Hello to all Champions of the Light & future Ashbringers here
Coming Legion, the devs think of us as per "Spec Fantasy" to be more melee centered and pruned many ranged spells away. I really appreciate this and thought to myself "FINALLY, finally we'll get something like Charge to close the distance to our targets". Well, so I THOUGHT....
Some of you may have already noticed that the mobility toolkit of Ret for Legion might at the moment be a bit...slim (esp. for PvP) to say the least?
So far we've got:
- Turalyon's Might - Only true gapcloser we get. Same line as ExS, 30 sec long cd, rather clunky to use with 3 button presses
- Divine Steed - 1 min cd for only 4 sec, easy to counter with snares
- Hand of Hindrance - Practically our only snare, not viable cuz with 70% will be dispelled asap and has too long cd
- Long Arm of the Law - PvP Talent Tree, so only for PvP. Same line as Law and Order (which is the one talent that makes HoH kinda viable)
That would sum it up.
If this stands as is, Rets will have a really hard time come close to melee range without help - even more so as in the past cuz we lost our range tools.
To counter this and gain the attention of the devs, a great *Thread* on the US Panel has been opened by Artarion@Draka to discuss and suggest possible changes. So far it sums up 22 pages as of now, a couple ones with REALLY great feedback (like from Areos *here*.
If you're yourself concerned about the viability of this spec, I'd love to see your support on this matter and let the Devs HEAR US ROAR (Lannisters, nudge nudge).
I myself want to contribute to that, and thought about a BASELINE gapclosing ability which wouldn't be a simple copy of an already existing one - but since I'm from germany and therefore play on the EU Servers I can't post it inside the Thread on the US Panels. I'd love to get your feedback and thoughts about it here. If you like the concept, be my guest and copy it into the Thread - it would be much appreciated!
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Reach of Valor --------------------5-25 yd range
Instant ---------------------------20 sec cooldown
Requires Paladin (Retribution)
Requires level xx
Rally the Light around you and approach an enemy
or ally at high speed.
When targeting an enemy, Reach of Valor will
decrease their movement speed by 50% for 3 sec.
When targeting an ally, Reach of Valor will increase
their movement speed by 50% for 3 sec.
Surge of Light: ------------- Paladin - PvP xx Talent
Requires Paladin (Retribution)
Your Reach of Valor ability generates 1 Holy Power
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Being mostly a great group supporter and melee dps in my (and the Spec Fantasy's) mind, I think this ability would fit Retribution perfectly.
Keep in mind that the snare is only intended to position the enemy for our attacks, not as a slow. For that Ret should (and must!) have a easily applicable, baseline snare like any other melee dps has. Also the movement speed buff to allies could be a great support for Flag Carriers in BGs, adding RBG support for Ret - or it can be used in PvE to help someone get away from AoE I think
"Surge of Light" could be an optional PvP talent, since the ability in itself is meant to be our baseline gapcloser I didn't want to overtune it - HP generation in PvE should be fine without the need to use a "charge" midfight (like warriors did a couple years ago). Also I'm not so sure about the cd and range values yet, could also be 15 sec cd and 30 yd range
What do you think about it?
I'm looking forward to receive positive criticism, suggestions and kickoff a nice discussion here
Also, thank you in advance if anyone is willing to post this on the Thread in the US panels.
Bring it on!
Edit:
Posting good (IMHO) suggestions into the first Post to "catalogue" them.
By no means I think ALL suggestions should be applied simultaneously. I do this for the gathering of good feedback and great suggestions from the Ret Community and make it easier view- and accessable.