Skill Reveal: Lancing Steel and Shattering Steel

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Feredhel wrote:

if lancing steel wont get the debuff it will be forgotten before the league started...at least it sounded like it doesnt
you have been warned ggg

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TheBastage wrote:

This has most likely been said already:

These skills, though cool looking:

1) Are not too different than the mechanic of spectral throw or spectral shield throw. Giving Melee the ability to attack at range with their main hand or shield.

2) Ranged skills such as these may be making toe-to-toe melee a useless setup because of lack of clear speed, AOE effectiveness, or relative movement while attacking. Why go melee anymore? There's no advantage.


It seems that the meta gameplay is moving towards the 1-click, clear whole screen then use movement skill to move into position to clear another screen. The higher tier players and builds seem to be about clear speed. Which I agree is fun, for a while. My last 3 builds are built for clearspeed and farming.

Look at most streams these days. Lots of casual talking, one click clearing. Not a lot of careful planning, holy %#*X@! moments!

What I propose, to keep things interesting is more death. Yes, MOAR DETH! For higher tier PVE and maps... (Or add a separate game mode/league where you actually have to work at not dying).

A) Fights with bosses, rares and uniques that require melee face tanking then move/dodge, evasion and quick clicking. Like a sheild from a boss that stops ALL damage coming from the last direction for 2 seconds. Or a boss with a shield with only one opening that moves dynamically.

B) Maps and environments with traps with massive damage, not the ones you can shrug off with regen. Make those movement skills really matter! Make exact clicking a priority, don't just reward random movement.

Ultimately it seems like builds are moving towards "easy mode." Which is great because if you want to stream casually or play with huge rewards and zero risk (unless you're hardcore), go play that way. Gets boring after a while for me.

Would any of you enjoy a hard mode? (Not hardcore, but more interesting fights and environments? These new skills, though interesting, add little variety to the game and in my opinion, contribute to the "easy mode" gameplay evolution we're seeing now. What do you think?