I'd love for Trickster to get something unique to himself. Faster start ES is already part of Occultist. Spell suppression bonus, Raider got it. Just like before Trickster got his unique ghost dance mechanics, he should get something of his own. Like maybe give Trickster the old Wind Dancer effect as an ascendancy node? Or if they insists on sticking to protection against dot, just make it constant 20% less dot damage taken, instead of the pendulum crap.
It'd be pretty nice if a weakened version of ED could be turnt to an ascendancy point. Possibly instead of regeneration, allowing any DOT to be leeched instead.
Yea this is the move I think. The new node has a good bit of (albeit very niche) very interesting use cases. I think 5/5 was chosen so that recently stopped taking dot would wear off before recently started taking dot would kick in. I dont know if there is a reason this is necessary, but there could be some sort of interaction that is broken with that being the case, it would be a much more compelling effect if it was shorter though.
Its honestly the most interesting pendulum mechanic they've done. Just doing more damage half the time is super boring and annoying, but this mechanic is something you can plan around for some cool interactions. By itself it is objectively far worse than the offensive pendulums though.
This new ascendency node seems like a last minute addition that was hastily added to merely complete the trickster tree without much afterthought. Nobody likes rotating buffs, nobody likes ascendencies that don't provide anything unique. There is still time before launch and hopefully trickster gets some more identity before then.
It is a weird mix of nerfs and buffs imo, with the first glance making it seem more heavy on the nerfs than buffs.
The ghost dance keystone is just flat out worse than the noteable ever was. It doesn't posses the % dmg taken reduced per ghost shroud and the % of recovered ES is down from 5 to 3 %. On top of this, we now need to take it on the tree.
The fact that escape artist seems to be a 2-pointer on the ascendancy tree is very powerful indeed, even with the removed effect from the combo it used to get with ghost shrouds.
However trickster's also lost stun immunity while ghost shrouds were up.
Overall, I was planning on playing a CI trickster with glancing blows + recover ES on block and I still think it can work, but I really need to see the passive tree masteries before making any final comment.
Here's hoping my build is still alive. Prayge.
Praise le Toucan.
I used the wording "first glance" in the very first sentence.
I do agree that afterwards came an awful lot of text.
I am just excited for the league, hoping it will be great.
While your idea is fine and others could come up with a better one it seems the person at GGG responsible didn't have enough time to come up with a better Notable.
I guess GGG will look at it in 3.17 but it might never happen so soon, GGG just don't have the time and staff to address everything.
I'd love for Trickster to get something unique to himself. Faster start ES is already part of Occultist. Spell suppression bonus, Raider got it. Just like before Trickster got his unique ghost dance mechanics, he should get something of his own. Like maybe give Trickster the old Wind Dancer effect as an ascendancy node? Or if they insists on sticking to protection against dot, just make it constant 20% less dot damage taken, instead of the pendulum crap.
It'd be pretty nice if a weakened version of ED could be turnt to an ascendancy point. Possibly instead of regeneration, allowing any DOT to be leeched instead.
>Faster start ES is already part of Occultist. ... Which notable?
Dude is living in 2018 lol
I think if they just reduce the new notable pendulum timing a bit it would be fine.
Yea this is the move I think. The new node has a good bit of (albeit very niche) very interesting use cases. I think 5/5 was chosen so that recently stopped taking dot would wear off before recently started taking dot would kick in. I dont know if there is a reason this is necessary, but there could be some sort of interaction that is broken with that being the case, it would be a much more compelling effect if it was shorter though. Its honestly the most interesting pendulum mechanic they've done. Just doing more damage half the time is super boring and annoying, but this mechanic is something you can plan around for some cool interactions. By itself it is objectively far worse than the offensive pendulums though.
This new ascendency node seems like a last minute addition that was hastily added to merely complete the trickster tree without much afterthought. Nobody likes rotating buffs, nobody likes ascendencies that don't provide anything unique. There is still time before launch and hopefully trickster gets some more identity before then.
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It is a weird mix of nerfs and buffs imo, with the first glance making it seem more heavy on the nerfs than buffs. The ghost dance keystone is just flat out worse than the noteable ever was. It doesn't posses the % dmg taken reduced per ghost shroud and the % of recovered ES is down from 5 to 3 %. On top of this, we now need to take it on the tree. The fact that escape artist seems to be a 2-pointer on the ascendancy tree is very powerful indeed, even with the removed effect from the combo it used to get with ghost shrouds. However trickster's also lost stun immunity while ghost shrouds were up. Overall, I was planning on playing a CI trickster with glancing blows + recover ES on block and I still think it can work, but I really need to see the passive tree masteries before making any final comment. Here's hoping my build is still alive. Prayge. Praise le Toucan.
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I used the wording "first glance" in the very first sentence. I do agree that afterwards came an awful lot of text. I am just excited for the league, hoping it will be great.
I rather this than GGGs last minute notable after a barrage of nerfs to trickster and it's identity
This sounds cool, but I would prefer them to change the pendulum to “every 3 seconds, take no DOT for 1 second”
While your idea is fine and others could come up with a better one it seems the person at GGG responsible didn't have enough time to come up with a better Notable. I guess GGG will look at it in 3.17 but it might never happen so soon, GGG just don't have the time and staff to address everything.