05-26-2012, 12:03 AM
I also felt that a cool-down would make more sense with Smoke Screen. Let it remain potent in bad situations (eg Jailer), just not spammable. Preparation, on the other hand, just never made sense. Discipline-based skills are powerful, but are tied to a highly limited, slowly-regenerating resource to prevent them from being spammable. Lets add a skill that instantly recharges that resource so they can spam them! WTF? They may as well have just put everything on Hatred! I see Preparation as the most obviously poorly balanced ability in the game.
Chakram and Elemental Arrow can score multiple hits, as can many other skills (eg Hungering Arrow, etc), but they are not designed for clearing out large groups of enemies in a short space of time. I use Elemental Arrow as my primary attack and I can tell you now it does not clear a room half as fast as Multishot and the like do. It is, however, a more optimal choice for a different situation (esp. Elites), as you can line up a small number of tougher enemies and deliver more damage to just them in a shorter time and for less resources. Impale is similar: an excellent ability to put a lot of damage on an Elite, but pretty useless for taking out a screen full of regular Fallen
Chakram and Elemental Arrow can score multiple hits, as can many other skills (eg Hungering Arrow, etc), but they are not designed for clearing out large groups of enemies in a short space of time. I use Elemental Arrow as my primary attack and I can tell you now it does not clear a room half as fast as Multishot and the like do. It is, however, a more optimal choice for a different situation (esp. Elites), as you can line up a small number of tougher enemies and deliver more damage to just them in a shorter time and for less resources. Impale is similar: an excellent ability to put a lot of damage on an Elite, but pretty useless for taking out a screen full of regular Fallen
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