Thank you so much for reading the proposal! While this is an exercise in pipedreamery, it does seem excessively so, I agree. And while it is mainly an idea, I have tried to fix it so it is less bad, based on the feedback. The same link at the top of the thread now has two sheets - the first draft and a revision.
I doubt there will be any good from a second revision, and won't bother with further fine-tuning. I've changed some potencies on damage skills beyond the main changes listed below, but really one would have to test this to fine-tune them, and that exceeds the scope of a proposal here. But I feel compelled to repay the regard from the people who took the time to appraise the list. Thanks again.
List:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
Main Revisions
- Rework to reduce need for standing in melee range of boss. Added Atma Mirror, a vodun puppet thing of the target that the Animist can summon and (only the animist can) attack. It is on Row 19 in the sheet. Otherwise this list is ordered as items appear on spreadsheet.
- Focus revised completely to incentivize using it (standing still to boost action potency).
- Magnificat Anima damage buff reduced from 20% to 4%.
- Exuberance damage reduced from 300 per Obelisk to 120 per Obelisk.
- Support Network cooldown reduced from 120s to 60s to make it a core feature.
- Leap to Aid Add 3 charges for the 'accessible cure 2' type heal, but reduced Potency to just less than Cure 2. Added a delayed self-damage mechanic as part of its cost, inspired by psychological stress.
- Added Overexert, a modest GCD AOE Heal, and the same self-damage cost as Leap to Aid. The effects of using these stack, but are not purely linear.
- Added Meditate, which can be used to cancel the damage from Overexert and Leap to Aid at the cost of 2 GCDs.
- Somatic Totem duration reduced from 20s to 15s. It now destroys all Obelisks.
- Deleted four less interesting offensives. Made De Profundis - the friendly clone - a lot more common, and cut many potencies to compensate.