Dark Knight where is my Identiy

[Kabooa]

For instance, if every Edge/Flood reduces maximum HP, but does not reduce current HP, then those ought to be timed to having taken that much damage. With that, the damage taken will have done nothing to your eHP; you'll have, effectively, healed it. That seems like it could be interesting, but if we already have fairly quick usage (even that of your '3') in generating and purging blood just due to rotational concerns, that doesn't seem like something we could interact with very well.

It's wonky yeah. Ideally we'd add in some more GCDs to work through so the meat and potatoes is a just a fairly fine rotation, and then you add this mini game on top of it, where Edge/Flood hit substantially harder but come out less frequently. Tying blood dumping to cooldowns would be the goal here - Some providing full dumps, others providing partial ones.

[Shurrikhan]

It's wonky yeah. Ideally we'd add in some more GCDs to work through so the meat and potatoes is a just a fairly fine rotation, and then you add this mini game on top of it, where Edge/Flood hit substantially harder but come out less frequently. Tying blood dumping to cooldowns would be the goal here - Some providing full dumps, others providing partial ones.

It's still a cool idea, either way. I look forward to when you might have a more comprehensive mock-up.

[Kabooa]

It's still a cool idea, either way. I look forward to when you might have a more comprehensive mock-up.

As a quick thought, it occurs to me perhaps the design works better in the opposing direction.

Cooldowns fill the blood gauge (thus granting you the bonuses), and Edge/Flood are what spend it, ramping up in power the more blood that is spent.

As an example - Blood Weapon grants some effect, and builds 1 blood. You -could- Edge/Flood here and reset, but you could also build more Blood via Abyssal Drain (+1) and Salted Earth (+1). You can hold it at Blood 3 (utilizing TBN to mitigate a massive amount of damage), expend E/F to reset and get badonkers potency, or utilize a new ability that expends 1 Blood for some effect.

Almost kind of want to say this sort of set up would by necessity remove Rampart, reinstate Shadowskin with a different effect, and change Shadow Wall. Shadowskin and SHadow Wall would still be defensive oriented skills, but not providing % mitigation. The Dark's soul access to that would be via manipulation of Blood.

Just quick thoughts.