IHeartPie
Halloweed
I think part of the problem with the current support skills is that they are too invisible. Yeah, you get a visual upgrade, and yeah, the buff icon appears, but it doesn't FEEL useful. More of a time-limited talent than a spell.
Suggestion for haste:
Change it to buffing an area. Imagine having a character setting up a base of operations for all characters to stand on that increases DPS. This facilitates teamwork and makes for some cool team-boss take down strategies. Since it's limited to an area [and should probably have low duration], you can make it so that the buff it gives is worthwhile [instead of the barely felt speed up it has now].
Quick cast -> Yourself Atk/Cast Speed Up [5s]
Bronze -> Yourself Atk/Cast/Movement Speed Up [5s] [Good for speed running]
Silver -> Small area [half of gigaslime for scale] Atk/Cast/Movement Speed Up [7s]
Gold -> Small area Atk/Cast/Movement Speed/Energy Recovery Up [7s]
Suggestion for protect:
Auto Perfect Guard. Instead of defense, which is something you shouldn't need at all if you're good at the game, you should make it a defense that's worthwhile defensively and offensively. Imagine casting this, letting a helloweed swipe you, then countering with an instant silver heroic slam. No more worrying about having to shield and time right, just maximize dps. Pros can use this to rush certain rooms, noobs can use this until they master perfect guard. Caveat being that it only works on attacks from the front, obviously.
Quick cast -> Yourself Perfect Guard next attack [3s] - No bonus
Bronze -> Yourself Perfect Guard next attack [3s] - Crit/Silver Charge bonus
Silver -> Small area Perfect Guard next 2 attack [5s] - Crit/Silver Charge bonus
Gold -> Create a small Sanctuary that Perfect Guards up to 10 attacks going towards it - No bonus
PS. I added small bonuses to Silver because I don't want people playing single player to be like: "Oh, there's no point in me silver charging because I don't need AoE."
Suggestion for haste:
Change it to buffing an area. Imagine having a character setting up a base of operations for all characters to stand on that increases DPS. This facilitates teamwork and makes for some cool team-boss take down strategies. Since it's limited to an area [and should probably have low duration], you can make it so that the buff it gives is worthwhile [instead of the barely felt speed up it has now].
Quick cast -> Yourself Atk/Cast Speed Up [5s]
Bronze -> Yourself Atk/Cast/Movement Speed Up [5s] [Good for speed running]
Silver -> Small area [half of gigaslime for scale] Atk/Cast/Movement Speed Up [7s]
Gold -> Small area Atk/Cast/Movement Speed/Energy Recovery Up [7s]
Suggestion for protect:
Auto Perfect Guard. Instead of defense, which is something you shouldn't need at all if you're good at the game, you should make it a defense that's worthwhile defensively and offensively. Imagine casting this, letting a helloweed swipe you, then countering with an instant silver heroic slam. No more worrying about having to shield and time right, just maximize dps. Pros can use this to rush certain rooms, noobs can use this until they master perfect guard. Caveat being that it only works on attacks from the front, obviously.
Quick cast -> Yourself Perfect Guard next attack [3s] - No bonus
Bronze -> Yourself Perfect Guard next attack [3s] - Crit/Silver Charge bonus
Silver -> Small area Perfect Guard next 2 attack [5s] - Crit/Silver Charge bonus
Gold -> Create a small Sanctuary that Perfect Guards up to 10 attacks going towards it - No bonus
PS. I added small bonuses to Silver because I don't want people playing single player to be like: "Oh, there's no point in me silver charging because I don't need AoE."
Seen as I tried to create a couple more over in this thread, perhaps we could combine our thoughts/ideas and come up with a couple more?