Artifact glove buff for Brawlers
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:31 am
Pretty much every Brawler ego glove has a good on-hit effect-which, compounded with stacking with other egos and the fact that they got some other great Brawler specific effects, has made Brawler notably better at its job(namely damage damage damage) and more interesting overall.
However, artifact gloves didn't get tweaked in that. As such, many theoretically Brawler-specific gloves now lag behind for their target audience, and a lot of other gloves now look fairly bad, especially compared to a randart.
Rather than competing directly, I'd suggest having more interesting effects for artifact gloves to compensate, in general. Most of them have weird themes that aren't reflected in egos.
Here's my suggestions:
Gloves of the Firm Hand: 20% chance Clinch(L3), 10% chance Take Down(L3), 10% chance Maim(L3). (Doublechecking the code on these skills, this seems to work fine.)
Snow Giant Wraps: L5 Call Lightning 25% chance(note: The Eel skill. Is Mindpower based.).
Crystle's Astral Bindings: L1 Shadow Simulacrum, 15% chance, L1 Mind Blast, 15% chance, L1 Turn Back The Clock, 10% chance.
Dakhtun's Gauntlets: L1 Displacement Shield, 10% chance, L1 Greater Weapon Focus, 10% chance. (Well, they grant the wearer physical and magical prowess...I figure the benefits being physical and magical buffs makes sense. Arcane Reconstruction and Manathrust[10% and L3 or 20% and L3] also makes sense, if Displacement Shield wouldn't work for some reason or isn't considered a good idea.)
Fists of the Desert Scorpion: The same L3 20% Poison Bite they currently have, plus 5% L1 Perfect Control, 5% L3 Quick As Thought, and 5% L1 Implode.
Storm Bringer's Gauntlets: L3 Chain Lightning 20%, L2 Nova 15%. (This is less daze chance than a Lightning_Daze conversion weapon by half I think, so I don't think there's a problem with Nova.)
Stone Gauntlets of Harkor'Zun: L5 Earthen Missiles 20%, L3 Volcano 10%.
Spellhunt Remnants: Tier 3/4/5: L1/2/3 respectively Mana Clash(5/10/15% chance). Tier 5: L1 Aura of Silence(10% chance).
Flamewrought: 30% chance L2 Ritch Flamespitter Bolt(the same fire spit they normally have).
Crystalline Gloves(from the Focus): This may not be reasonably possible to add an on-hit to, but I'd suggest Arcane Vortex L(material tier) with a (Material tier*10)% chance of happening. (At least, I'm fairly sure Arcane Vortex can't friendly fire. Someone correct me if I'm wrong? If it can, perhaps something like Arcane Reconstruction L2/10% and Aegis L2/10% on hits?)
If I'm missing one, or if these sound inordinately powerful/weak relative to the other skills, let me know.
However, artifact gloves didn't get tweaked in that. As such, many theoretically Brawler-specific gloves now lag behind for their target audience, and a lot of other gloves now look fairly bad, especially compared to a randart.
Rather than competing directly, I'd suggest having more interesting effects for artifact gloves to compensate, in general. Most of them have weird themes that aren't reflected in egos.
Here's my suggestions:
Gloves of the Firm Hand: 20% chance Clinch(L3), 10% chance Take Down(L3), 10% chance Maim(L3). (Doublechecking the code on these skills, this seems to work fine.)
Snow Giant Wraps: L5 Call Lightning 25% chance(note: The Eel skill. Is Mindpower based.).
Crystle's Astral Bindings: L1 Shadow Simulacrum, 15% chance, L1 Mind Blast, 15% chance, L1 Turn Back The Clock, 10% chance.
Dakhtun's Gauntlets: L1 Displacement Shield, 10% chance, L1 Greater Weapon Focus, 10% chance. (Well, they grant the wearer physical and magical prowess...I figure the benefits being physical and magical buffs makes sense. Arcane Reconstruction and Manathrust[10% and L3 or 20% and L3] also makes sense, if Displacement Shield wouldn't work for some reason or isn't considered a good idea.)
Fists of the Desert Scorpion: The same L3 20% Poison Bite they currently have, plus 5% L1 Perfect Control, 5% L3 Quick As Thought, and 5% L1 Implode.
Storm Bringer's Gauntlets: L3 Chain Lightning 20%, L2 Nova 15%. (This is less daze chance than a Lightning_Daze conversion weapon by half I think, so I don't think there's a problem with Nova.)
Stone Gauntlets of Harkor'Zun: L5 Earthen Missiles 20%, L3 Volcano 10%.
Spellhunt Remnants: Tier 3/4/5: L1/2/3 respectively Mana Clash(5/10/15% chance). Tier 5: L1 Aura of Silence(10% chance).
Flamewrought: 30% chance L2 Ritch Flamespitter Bolt(the same fire spit they normally have).
Crystalline Gloves(from the Focus): This may not be reasonably possible to add an on-hit to, but I'd suggest Arcane Vortex L(material tier) with a (Material tier*10)% chance of happening. (At least, I'm fairly sure Arcane Vortex can't friendly fire. Someone correct me if I'm wrong? If it can, perhaps something like Arcane Reconstruction L2/10% and Aegis L2/10% on hits?)
If I'm missing one, or if these sound inordinately powerful/weak relative to the other skills, let me know.