07-15-2003, 02:29 AM
(I had to re-read your horrid post to note that you mentioned that Fanaticism benefits the Paladin more than the rest of the party.) Yeah, I think it would be possible to have aura synergies just boost things for the Paladin and not the rest of the party. I'd have to take another peek at the files to get a better clue about this, though.
Art is knowing when to break the rules. :)
Holy Shield has potential, as you say. I was toying with the idea of a synergy that would take the minimum of ResFire, ResCold, ResLight & Salvation as give it to Holy Shield as a boost to current & max resists (for the Paladin, only, of course). It would be like a poor man's natural resistance in a way - you'd need to remember to cast it - but it could add value to any Paladin who wasn't already wearing a combination of Iratha's set and a Guardian Angel.
Worst case would be dumping 80 points into the four resist skills and getting 95% max resists without any special gear.
Or maybe some synergy that would give the Paladin some physical resistance, since they are disadvantaged vs. the other melee classes in terms of +life skills and summonable meat shields.
The nice thing about these synergies is that I don't have to consider a damage curve at all. :P They just boost the paladin's ability to survive, if not kill. Perhaps you haven't noticed this, but I've found that the paladin has a problem with his amount of life in the beta. ;)
-- CH
Quote:And on top of all that there is also a recurring trend to avoid placing synergies into skills I'd loosely describe as "passive upgrade types", see various Combat Masteries, Shadow Disaplines, Amazon Passive Magic etc. This is undoubtedly to keep some possible internal damage curves under control. ;)
Art is knowing when to break the rules. :)
Holy Shield has potential, as you say. I was toying with the idea of a synergy that would take the minimum of ResFire, ResCold, ResLight & Salvation as give it to Holy Shield as a boost to current & max resists (for the Paladin, only, of course). It would be like a poor man's natural resistance in a way - you'd need to remember to cast it - but it could add value to any Paladin who wasn't already wearing a combination of Iratha's set and a Guardian Angel.
Worst case would be dumping 80 points into the four resist skills and getting 95% max resists without any special gear.
Or maybe some synergy that would give the Paladin some physical resistance, since they are disadvantaged vs. the other melee classes in terms of +life skills and summonable meat shields.
The nice thing about these synergies is that I don't have to consider a damage curve at all. :P They just boost the paladin's ability to survive, if not kill. Perhaps you haven't noticed this, but I've found that the paladin has a problem with his amount of life in the beta. ;)
-- CH