What if there was a conc based speed buff from the main buffing lines for druid, cleric, and shaman? Or perhaps a 10min castable buff reduced to say hastener speed to go along with it?
While the conc version wont help the solo issue, it would help with group viability and PuGs. And having a weaker version that's castable to anyone on a timer would help with soloing from, hopefully, friendly realm mates.
Let's look at the conc version
1. 204% speed would need to be high spec in buffing lines. Somewhere 47-50.
2. If you take all 3 speed classes, it's not worth it to forgo the extra utility they bring to have an extra buffer with speed.
3. Even if they arent specced for max speed, without a speed class it will still be useful.
4. Forgoing a speed class would require an extra buffer to fill in buffs so that a speed conc would be handed out. For hib they would have to give up their main mezz class, alb would lose an extra mezz class plus a pet and extremely useful interrupter, and mid would lose the damage/interrupts/utility a skald brings.
5. If you die you would need to rebuffed with speed. This is another downside to not having a speed class.
6. It will act the same way any other speed song acts in regards to combat.
7. You lose SoS without a speed class as well.
I bring this version up because its obvious there is a need for more availability for speed in RvR. The devs have stated that they are 100% against speed pots. As such this brings the ability to buff speed back to the players and the community. It gives a buffing line more viability to which they have complained is lacking due to pots, and it brings speed to the realm.
It would help a great deal in all avenues of playstyle, from solo to 8man to zergs. Is it perfect? No. Will it be readily available at need like a pot for everyone? No. But will it help? I believe it would. If you had to spec high enough for it, you lose utility in other avenues (weaker heals, weaker dots/disease/damage etc). I honestly cant think of a way it would break the game in such a way that it would completely change RvR (except for maybe new viable setups).
My idea would be something like
Conc based buff
Spec 24, 32, 40, 48
10min speed buff
17, 26, 34, 41 (hastner speed at 41)
While the conc version wont help the solo issue, it would help with group viability and PuGs. And having a weaker version that's castable to anyone on a timer would help with soloing from, hopefully, friendly realm mates.
Let's look at the conc version
1. 204% speed would need to be high spec in buffing lines. Somewhere 47-50.
2. If you take all 3 speed classes, it's not worth it to forgo the extra utility they bring to have an extra buffer with speed.
3. Even if they arent specced for max speed, without a speed class it will still be useful.
4. Forgoing a speed class would require an extra buffer to fill in buffs so that a speed conc would be handed out. For hib they would have to give up their main mezz class, alb would lose an extra mezz class plus a pet and extremely useful interrupter, and mid would lose the damage/interrupts/utility a skald brings.
5. If you die you would need to rebuffed with speed. This is another downside to not having a speed class.
6. It will act the same way any other speed song acts in regards to combat.
7. You lose SoS without a speed class as well.
I bring this version up because its obvious there is a need for more availability for speed in RvR. The devs have stated that they are 100% against speed pots. As such this brings the ability to buff speed back to the players and the community. It gives a buffing line more viability to which they have complained is lacking due to pots, and it brings speed to the realm.
It would help a great deal in all avenues of playstyle, from solo to 8man to zergs. Is it perfect? No. Will it be readily available at need like a pot for everyone? No. But will it help? I believe it would. If you had to spec high enough for it, you lose utility in other avenues (weaker heals, weaker dots/disease/damage etc). I honestly cant think of a way it would break the game in such a way that it would completely change RvR (except for maybe new viable setups).
My idea would be something like
Conc based buff
Spec 24, 32, 40, 48
10min speed buff
17, 26, 34, 41 (hastner speed at 41)