[2019 Q3] New level-based avian dark-knight legacy

[Olyn]

Suggestion:

Avian dark-knights are able to use their natural affinity for lightning (a combination of the dark-knight guild teachings and a natural blessing from their creator Stryth) to cause stronger opponents (higher level players/mobs) to suffer lingering affects from their lightning bolt spell. Repeated exposure to these lightning bolts weakens the opponent's strength, thus limiting their ability to parry the dark-knight's attacks.

[Ergorion]

Chill touch already has the strength diminishing component so this seems a little redundant--basically just giving them a chill touch that does more damage.

To keep the lightning theme, but put a different twist on it, maybe something like:

Avian dark-knights are able to use their natural affinity for lightning and knowledge of unholy armors, when fighting a stronger opponent, to arc their lightning bolt spell off their armor and create a chain of lightning damaging everyone in the room (except the d-k because the unholy armor would protect them). The strength of the chain lightning depends upon the unholy armor bonus granted by the avian's metal object unholy armor multiplier.

What I'm thinking is like, the dk gets a lightning bolt off on the target, and then there's the chain lightning effect that bounces around the room being absorbed by unholy armor so the dk isn't hurt.

[Nycticora]

you could make it apply stacks of Affliction vs higher level opponents instead, even when the opponent passes his saving throw. Normally it's hard to stack Affliction on a higher level enemy because it only applies stacks when they fail a save.

there's already a lightning bolt spell that bolsters bulwark and chain lightning is for invokers

If you add this can you double-check Affliction duration and make sure it lasts long enough? If it doesn't last long enough it should be ok to reset the duration back to the initial duration each time a stack is applied. I think I was worried about making it OP and might have put the duration too low

[Grayden]

How about a static shock effect after they cast lightning or fell spark. Like an invoker, but limited by time and triggered by lightning spells.

Also on this topic you should grant plague to level 1 avian dark-knights to mirror the aura they get.

[Davairus]

it seems to be rewarding and encouraging spamming lightning bolt

[Olyn]

This would primarily be for ranking since it's only for higher level opponents. If it makes more sense, we could do something with fell spark like have it drain more from higher level opponents.

[Nycticora]

I think Fell Spark is probably good enough already, buffing it is dangerous and might lead to nerfs in the future. Lightning bolt and plague are both better targets for racial legacies

[Ergorion]

Lightning never strikes the same place twice? except for avian dks. When an avian dk casts lightning bolt against a higher level opponent, there's a chance that they get two lightning bolts?

[Davairus]

That wasnt meant as a criticism by the way just a statement of facts.

I like that dark-knight torturing theme. Why don't we do something based around medieval torture. Like ok have lightning bolt set them up like you said. But then instead of makes parry failure, how about makes a successful disarm attempt could do a finger crush that prevents re-wield. Ever had crushed finger? Sucks a fat one. And if you are looking for lightning bolt specific ideas. I was struck by lightning as a child , funny enough, and what happened as a result is I have memory issues . So instead of your lowers parry, you could have it lowers concentration and affect skills somewhat like hysteria does, but with a stacking buff that is worth trying to maintain but also not more than 2 or 3 stacks. Skill % loss is a sensible way to neuter a level advantage. And nothing is more torturing in AR than missing dirt or failing a spell. NOTHING!

This is spitballing so lets not do it exactly the way i said it. Just want to make sure we do stuff that will allow a dark-knight to get in the mind of his opponent and put them off-balance with other worries. The real hammer blow comes when the person is too pre-occupied with the dark-knight to remember to quaff his purple or think about quitting out on the gangbang. I would literally not think about a parry loss at all though.

[Nycticora]

a 5% hysteria vs higher level opponents sounds perfect for a racial legacy

[Davairus]

ship it

GO TEAM

[Olyn]

Now somebody name this legacy.

[Nycticora]

how about Somatic Shock

[tayyah]

dread

[Stiehl26]

Are these things that are now implemented or going to be in the upcoming patch?

[Olyn]

These threads have simply been retired. Some have been implemented and some died. Check patch notes in the corresponding update thread to see if a particular thing made the cut. This one did.