Weekend Roccat Races, another 0.11.6 skill preview and Tabula Rasa shirt prototype

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sidtherat wrote:

this mine is.. (based on what we know now) CRAP

it is a mine - so no possibility to stack it, casting more than one makes no sense (what good is blinding a monster TWICE? they cast at your feet so no ability to cover large area without wasting dps time)

it is a melee buff that requires babysitting - casting AND detonating. it isnt as if melee players have nothing to do between effortlessly and risk-free killing mobs.. oops this is about sporkers

mines will get killed by any and all AOE skills so most probable MO will be - cast/detonate immediately (and die in the process because casting takes some time and can be interrupted.. etc)

meanwhile sporkers just throw lightning mines from safe distance risking nothing..

maybe make 'lightning mine' and 'smoke trap'? so risk/reward is for ONCE on the melee side?

and last but not least - blind (no matter how good it is) is an evasion based defense mechanism that relies on luck and as such works only when extremely stacked and backed up.

i'll try it ofc but somehow see it as another shot that is about to miss the target - make melee viable. just make melee skills grant temp reduced dmg taken! otherwise no matter how you boost survivability ranged will get the same bonus and melee will remain class for masochists/noobs/people with RMT gear

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Tertium_Quid wrote:

Indeed, it seems to apply blind and possibly a speed bonus of some sort, but it could also do chaos damage, as that smoke could be toxic.