Living Dead change idea

[Liam_Harper]

At this point the most realistic change to ask for in a patch would simply be:

"Grants the effect of Living Dead. When HP is reduced to 0 while under the effect of Living Dead, instead of becoming KO'd, your status will change to Walking Dead and Doom.
Duration: 10s
While under the effect of Walking Dead, most attacks will not lower your HP below 1. If, before the Walking Dead timer runs out, HP is 50% restored, the Doom effect will fade. If 50% is not restored, you will be KO'd."

Basically a simple buff without changing the identity. You only require half the amount of healing and you no longer lose the invuln when healed.

[Oizen]

At this point the most realistic change to ask for in a patch would simply be:

"Grants the effect of Living Dead. When HP is reduced to 0 while under the effect of Living Dead, instead of becoming KO'd, your status will change to Walking Dead and Doom.
Duration: 10s
While under the effect of Walking Dead, most attacks will not lower your HP below 1. If, before the Walking Dead timer runs out, HP is 50% restored, the Doom effect will fade. If 50% is not restored, you will be KO'd."

Basically a simple buff without changing the identity. You only require half the amount of healing and you no longer lose the invuln when healed.

Yeah but the identity is dogshit and theres no reason that a tank abilitiy should be a raid mechanic for another party member. I don't get why people would want anything other than a skill that Dark Knight has the tools to use on their own.

Living Dead should be a utility skill like the other invuls, not a hindrance, making it less of a hindrance doesn't make it good.

[ForteNightshade]

At this point the most realistic change to ask for in a patch would simply be:

"Grants the effect of Living Dead. When HP is reduced to 0 while under the effect of Living Dead, instead of becoming KO'd, your status will change to Walking Dead and Doom.
Duration: 10s
While under the effect of Walking Dead, most attacks will not lower your HP below 1. If, before the Walking Dead timer runs out, HP is 50% restored, the Doom effect will fade. If 50% is not restored, you will be KO'd."

Basically a simple buff without changing the identity. You only require half the amount of healing and you no longer lose the invuln when healed.

While it wouldn't surprise me if they did something like this, or worse, increase the duration of Walking Dead to 15-20 seconds. Neither actually fixes the fundamental issue with Living Dead: Healers don't want to heal it, period. Nor should they have to when every other invuln doesn't demand a massive amount of healing immediately after activating. Not to mention, people hardly pay attention as it is. Slapping a Doom on the party UI wouldn't make them heal it faster. Hell, some may try to Esuna.

All in all, Living Dead should be standardized with the other invulns and not punish you for using it.

[Undeadfire]

increase the duration of Walking Dead to 15-20 seconds.

This would be incredibly powerful, push to OP if it was made 15-20s duration the Walking Dead, that is a long a*** time being unkillable.

[ForteNightshade]

This would be incredibly powerful, push to OP if it was made 15-20s duration the Walking Dead, that is a long a*** time being unkillable.

The sad part is even with a 20 invuln, you'd still die because the healers forgot to heal it... (or didn't want to because MUH PARSE)

[NightHour]

At this point the most realistic change to ask for in a patch would simply be:

"Grants the effect of Living Dead. When HP is reduced to 0 while under the effect of Living Dead, instead of becoming KO'd, your status will change to Walking Dead and Doom.
Duration: 10s
While under the effect of Walking Dead, most attacks will not lower your HP below 1. If, before the Walking Dead timer runs out, HP is 50% restored, the Doom effect will fade. If 50% is not restored, you will be KO'd."

Basically a simple buff without changing the identity. You only require half the amount of healing and you no longer lose the invuln when healed.

That would be fair.

It would make AST, SCH and SGE have a chance at saving a DRK without burning every resource/cooldown they have.



Also if we had a way to see how much healing is required to remove it or some sort of notification to show the healing requirement is met.

Something like the Tick/Cross from the hot/cold boss in Delubrum Reginae or the face boss in that one level 90 dungeon.