5.0 WAR is a disappointment

[Bissani]

And IR and FC are fine.

It's everything else surrounding it that sucks big time.

That's the problem, everything else sucks due to the way IR works.
Rotation wise the zerk+ir was way better, busrt phases were closer to each other (60 rather than 90 seconds), the burst was more engaging than a simple press 5 time fc, and during the downtimes you had to manage the gauge to maintain it high for the crit buff without overcapping but reaching the full gauge the gcd pre zerk.

Imo they should have kept what was working and fixing the problems the class had but instead they just simplified everything down and boosted the crap out of its numbers, and seeing that a large number of people were using war they thought that drk should have the same fate.

[NyneSwordz]

That's the problem, everything else sucks due to the way IR works.
Rotation wise the zerk+ir was way better, busrt phases were closer to each other (60 rather than 90 seconds), the burst was more engaging than a simple press 5 time fc, and during the downtimes you had to manage the gauge to maintain it high for the crit buff without overcapping but reaching the full gauge the gcd pre zerk.

Imo they should have kept what was working and fixing the problems the class had but instead they just simplified everything down and boosted the crap out of its numbers, and seeing that a large number of people were using war they thought that drk should have the same fate.

U know they could just use the old old 4.0 IR concept for Darks to differentiate. That sort of guage management seems like something Drks would enjoy.

As for wars, I think too much emphasis has been on IR I think. I think the big offender is Infuriate Trait. I think its bad and dreadfully boring to reward Fell Cleaves with more Fell Cleaves. Right? There's no variety, there's no sense of progression, like if I do this right, I get to do this other thing. Instead, it's I do this right, I just get to do more that one thing.

If they could just change how the infuriate trait works AND IC/Steel Cyclone, Wars would be in a better shape.

How about we collapse the self healing portion of NF into infuriate and change FC and Dec into the old IB and Steel Cyclone? Aka less damage with a heal attached?

And NF could just be Nascent Glint and something you can cast on someone if you want to shield and heal them.

And how about instead of the trait FC reducing CD on infuriate, FC reduces the CD of upheaval, or some other attack?

I think theres a lot of things they can do to make wars more fun and engaging. I hope they do some of that next patch...

[Danelo]

U know they could just use the old old 4.0 IR concept for Darks to differentiate. That sort of guage management seems like something Drks would enjoy.

Or they could put on their thinking caps and not copy shit over from other jobs. If SE is going to the time machine they can go back to the most beloved and unique version of DRK as a framework — HW DRK.