As it is, I will be voting no.
Warding, as it is currently presented, doesn't do enough to implement meaningful changes. At the same time it is changing things that don't need to change, and will probably screw up other aspects of the game. I'll go into detail below.
First of all, I feel you need to revamp this skill, as it is presented. It would make a lot more sense for it to be tied in with runecrafting and crafting. We can already make some low level robes through crafting. Allow us to make more robes through the crafting skill.
Then, we should be able to imbue these robes, similar to the rings from NMZ. Once imbued, the robes would be able to have unique effects (with no impact on PvP damage potential or inventory management - we aren't tying a combat skill with a noncombat one, a line you tiptoed across with this skill - rune pouches).
Proposed affects could include: the ability to save certain runes when casting spells (dependent on the VIS - balanced to make it sort of like investing VIS instead of runes), small damage boosts vs certain classes of NPCs, the ability to increase potency of stat reduction spells vs. NPCs, imbuing runes into the robes, etc.
It honestly doesn't make sense to flood the economy with low level magic items, when it is already over-saturated with them. A change from creating the armour, to imbuing it, would make a lot more sense. You could also make item specific imbues, alongside general imbues.
Furthermore, all of the gear re-balancing you wanted to do, you could implement through this also. They would just need to remain trade-able after being imbued.
For example, black dragonhide seems too strong to some people, add an imbue on it that brings it back to its normal stats, and nerf the original. This would add a cost for the stats. You could also add imbues to magic weapons and finally give us some offensive magic attacks, which we're in desperate need of. There could be item specific, and general spec imbues. Castle Wars in Theme - A few minor changes to fix cheating
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Warding, as it is currently presented, doesn't do enough to implement meaningful changes. At the same time it is changing things that don't need to change, and will probably screw up other aspects of the game. I'll go into detail below.
First of all, I feel you need to revamp this skill, as it is presented. It would make a lot more sense for it to be tied in with runecrafting and crafting. We can already make some low level robes through crafting. Allow us to make more robes through the crafting skill.
Then, we should be able to imbue these robes, similar to the rings from NMZ. Once imbued, the robes would be able to have unique effects (with no impact on PvP damage potential or inventory management - we aren't tying a combat skill with a noncombat one, a line you tiptoed across with this skill - rune pouches).
Proposed affects could include: the ability to save certain runes when casting spells (dependent on the VIS - balanced to make it sort of like investing VIS instead of runes), small damage boosts vs certain classes of NPCs, the ability to increase potency of stat reduction spells vs. NPCs, imbuing runes into the robes, etc.
It honestly doesn't make sense to flood the economy with low level magic items, when it is already over-saturated with them. A change from creating the armour, to imbuing it, would make a lot more sense. You could also make item specific imbues, alongside general imbues.
Furthermore, all of the gear re-balancing you wanted to do, you could implement through this also. They would just need to remain trade-able after being imbued.
For example, black dragonhide seems too strong to some people, add an imbue on it that brings it back to its normal stats, and nerf the original. This would add a cost for the stats. You could also add imbues to magic weapons and finally give us some offensive magic attacks, which we're in desperate need of. There could be item specific, and general spec imbues. Castle Wars in Theme - A few minor changes to fix cheating
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16-Jul-2019 05:04:12 - Last edited on 16-Jul-2019 06:27:47 by 4ev
so no idea what all those invention skills and things are. But the aspect that I really fancy is the imbuing of equipment, I still haven't imbued any rings due to my hate of nightmare zone so I'll definitly vote yes! Sounds like a skill that suits well for future imbueing ideas of equipment of all kind!
