCDs worth of damage. Simple, effective. Also leaves room for more skillful players to get more mileage out of it through using it during buff windows.
Toxikon, fundamentally, is a movement tool. And how do you get this movement tool? By casting a GCD shield. On top of Sage already being arguably the most mobile healer even without this ability, shielding is already instant cast. It's not like you're having to stop to commit to it. So why are we getting a movement tool as compensation for an action that is completely unrelated to movement? What is the philosophy behind this?
I think this really needs some changes. For the sanity of both Sage and Scholar mains everywhere.
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Design-wise, it's a simple compensation mechanism. Let's look at a good example of that:
With White Mage, you have the Blood Lily system. Since White Mage has to use GCDs for most of their heals, they're not doing damage while they're healing. If you use a lily heal, you get 1/3 of a Blood Lily. Blood Lily does 4 glares worth of damage. So, 4 GCDs to do 4 GCDs worth of damage. Simple, effective. Also leaves room for more skillful players to get more mileage out of it through using it during buff windows.
Toxikon, fundamentally, is a movement tool. And how do you get this movement tool? By casting a GCD shield. On top of Sage already being arguably the most mobile healer even without this ability, shielding is already instant cast. It's not like you're having to stop to commit to it. So why are we getting a movement tool as compensation for an action that is completely unrelated to movement? What is the philosophy behind this?
I think this really needs some changes. For the sanity of both Sage and Scholar mains everywhere.
Continue reading...