We are over a year in now and some changes we’ve received gives me the confidence that IMC is now “able” to give QoL changes to 0cd skills. These won’t be suggestions to balance between classes but rather suggestions to change the mechanical aspect of “playing”.
To start off, let’s define 0cd skills. 0cd skills are skills that have 0cd. Currently, all of these skills have a relatively “instant” animation. They also require a key press per use.
The quality of life issue that I would like addressed is the “key press per use”.
Here is a list of 0cd skills that will be affected should IMC agree:
(swordsman)
- [thrust]
- [attaque composee]
- [flanconnade]
(archer)
- [oblique shot]
- [heavy shot]
- [stone shot]
- [critical shot]
- [split arrow]
- [bodkin point]
- [barbed arrow]
- [crossfire]
(cleric)
- [double punch]
! Now there are some 0cd skills that cant be treated the same way as those listed above:
- [spear throw] is ground targeted so it can’t be automated this way
- [effigy] has “no targeting” and simply hits anything with a curse on it. If it can be done it would be much appreciated.
I would like to propose the following change apply to 0cd skills to address this:
- Change 0cd skills into a buff that augments the auto attack.
My reasoning for this is as follows:
- Auto attack does not require a key press per auto attack but instead only requires holding down the the key (in mouse mode this is done by left clicking a target)
- ToS already has skills that augment auto attacks so I believe “it can be done” ([running shot] from quarrel shooter, [last rites] and [aspergillum] from chaplain)
- A schwarzer reiter skill was modified by IMC to perform in the suggested manner already. [limacon] started out as a 0cd skill that caused an attack and moved the player in a direction. It was changed into a buff that augmented the off hand attack with a pistol to perform the old skill attack when holding down the off hand attack.
- A cannoneer stance was introduced to allow auto attacking with an off hand. Cannons are off hands that do not have an off hand attack. The skill [bazooka] allows the player to auto attack with the cannon instead of their crossbow.
Calling on staff for approval: @STAFF_Max @STAFF_Letitia