05-13-2003, 01:47 AM
Hail Kharohz,
Kind of boring, eh? I hope the other synergies are more interesting: every one only adds to damage! That's what I like about the Druid ones: one adds to Damage, another to AR/DR, and another to life... you add to what you need! Of cause, it's a little different there as most people don't realy care about AR/DR, and you don't need much of a life boost, and not everyone really cares about the damage... Anywho, the point is that the variety makes it interesting. I hope they are not all like this where everything just adds to damage. I bet Bone Armour.Wall/Prison merely add more life to each other - it'll be that predictable ;) I was kind of hoping for nice effects... I don't know... perhaps limit the piercing of Bone Spear, but as you add to Teeth, you pierce more times (once for every tooth you can throw :D ), and adding to Bone Spirit adds to the Damage of both; adding to them increases Bone Spirit range and speed.
Things like that would bring out new tactics... if they are all like that screenie, then nothing much will change at all; the only change that can bring about is an *increase* in Cookie Cutter builds. After all, the only way to balance it is to expect people to pump several skills so to get an `uber' Bone Spear (or, more likely, Spirit), which means that if you *don't* do it, you'll not have a strong enough weapon - alternatively, there could be no balancing factor, which would make this even more popular. Nah... synergies seemed initially interesting, but now I'm not excited about them.
Still looking forward to 1.10 though: I'm hoping there is a nice, new (and appropriate) two-handed axe waiting there for my Grand Matron :D
Kind of boring, eh? I hope the other synergies are more interesting: every one only adds to damage! That's what I like about the Druid ones: one adds to Damage, another to AR/DR, and another to life... you add to what you need! Of cause, it's a little different there as most people don't realy care about AR/DR, and you don't need much of a life boost, and not everyone really cares about the damage... Anywho, the point is that the variety makes it interesting. I hope they are not all like this where everything just adds to damage. I bet Bone Armour.Wall/Prison merely add more life to each other - it'll be that predictable ;) I was kind of hoping for nice effects... I don't know... perhaps limit the piercing of Bone Spear, but as you add to Teeth, you pierce more times (once for every tooth you can throw :D ), and adding to Bone Spirit adds to the Damage of both; adding to them increases Bone Spirit range and speed.
Things like that would bring out new tactics... if they are all like that screenie, then nothing much will change at all; the only change that can bring about is an *increase* in Cookie Cutter builds. After all, the only way to balance it is to expect people to pump several skills so to get an `uber' Bone Spear (or, more likely, Spirit), which means that if you *don't* do it, you'll not have a strong enough weapon - alternatively, there could be no balancing factor, which would make this even more popular. Nah... synergies seemed initially interesting, but now I'm not excited about them.
Still looking forward to 1.10 though: I'm hoping there is a nice, new (and appropriate) two-handed axe waiting there for my Grand Matron :D
May the wind pick up your heels and your sword strike true.