Mercy Stroke adjustment.

I rarely get the killing blow with Mercy Stroke unless I'm playing solo, In which case I normally do get the need to recover HP so rapidly.

However I think a small change many warriors would like would be to replace the HP restore to TP recovery. Say 200% of dmg dealt on killing blow.

I think Mercy Stroke should still give HP but not require it to be the killing blow. It is restrictive enough that you can't use it until enemy HP is below a certain level. Thematically and balance wise very little changes, especially as sometimes with trash mobs there's a very small window for using this ability at all, killing blow or not. Mercy Stroke procs and mob dies before my previous skill's animation ends.

Total aside, but I hate that I can't use abilities until animations end. I suspect we'd see a lot less missed stuns and silences from so-called "instant" abilities.

PLD doesn't get a lot of useful cross-class skills, and so Mercy Stroke is usually on my list. Given how tricky the timing often is to get the killshot with it, it'd be nice if there was some kind of "conoslation" prize for using it and failing to get the kill. Perhaps restore 1/8th HP when it fails to get the kill, and 1/4th if you do get the kill?

Perhaps since it's supposed to be putting them out of their misery, combine the 2 above ideas. Lower the heal a little, make it usable at any time, and since you would feel a little better putting them out of their misery, make it where if you do get a killing blow it restores TP (perhaps as a trait if nothing else)

Here is an idea, have it be a debuff that only deals damage, the same damage at that, when the attack would kill the effected. There would be a timer, so that if you didn't get the effected to that point soon enough it goes away, and would automatically go away if they get healed to the point where you could not place the debuff on them.

I'm not sure but as it stands now the extra effect is kind of pointless.

Only change I would make to it is to increase the attack potency. I usually miss it by a tiny amount of an enemy's HP.

Although, as it stands, I wouldn't be concerned with changes to it.

I think an extremely minor potency increase wouldn't hurt but that's all.

It's very fun hitting it just right & feeling like you threaded the needle, but a ton of the time latency prevents you from accurately doing so.

I think mercy stroke should reset its timer upon successfully using it as the killing blow.

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Originally Posted by Marxam

I think mercy stroke should reset its timer upon successfully using it as the killing blow.

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But only if you're named Darius.

I wish the poison effect lasted longer. :(

Could change it so that it instantly kills the target (does not work on bosses) if it's hp is below a threshold (eg under 5%), otherwise do puny damage.

could also use a proper animation while we're at it. other cross class attacks have proper animations so I don't see why this one uses the SQUAT AND YELL animation -_- just looks wrong

I like the idea of putting a short duration debuff on the target, say ten seconds. If the target dies during the duration of the debuff, you get the heal.

Really everyone I get it to work a lot its not that hard to use. The only real thing it needs is a shorter cooldown time something like the archers kill shot move that skill is usable almost every 20 secs

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Originally Posted by Esmian

But only if you're named Darius.

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MARCY STRUK 2 OPSTRONK. PLEASE S. ANIX, NERF!!!

My main issue is it's pretty useless on higher level mobs, easy enough to proc it on trash where you're doing a decent percentage of damage, but try it on something like the bugs in T4 and it's a totally different story. It's not like the cure is a core part of WAR's mechanics though, it's just a nice thing for healers when you proc it, the main benefit of Mercy Stroke is having an off GCD attack with reasonable potency.

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Originally Posted by ParanoidHobo

could also use a proper animation while we're at it. other cross class attacks have proper animations so I don't see why this one uses the SQUAT AND YELL animation -_- just looks wrong

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I so much agree with this. -_-

It was even worse for a while on PS3 when half the time the glowy axe effect wouldn't show up, so the only thing you'd see is the squat. Even with the glowy axe - just how is this supposed to represent a mercy stroke?

I'd say it's more important for them to buff the Paladin flash and to give paladins a secondary combo for use when off tanking. Mercy stroke is hardly useful, but not what I'd put on the top of the list of tank fixes.

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Originally Posted by Stormblossom

I like the idea of putting a short duration debuff on the target, say ten seconds. If the target dies during the duration of the debuff, you get the heal.

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This! ^ this is what the ability needs.

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Originally Posted by Artiss2k

This! ^ this is what the ability needs.

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Kinda removes the point of a mercy stroke if they survive it and still have to be beat up.

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Originally Posted by Esmian

But only if you're named Darius.

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Big time lol. Might as well make a war dress up as him.
But just like in the game, attunement = hourglass = lol ult / skill spam miss.