PvP Changes I'd like to see

[senjinkira13]

DRK

• Salted Earth circle is enlarged from 5y -> 8y, applies 1s heavy to whoever is pulled.
• Salted Earth is way too small to use effectively. Enemies will just walk out and stay away. Only time it's useful is when hard contesting the crystal.
• As this is DRK's only damg mitigation ability, it should be more usable outside of just hard contesting crystal.
• Should allow DRK's to move around more and still have damg mitigation as well as allowing DRKs to deny more space more effectively to the enemy team.
  
• TBN additional effect Heals 2k on skill usage while TBN is still up. 4k when inside salted Earth.
• I personally feel like DRK has no sustain. If it's not gonna have strong barriers or character bound mitigation, at least give it some reliable sustain.
  
• Plunge has 2 charges, Sole Survivor duration reduced from 15s -> 10s, Additional debuff DRK heals 2k from every hit to target.
  
• Shadowbringers cost reduced from 12k -> 6k/9k/12k/15k or 10% of max hp, get a 5s debuff where each stack increases max hp cost by 5%. Max stack is 3. So after 3 uses of SB, it costs 25% max hp to cast.
• Paired with TBN changes, should allow DRK's to be able to dish out reliable damg and sustain within their salted earth circle better without killing themselves too much.

BRD

• Silent Nocturne has 2 charges/ silence reduced from 3s -> 2s
• Feels like the primary purpose of BRD is to be a support DPS, but only having 1 silence makes them kind of useless for 20s. Having 2 charges should hopefully allow more flexibility in target management, either silence 1 target for 4s or 2 targets for 2s. As well as allowing more Empyreal Arrow uptime.
  
• Empyreal Arrow potency increased from 4k -> 5k

BLM

• Superflare Umbral Freeze 1stack -> Heavy 2s /2stack -> Bind 2s /3Stack -> Deepfreeze 2s
• Deepfreeze is a hard stun not just a bind. It's kinda op.
  
• Superflare Astral Warmth Potency increased from 3k -> 4k
  
• Flare and Freeze Potency decrease from 12k -> 10k and 8k -> 6k to nearby enemies

UI/UX Changes

• Machinist Ult has a red tracer line that is more visible so the target knows when they're being targeted so they have some time to react or have any kind of reaction at all.
  
• Friendly SMN/SCH/DRG ult show up as blue. Enemy SMN/SCH/DRG ult shows up as red.
  
• For the top UI progress bar. Make your team always on the left with the color blue, and the enemy on the right with the color red. Add a star to whoever is winning so you don't have to guess or waste time on the fly trying to figure out who needs to push to win.
  

[drtasteyummy]

The issue with your DK proposal is right now is when you stay in the crystal you lose, if you get out of the crystal you lose and you want him to be effective outside of that, fair enough, but not losing the ability to fully control the crystal is the same as the damage dealers that want to be a tank but also damage dealer but also healer.

[Lymberey]

BLM

• Superflare Umbral Freeze 1stack -> Heavy 2s /2stack -> Bind 2s /3Stack -> Deepfreeze 2s
• Deepfreeze is a hard stun not just a bind. It's kinda op.
  -Superflare effects require set up, making it weaker or equal to one button skills is not a good idea.
  
• Superflare Astral Warmth Potency increased from 3k -> 4k
  -That would make it just comparable to NIN. I think increase potency based on stack would make it more useful.
  
• Flare and Freeze Potency decrease from 12k -> 10k and 8k -> 6k to nearby enemies
  -HELL NO to 6k, that is too weak. Just 8k is far better than 10K/6K. Ideally, 10/8K.

Also, 4s silence is definitely not fun to play against. Its either die, or waste Purify.

