This is a fine example of a request, it has specifics of the desired change. More specifics are always better, so that they can be discussed by the community members, then a poll can take place based off of the discussion for whether or not the request is implemented.
| Potency - | 4804,8 *5 Increments | 10,000 * 5 Increments |
| Fervor | 2,1 * 5 Increments | 15 *5 Increments |
| Crit Bonus Overcap | 7,0 * 5 Increments | 75*5 Increments |
Even it's previous version is way too powerful if it was 1 group only. It would essentially kill off bards if it stayed the same... Roughly 300k potency 1200 CB and fervor, can easily destroy any buffs from the bards .
I don't really follow why brigands being viable would kill off bards. Wouldn't a group simply have both, especially if you only benefit from one brigand in a group? While I'd concede that thieves guild is stronger than any one buff from bards or illusionists, I think arguing that a brigand amps group damage more than a dirge when measuring all they contribute to a group is significantly more murky, assuming you have a dirge who's pretty good.
I think one thing to keep in mind is that under this framework we have here, the goal is to try to get brigands brought up to par with swashbucklers through the least number of changes possible, because you have a finite resource (~10 hours allocated) to do so. While I understand not wanting to be a one-hit wonder, I think that Thieves Guild getting brigands pretty close to that mark is probably one of the most efficient paths you can take to get there.
Absolutely. Love it. As far as changes like you mentioned to TG and dispatch yes 100%. I'd also include changes to cornered damage and debuffs... Murderous rake... desperate thrust(which currently only decreases cmit by 37...(or add debuffs to other abilities) Like shank battery assault ...
Unfortunately, I don't think we can assume anything about how long something takes to fix - it could be a situation where any change, no matter how small, might round up to an hour just because of workflow considerations (time spent on validating changes, changing issue states in a kanban board or jira or whatever, etc). I thought it'd be safest to try to focus on as few abilities as possible with very large scope for their individual changes, but we'll know more once we start to have sizing down on proposed changes. But first step would be to post all the above as their own issues and see where things land.
You are not utility if you don't have a mana feed. Probably take both a dirge and big brig buff to replace a 2nd assassin in group. Swashies are not replacing bards and pretty sure that 583 fervor for 20 seconds is kinda huge. Also thieves guild never gave 1200 crit bonus raw it 300k potency, 150 fervor not overcap, the crit bonus you get from it is in the aa and never scaled on increments so you got flat 110 crit bonus if you took the aa.
Right so that sort of shows the issue. You're better off running a 2nd assassin cause it's more effectiveness than the 2 classes combined..