Searing Bond Partnered Descent Race

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Brigs wrote:

[Updated 10/3/13]

This new race-type is like normal descent, but the difference is you are bound to a single ally by Searing Bond.

The idea here is to encourage a new play-style where you move as a unit, "pincer-striking" enemies. Partners would also want to consider which skill-sets would work well with each other. Searing Bond has a default length of about one screen.

How Searing Bond works in this race-type:

• The bond is not a gem, and therefore cannot be altered by support gems or bonuses from items and passives.
• It is activated from the start of each floor until you descend to the next floor, where it is activated again.
• The bond's damage would increase like the Searing Bond gem, gaining a level every other floor of Descent, reaching level 8 damage on the 15th and final floor.

Naturally with this additional free damage and a partner, descent becomes a lot easier.
There are several ways to counter this:

• Decrease the event length to 30 or 45 minutes
• Combine with Lethal or Turbo race-types
• Add a penalty for breaking the bond, such as a stun or damage over time(suggested by Dodog123 and Kaskar)
• Add more floors to Descent

Searing Bond Partnered Descent races could also be combined with other race-types:

• Bonded-Immolation(BI)
• Bonded-Ancestral(BA)
• Bonded-Blood Magic(BBM)

The loot from Provisions, Curious, and Alluring chests would also need some tinkering from GGG.