[Naphtha]

Rather than make BRD the next FoTM, what I'd like to see is the 3% meme on MCH's Chainsaw removed in favour of something not so painfully stupid. Whoever thought that an ability should have a 3% chance to OHKO enemy players has clearly never played a PvP game, or has never really played any decent game, for that matter. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I begin to doubt whether or not they know what fun is. Seriously, how is this still not removed? Are people okay with it for some twisted reason that I am incapable of understanding?

[KickRox]

DRK

• Salted Earth circle is enlarged from 5y -> 8y, applies 1s heavy to whoever is pulled.
• Salted Earth is way too small to use effectively. Enemies will just walk out and stay away. Only time it's useful is when hard contesting the crystal.
• As this is DRK's only damg mitigation ability, it should be more usable outside of just hard contesting crystal.
• Should allow DRK's to move around more and still have damg mitigation as well as allowing DRKs to deny more space more effectively to the enemy team.
  
• TBN additional effect Heals 2k on skill usage while TBN is still up. 4k when inside salted Earth.
• I personally feel like DRK has no sustain. If it's not gonna have strong barriers or character bound mitigation, at least give it some reliable sustain.
  
• Plunge has 2 charges, Sole Survivor duration reduced from 15s -> 10s, Additional debuff DRK heals 2k from every hit to target.
  
• Shadowbringers cost reduced from 12k -> 6k/9k/12k/15k or 10% of max hp, get a 5s debuff where each stack increases max hp cost by 5%. Max stack is 3. So after 3 uses of SB, it costs 25% max hp to cast.
• Paired with TBN changes, should allow DRK's to be able to dish out reliable damg and sustain within their salted earth circle better without killing themselves too much.

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So you want sacred claim attached to your 15 sec cooldown barrier, sacred claim attached to your enlarged mitigation aoe that already heals, and a second charge of gap closer that heals for 12k.

Anything else? How bout a Living Shadow that simultaneously mitigates 90% and counters for 12k? Oh, don’t forget healing for 2k on every counter. Or a 2nd charge of LB? I mean, how’s DRK supposed to get top damage, top heals, top taken & top kills with a measly 10 second invuln + a 20k bilateral aoe (that can hit as hard as DRG LB if partied with and AST) every 90 seconds.. right?


If you honestly believe drk needs GNB dps and PLD sustain to be effective, than either: a) DRK has too high a skill floor for your current level of play or b) you’re doing so.. so wrong.

Rechargeable heals from Soul Survivor at 12k a pop, 10 seconds 100% HP absorption during Living Dead, an 8k AoE that DOUBLE stacks during LD, an PB AoE HoT , and yet another 12k max heal from bloodspiller during LD.

“No Sustain…”

Grow up Peter Pan.

[Ravenwatch]

Buffs to frequency of silence effects for BRD is the last thing this game needs.

[Toukichiful]

Make heat blast make sense for mch then it will actually feel good to play.

[SweetPete]

Summoner needs something in pvp. They are the worst caster and blm and rdm are just so much better. Mountain buster is the only good summoner ability we have. Phoenix still sucks and it can’t compete with what bahamut offers. We need more.

[Nanne]

BLM got changes but NIN LB still keeps being one of the most broken things in the game mode

[Petite]

BRD

• Silent Nocturne has 2 charges/ silence reduced from 3s -> 2s
• Feels like the primary purpose of BRD is to be a support DPS, but only having 1 silence makes them kind of useless for 20s. Having 2 charges should hopefully allow more flexibility in target management, either silence 1 target for 4s or 2 targets for 2s. As well as allowing more Empyreal Arrow uptime.
  

This change could make it possible for BRDs to silence a purify-less target for 4s straight, a frustrating thought. The amount of CC abilities and their frequency in PvP is just too much and I'm against any change in favor of them, even flexibility buffs.

Besides that, I'm all for the BLM and UI changes you propose. Idk for DRK. I don't play it.

Make heat blast make sense for mch then it will actually feel good to play.

5x Charged Short should grant 3 charges of Heat Blast instead of forcing you in a Heat Blast phase.