Enduring Cry without Spell Echo

I was writing another topic and this is one of the issues I was going to touch on. I haven't finished it yet, but I can still comment on this one particular issue.

It would be ironic if the one support which seems tailor made to match the only existing War Cry were to be broken by the formalization of War Cries. However, I don't think War Cries should remain spells either. It's not the whole category of casting synergies that are at stake, it's just this one gem!

The simplest solution I can think of is to make a special exception. Rename the "Spell Echo" gem to "Echo" and have it apply to both War Cries and Spells. Nothing breaks making for a smooth transition. Easy.

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PolarisOrbit wrote:

Rename the "Spell Echo" gem to "Echo" and have it apply to both War Cries and Spells. Nothing breaks making for a smooth transition. Easy.

And it would even make sense, if armor has no impact on spellcasting it means they don't have the somatic component, only vocal. And if a word can echo a shout can too, it depends only on how big the pussy is, if you'll pardon the action flick reference.

I personally think Enduring Cry should be scaled differently. For bosses especially, most of the time you only get 1 charge from them. It doesn't make much sense that Dominus gives the same amount of charge as a crab. I think Unique enemies should be counted as multiple "enemies" when factoring in charge gain.

And while we are on the topic of fixing Enduring Cry, please fix how the range is calculated. Not being able to get charges from the other side of a doorway is annoying as hell, and puts your Cry on CD. At least refund the CD if I didn't get a charge. Oh, and make Enduring Cry actually taunt things. That would be cool, so mobs can't just scurry away from melee characters.

@raics
I'm not familiar with that action movie so I don't know what to make of that reference, but you taught me a new word "somatic" so thanks for that!

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PolarisOrbit wrote:

@raics
I'm not familiar with that action movie

Can't blame you :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZNZYOQ_tt8