Quote Originally Posted by Tanathya View Post
They need to seriously start dropping the usage of Dark Arts. I saw what they did with Dark Mind (which was an actual engaging use of Dark Arts) and approved, then I read the change to Plunge and I literally facepalmed. Probably the worst Dark Arts use so far goes to Syphon Strike.
The way they've evened out DA now is that no matter what you're getting the 140 potency gain. With DM, PS, and DP before (actually not sure about DP but w/e) you were losing out on potency for using the DA effect. Now that everything that uses DA does damage there's no real need to worry about if your DA gets 'Eaten' or not. Personally, I think that's a welcome change. I think it's pretty clear with the new DA effects which ones you're going to prioritize (obviously aggro in plunge and DP if you're holding hate and aggro is an issue) but otherwise it's fairly good.