Post by lala on Jun 3, 2006 10:24:23 GMT
I am posting this here as I dont want to flood the Change Ability topic with this subject - which has a lot of views from what I have seen 
I assume Great Smitte was changed to bring both classes back to being closer to melee instead of capable 1 ability casters, with that said I am hoping these suggestions fit to balance the 2 classes for what feels a loss of power.
Why does it feel loss of power?
Well before change smitte could be used 3 times per day before resting, so the dmg potential was very high for the cost of using Planar rings.
However I can understand why a change has been done.
Suggestions
1. Divine MIght and Divine Shield gain additional dmg type based on the class; Positive for Paladin and Negative for Blackguard.
As an example a 30 charisma Paladin would do 10 divine and 10 positive, while a Blackguard would do 10 divine and 10 negative.
If it cant be split then either positive or negative for both classes.
2. Great Smitte duration tweak; with all the respective feats make it 1 use every 60 seconds BUT dying does not refresh the smitte.
This would help balance out that the Paladin loses the 2 extra instant smites for what is a feat heavy process to get.
Well I hope the suggestions seem well balanced and acceptable to those that dont and also do play Paladin.
Cheers
Lala
I assume Great Smitte was changed to bring both classes back to being closer to melee instead of capable 1 ability casters, with that said I am hoping these suggestions fit to balance the 2 classes for what feels a loss of power.
Why does it feel loss of power?
Well before change smitte could be used 3 times per day before resting, so the dmg potential was very high for the cost of using Planar rings.
However I can understand why a change has been done.
Suggestions
1. Divine MIght and Divine Shield gain additional dmg type based on the class; Positive for Paladin and Negative for Blackguard.
As an example a 30 charisma Paladin would do 10 divine and 10 positive, while a Blackguard would do 10 divine and 10 negative.
If it cant be split then either positive or negative for both classes.
2. Great Smitte duration tweak; with all the respective feats make it 1 use every 60 seconds BUT dying does not refresh the smitte.
This would help balance out that the Paladin loses the 2 extra instant smites for what is a feat heavy process to get.
Well I hope the suggestions seem well balanced and acceptable to those that dont and also do play Paladin.
Cheers
Lala
