Gem wielding mindslayers

[bricks]

Why not simply make it a flat cooldown reduction based on whether you are wielding a gem? Damage already scales with gem level. The current setup seems to beg you to scum for high level gems just so you can choose one play style over another.

Granted, I don't care for a lot of how mindslayer works, though at the core it's a very cool concept. So maybe I'm biased. I just don't see the design considerations behind the current implementation.

[Aquillion]

Does the color of the gem you use make any difference at all aside from its wield-effect? If not, perhaps something based on that, too. (They do get the wield effect, right? I tend to agree with you -- I like a lot of the ideas in the class, but never seem to find them fun to play. Too fiddly.)

[Frumple]

Not for mindslayers, no. Color only particular matters for alchemists and their golems.

[Aquillion]

Maybe they need a 'gemstone evocation' talent or something that shoots elemental bolts based on your equipped gemstone at nearby enemies for a few turns. Or constantly, even, as a sustain.