I have some further questions I am trying to find answers for; Warlock powers be single target or aoe? We have mention that they will be maintained on target until you run out of juice and risk perils of the warp. Now will a maintained power be as beneficial as just shooting the target? So looking at a 2 vs 2 situation with equal skill level, 2 enemies can see your DA, and only you the Warlock can see the DA. So you put a maintain power on the DA. So will this balance out somewhat or will two guns on the DA with the benediction just ace him and now it's 2 vs 1? You can also apply this where both sides see each other, but is it worth the Warlock using a maintained power in the fight or will be a handicapping your side? Now I can see if the powers work aoe then I would consider it a benefit but I suspect our core powers will be single target which makes me wonder how useful they will be as maintains on top. Other games I've played leave me to think it won't be worth it based on description so far. Otherwise I will just stay focused on burning everything and everyone with Immolate, assuming that makes it in. What do you guys think?
Disclaimer: The following is just my interpretation of unconfirmed information. My belief is that we'll see both AoE and Single Target. As far as I've interpreted Brett's answer to me, it's that Support characters will have more situational and short term buffs with a mixture of single target and AoE. Command characters on the other hand will have specific auras as permanent AoE buffs.
I have to find it but I thought the idea they were going with atm was Warlock / Sorc abilities would primarily be single target maintains. I hope I am wrong in that. But for command aura's that seem good.
Dunno, being regular classes I would rather support the DA shoving my witchblade down one of the enemies throat, for more durable (and expensive) classes personal support will be worth it for sure, and avoiding having line of sight with the enemy will differenciaty good and alive supports from mediocre and dead supports, also it will be important to know if we can cast spells while moving.
Yes another concern is casting while on the move. Soo many games make casting immobile and for myself I just hate that. I like to be on the move and having to stop to cast also just makes you an easy target thats not moving. I meant to say as well that the Warlock class would get majority of its powers as single target while the elite/hero versions would get the aoe. Thats the one I hope isn't the case. As well when you use Benedictions/Maledictions on target and there is kills caused, do you get a fair share of the xp? Many games really only reward kills, which overshadow even if you defended advanced in like Seize ground.
kill sharing/assists is a very valid point, so far though we have no info on a system to accomodate it
i belive that a sistem that work around kills is a bad sistem in a MMO. kill must give xp but don't must considered more important than a support role. Kill don't must give something more special than other role. save someone (for example a hero or elite) from downed state can be more important than a simple kill. Conquering a capture point can be more important. suppress all the enemy and block a doorway can be more important that kill an emeny that will respawn in 10 second.
in the case of warlock/sorceror its more about how will using a buff/debuff type power gain the player XP as opposed to using a direct attack spell, after all EC players need xp to progress skills etc so there will need to be a mechanic in place to gain xp even when the "killing blow" happens to be dealt by someone else
Is there any Craftworld that anyone is looking forward to playing a Warlock from? And is there any Craftworld not of the 4 that you think would be a great edition specifically for Warlocks? For me my two favorite Craftworlds by far are here, Ulthwe and Iyanden. The other are good but those two are leaps ahead for me. Ulthwe is my top choice with Seer Councils and lots of Farseers/Warlocks, but I think for the game I will specialize in being a Necromantic Wraith of Destruction from Iyanden. Iyanden, I feel your loss and it fills me with ancient fury that I will dispense tenfold. I will burn them all until the galaxy is on fire!
