PvE only skill idea: Mind Control

David Lionmaster

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

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Hi, I'm looking forward to the new PvE only skills in GWEN, especially the boxing skills. My ranger will have fun using those brass knuckles

Anyway, I thought of a cool skill that wouldn't be possible in PvP, but fun to use in PvE, a Mind Control spell.

I don't claim to be a master skill balancer, but I'll give it a shot.

Mind Control
15 energy; 3s cast; 30s recharge
Spell. For 30...60 seconds, target foe becomes your ally and hostile to your enemies. If target foe becomes your ally, this skill is disabled for 120 seconds. Mind Control cannot be used on bosses. (5% failure rate for each level target foe has over you.)

I didn't really know how to word the failure rate, but basically as an example, if you're fighting a level 26 enemy and you're level 20, there would be a 30% failure rate: 5% x 6 levels higher.

What do you think? It may be over powered if everyone in your team has this skill, so maybe adding that your party can only control one enemy at a time could make it more balanced.

tenshi_strife

tenshi_strife

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

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E/

make it elite and and then its fine, cause a major draw back is having to deal with the mob later, when the skill ends.

David Lionmaster

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by tenshi_strife
make it elite and and then its fine, cause a major draw back is having to deal with the mob later, when the skill ends.
Yeah, you do have to deal with the enemies later, so I guess that it would be ok if your whole team has the skill. You have to kill the same amount of enemies anyway, It's just prolonged.

Making it elite would be a good idea too.