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Suggestion: Make CW's Spell Mastery ability flexible
ianthewizard2012
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As a controller, I often feel it's restrictive to have Spell Mastery ability works on only one power.
Sometimes I want to cast my Icy Terrain at a far distance so that I don't have to teleport into a pack of mobs and then teleport out. Sometimes I don't need to cast it at a far distance because I'm already stand among mobs.
Sometimes I want my Conduit of Ice to add Chill on mobs so I can make it work with Icy Terrain. Sometimes I don't need it to have Chill effect and just want it to damage and debuff mobs.
Sometimes I want my Entangling Force to pull other mobs towards the target because mobs are a bit scattered. Sometimes I don't want it to pull other mobs because my melee party members are dealing with them.
Sometimes I want to have more controls over my Shard of the Endless Avalanche. Sometimes I don't need too many controls over it because I know I surely can hit a pack of mobs in front of me.
Sometimes I want my Repel to push multiple mobs because there are multiple mobs. Sometime there is only one mobs so I don't need it to being able to push multiple mobs.
With Spell Mastery being fixed to one power, we have no way to utilize it on other powers.
Please, remove the restriction and let us fully enjoy the fun of playing controllers. Spell Mastery can be a key instead of a slot. Whenever we want to activate Spell Mastery ability on an encounter power, we hold down the "Spell Mastery key" and then press an encounter power key.
But I still hope that we can keep the additional encounter power slot because controllers need to have more powers to deal with different situations.
== EDIT ==
To prevent it from being overpowered, there can be a cooldown. For example, if you use the Spell Mastery version of an encounter power which has 10 seconds cooldown, then in the next 10 seconds you can't use the Spell Mastery versions of other encounter powers.
Sometimes I want to cast my Icy Terrain at a far distance so that I don't have to teleport into a pack of mobs and then teleport out. Sometimes I don't need to cast it at a far distance because I'm already stand among mobs.
Sometimes I want my Conduit of Ice to add Chill on mobs so I can make it work with Icy Terrain. Sometimes I don't need it to have Chill effect and just want it to damage and debuff mobs.
Sometimes I want my Entangling Force to pull other mobs towards the target because mobs are a bit scattered. Sometimes I don't want it to pull other mobs because my melee party members are dealing with them.
Sometimes I want to have more controls over my Shard of the Endless Avalanche. Sometimes I don't need too many controls over it because I know I surely can hit a pack of mobs in front of me.
Sometimes I want my Repel to push multiple mobs because there are multiple mobs. Sometime there is only one mobs so I don't need it to being able to push multiple mobs.
With Spell Mastery being fixed to one power, we have no way to utilize it on other powers.
Please, remove the restriction and let us fully enjoy the fun of playing controllers. Spell Mastery can be a key instead of a slot. Whenever we want to activate Spell Mastery ability on an encounter power, we hold down the "Spell Mastery key" and then press an encounter power key.
But I still hope that we can keep the additional encounter power slot because controllers need to have more powers to deal with different situations.
== EDIT ==
To prevent it from being overpowered, there can be a cooldown. For example, if you use the Spell Mastery version of an encounter power which has 10 seconds cooldown, then in the next 10 seconds you can't use the Spell Mastery versions of other encounter powers.
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The Mastery Slot is already one of, if not the, best Tab abilities in the game. There is no reason to make it any better than it already is. The choice of what you put in tab is an important one, it would be folly to change this since it already works so well.
Powers slots being limited so that we have no way to use other powers which are not in slots is already a restriction. Spell Mastery being fixed is another one.
CWs are by far the most dominant class in PvE and have been ever since Open Beta. And you want to have a huge buff to their capabilities?
I am GLAD for this forced tactical decision. I usually run with Sudden Storm in tab (for trash and for general solo play), but when going into specific fights I switch it out for either Conduit, Shard, EF or even something else. Having all powers function as if they were always in mastery would be so overpowered that it is not even funny.
I think you have that the wrong way round:
"Spell Mastery being inconvenient (according to you) is another thing.
CW being completely dominant in PvE is of vital importance when asking for a huge buff."
Also make GWF unstoppable spammable without cooldown
And make DC's heal for 200pct extra hp
And make HR's roots last until they feel like deactivating it.
Oh and GF can have infinite block meter. What you say?
it's called balance. if there was mastery ability on all slotted encounters, we wouldn't hear the end of it.
since the CW is my main character and i'm already used to the mechanics, i'd be kinda angry if they made me re-learn them. since in the d&d universe, there are other types of mages, perhaps the answer would be to incorporate something like this on a completely new mage class, but this would probably not occur until much later down the line of class releases.
although i have to say longer cool downs really just means more encounters with a mid-waiting period between normal CDs and daily powers.
Assuming my Icy Terrain has 15 seconds cooldown. After using the Spell Mastery version of Icy Terrain, I can't use Spell Mastery versions of other three encounter powers in the next 15 seconds. That is, I can't use Spell Mastery versions of other encounter powers unless the cooldown of the Spell Mastery version Icy Terrain ends.
This seems a step backwards, but I can't see the suggested changes being balanced any other way.
If you change the mechanic to something more akin to Clerics divinity. Its no longer fair to call it mastery. Without a divine source boosting said power, the effect would be more akin to desperation or rage. Should this change happen, a more appropriate name would be Wizards wrath or Arcane rage.
sockmunkey, good point. I'm okay with it being renamed to something else. After all, it makes no sense that what you master changes frequently.
kolatmaster. It is actually adjusting the mechanism to how it should work. You could regard it as a fix or an improvement.
the best thing would be some sort of preset for power changes where you could do it only hitting a button, but right now we have to work with what we have.
There's a very good reason for that being true, & I see not one good reason to change it.
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Its not a fix because nothing is broken about the current setup. You're correct, however, to say it would be an improvement since you literally bypass the 7-10s cooldown (depends on recovery) given to a mastery slot change. I'm sorry, but this is a horrible idea simply due to the fact that this will widen the gap between CW and everybody else to around the size of the Mt. Everest, if its not already at that point.
Swap any power in the mastery slot with any other power in your regular bar; there is an additional cooldown for swapping their spots.
Even in the same dungeon delve, situations vary. So having this feature is important to players who play the controller role, imho.
Does it boost up your damage? Nope. Does it reduce cooldowns of your encounter powers? Nope. Does it give you any other buff? Nope. Does it let you use Spell Mastery versions of encounter powers non-stop? Nope.