So...DRK kinda sucks now.

[waterboytkd]

Also greatswords being faster GCD compared to GNB or PLD is :think:.

Eh. DRKs are already speccing for more SkS than PLDs usually do. If DRK being able to whip his greatsword around slightly faster breaks your immersion, then it should probably already be broken.

I really like this idea of a haste buff instead of flat damage, it'd help with BW and Delirium windows (especially the former). It also means we regenerate mana and self heal at a faster rate. The former there is the big one. That means more Edges.

It gets tricky though. A 10% haste buff means our weaponskills dps stays the same as now (but our AoE dps goes up!). But, our oGCD dps goes down. We get, what, 8 Syphon Strikes per minute? 8.33 with a 2.4s GCD. So 4800-5000 mp per minute. This would only buff it by 480-500 mp per minute...So you might have to go up to 15% to make up for the lost 10% buff on our oGCDs. But that does start making it hard to double weave.

The only problem I have with more oGCDs is that it'll really just make our openings even more hectic. If the oGCDs we have now had lower cooldowns, that could help keep us be more busy in the last 45s of each minute, but not much more busy. AD and CnS with a 30s recast would be amazing. SE with a 45-60s cooldown would be sweet, too.