Cellardoor333
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While at work today, I was thinking about how to get druid's suvivability up so that they actually stand a chance in PvP.
In FFXI, there are is a spell that we can kinda use as a starting tool for a decent spell/ability for a druid. And I thought of a way to work it into lore as well for druid. The spell was called Stoneskin. What this ability did was essential absorb a set amount of dmg before fading off of the character. I was thinking of giving druid this ability to be able to combat the fact they have only leather armor and only melee range ability(save for Bolt, which is at level 60, and I am still unsure of the range of this spell as I am only lvl 56). It doesn't have to be exactly like this, but it could be a passive ability where druids acquire it as 'X' level and it reduces dmg by 'Y' percent. Or something along those lines. As for lore, I was thinking: "As the druid grew to learn more about the land and it's capabilities. He found a way to combat his opponents through means of the rock. He engineered a way to engulf his whole being in a rock hard shell, giving him incredible resistance to physical and elemental dangers alike." Obviously change the name of the ability to something else, maybe canopy or something. But I think you get the idea by now. Also, instead of having it consume mana, perhaps stamina.(If umade it an ability instead of being passive)
Another ability I thought of, is to give the druid a spell that would cause the next two spells to be instant cast. (Much like the Druid's Spell from WoW 'Nature's Swiftness'). Again making it cost stamina and give it a cooldown of course.
I just pulled these from other games I played, but the point ofthe thread is to try and make druid more balanced for PvP. I enjoy the class well enough, but I hate it when i get trapped in a situation that I have to PvP in. To those saying to change my class if i want to pvp then, I say this: I shouldn't have to change my class to the same class that everyone else on the server is playing in order to be able to PvP. Cause then it really isn't Player Vs Player, it's Ping Vs Ping. "Get ready for the next round of, Who Has the Better Latency!".... That is no fun at all.
In FFXI, there are is a spell that we can kinda use as a starting tool for a decent spell/ability for a druid. And I thought of a way to work it into lore as well for druid. The spell was called Stoneskin. What this ability did was essential absorb a set amount of dmg before fading off of the character. I was thinking of giving druid this ability to be able to combat the fact they have only leather armor and only melee range ability(save for Bolt, which is at level 60, and I am still unsure of the range of this spell as I am only lvl 56). It doesn't have to be exactly like this, but it could be a passive ability where druids acquire it as 'X' level and it reduces dmg by 'Y' percent. Or something along those lines. As for lore, I was thinking: "As the druid grew to learn more about the land and it's capabilities. He found a way to combat his opponents through means of the rock. He engineered a way to engulf his whole being in a rock hard shell, giving him incredible resistance to physical and elemental dangers alike." Obviously change the name of the ability to something else, maybe canopy or something. But I think you get the idea by now. Also, instead of having it consume mana, perhaps stamina.(If umade it an ability instead of being passive)
Another ability I thought of, is to give the druid a spell that would cause the next two spells to be instant cast. (Much like the Druid's Spell from WoW 'Nature's Swiftness'). Again making it cost stamina and give it a cooldown of course.
I just pulled these from other games I played, but the point ofthe thread is to try and make druid more balanced for PvP. I enjoy the class well enough, but I hate it when i get trapped in a situation that I have to PvP in. To those saying to change my class if i want to pvp then, I say this: I shouldn't have to change my class to the same class that everyone else on the server is playing in order to be able to PvP. Cause then it really isn't Player Vs Player, it's Ping Vs Ping. "Get ready for the next round of, Who Has the Better Latency!".... That is no fun at all.
