Iron Will Keystone?

Iron Grip and Blood Magic are both passive nodes and gems, are there plans to make Iron will into a passive node as well? I think that would be a good addition...

You could make it so it only boosts physical spell damage (EK, Bear Trap, Shockwave etc).

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dudiobugtron wrote:

You could make it so it only boosts physical spell damage (EK, Bear Trap, Shockwave etc).

Yes, let's give EK and Bear Trap a targeted buff. What could possibly go wrong?

And they are both so under-powered ...

Not a fan of this idea. Iron Grip isn't a proper keystone either - it's more of a beefed-up notable.

I agree. Physical and crit builds have very high dps. Magic builds can get some love sure.

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Vipermagi wrote:

Iron Will would just be a free damage bonus. There is no requirement besides a skill point. Either your skill plan takes you near it and you pick it up, or you just ignore it because it's not worth the points.

Point blank is a free 50% more multiplier, but nobody complains about it. Iron Will would make perfect sense.

Support.

While I know technically point blank has the downside of lower damage at further distances, this is only academic - in practice, almost every enemy in the game tries to get as close as possible as fast as possible so you almost always receive the bonus damage from it

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Vipermagi wrote:

Iron Will would just be a free damage bonus.

As well as Iron Grip. For a character, that uses bow/wand, Iron Grip is just a free damage boost. Sadly, when you have around 100-150 STR (enough for using most gems and armour), you get +20-30% increased physical damage bonus from Iron Grip, so it is barely worth 2 skillpoints, and is usually ignored.

For "general" caster, Iron Will gives just the same +20-30% spelldamage, it's worth no more than 3 skillspoints, so if players need to spend more that 2 skillspoints for it, they will ignore "iron will", generally.

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While I know technically point blank has the downside of lower damage at further distances, this is only academic - in practice, almost every enemy in the game tries to get as close as possible as fast as possible so you almost always receive the bonus damage from it

That isnt generally true. Some ranged attacks can hit enemies not even visible on screen. The "breakpoint" distance of 35 (when point blank gives 0 benefit) isnt so long, really.

It's all about your playstyle. I play ranged to keep enemies at distance, so i prefer NOT to take Point Blank. But some use ranged just to "counter" annoying desync and have larger AoE. For them, point blank provides a nice boost to damage.