Hello, I am PerVirtuous, a CB player and I have three ideas for changes to our skill tree. I tried to edit this please be understanding if my English is poor, this is my first time posting to this forum.
Firstly, I’d like to change ice.
Me Sabin and LordKonton agreed that it would be nice for all ice skills to be in the same tree.
I think it was Sabin and/or Jenga who thought ice debuff didn’t last long enough to get full benefit.
So I think the effects of ice should be mixed into the existing atomic tree. The first two slows would gain crit-eva/eva debuffs over the duration of the slow and the last slow in the tree would become a shorter duration immobilize paired with the more potent debuffs (more like how ice currently functions).
With this change CB would lose a little bit of immobilize potential in exchange for higher duration eva/crit-eva debuffs. However, I don’t think trading immobilize for slow should be a big deal.
Secondly, id like to change skill prerequisites.
Me Sabin and LordKonton all max CB buffs, I think any good CB would… So in my opinion, these buffs which are widely used should be the main prerequisite for other skills, for instance guardian shout being prerequisite for suppressors shout, and reckless shout being prerequisite for skills like heart piercing and focused smite.
With this change the skill tree would be simpler for new players to understand, having a well defined defensive and offensive tree and less need to put points in undesirable skills.
Lastly, id like more charge skills.
LunaNyx says he pictures CB hard countering SE.
SE kit is all about creating distance between the SE and melee attackers to keep her safe, more charges will mean the SE need to keep the CB at 0 speed in order to succeed in that. Razor slice is currently a very undesirable skill, making it a charge and/or debuff may make it more popular as a skill. Having a charge on skull crack would also be nice.
Multiple charge skills would give CB a dynamic utility different from other classes, but this change is partly just something I personally would find fun.
Let us know what you think. Thank you for your time.