Ro's blade, proposed change

Treiko · 05-20-2009, 06:13 PM

I don't know about others, but it is my feeling that Ro's Blade is... well.. lame. I honestly don't know why I bother to put it on anyone. It should be renamed Ro's Itch or Ro's Tickle... it has near 0 impact on a mob's health bar, and I seriously doubt it adds to anyone's overall DPS. To boost its usefulness, I propose the minuscule 300ish dot it does be changed into a noticeable DD proc. Obviously the proc rate would have to be lowered, but i would suggest still keeping it decent, something like 2-2.5 times per minute. Maybe make the damage between 1-2K heat damage. Another idea would be to have it do less damage but allow it to proc off any successful attack, spell or melee or ranged. I see some wizzies out there that cast it on themselves as it is, why not give them a reason to? This is of course just an idea to get the ball rolling, I may not feel this suggestion is OP but some might. Post your thoughts on this waste of a spell in its current form.

-Sig coming-

Azmoran · 05-20-2009, 06:41 PM

Meh, least it's more useful then Blip, Concussive and Peak Shift. =p

Perm · 05-20-2009, 06:55 PM

Blip triggers procs and casts fast and deaggro's. I use it on the reg.

Dispell Magic on the other hand...

Treiko · 05-20-2009, 07:03 PM

haha i had forgotten about dispell magic.. and mez... has to do with me never using either of those lol. if i wanted to mez i would play a chanter.. not that they usually mez these days :P

KKahn · 05-20-2009, 07:51 PM

I agree, Ro's Blade is useless. You don't see melee classes begging for it, that's for sure. It only does 53-64 dps, for 3 seconds. And there's only a *chance* that it will even do this, lol. It definitely needs to be beefed up. So, how do you propose such a change to the developers? I'm not familiar with all that dev. stuff.

Treiko · 05-20-2009, 07:57 PM

i figure if this gets enough support could put a link to this thread on eq2 official forums, and we would have to be persistant. could also maybe add in the idea of removing or replacing the mez line. I doubt any of us really use it, so removing it is really no loss. Just remember to keep ideas as positive as possible.

Lustrix · 05-20-2009, 08:33 PM

I agree that Ro's Blade could be more usefull. Increased damage, increased proc rate, make it castable on melee classes OUT SIDE OF YOUR GROUP in raids...

But Warlock melee buff > ours so.... ;P

stivan · 05-20-2009, 09:30 PM

We also have Velium Gift and Rays for utility... those pretty much own warlock utility. I think changing ro's blade to benefit us more would be a tad selfish imo.

Berrbe · 05-20-2009, 09:36 PM

Warlocks have shroud Also
But even then, it really is only decent on mobs with gnarly damage shields.

Treiko · 05-20-2009, 09:36 PM

i fail to see how making something worth using is selfish... also note if i was not clear, i personally would not care if it were simply removed.