Isavyr wrote: ↑Tue 26 Feb 2019 2:27 PM
jhaerik wrote: ↑Tue 26 Feb 2019 6:48 AM
Hybrids have power bars.
Light Tanks don't.
Light Tanks Dual Wield.
Hybrids don't.
Conclusion? Savages are Light tanks.
Well, shoot, you solved it. We need to give Savages defense penetration, flurry, charge, and prevent flight--oh and remove their spells, because they're light-tanks and light tanks don't have spells!
It's meaningless to cherry-pick items in order to define them. Their role is like that of a light-tank, but it's undeniable that they have magic. So what does that make them? Well, clearly not just another light-tank.
It's meaningless to argue about whether they are a light-tank or not as clearly they have very different tools; so instead of arguing about definitions, what are your recommendations and why?
Sure right after we remove spells from nightshades. Melee stealth don't have spells!
Also I'm pretty damn sure that Savages don't use spells either. Spells cost power.
Savage abilities are more like a special version of a chant than anything. What part of those the characters looks or plays would suggest to you that they know magic?
I deny Savages have magic based on the following points.
Magic gets benefit from +skill for one thing. Savagery doesn't.
Magic costs power to cast. Savagery buffs do not.
Magic users have a casting stat. Savages do not.
Thematically it does not fit their image. They are just pissed off melee that trade their own health for bursts of super "human" ability. If anything Savage buffs are like the mother that lifts a car off her kid... or Kaioken from DBZ for people into that.
It's meaningless to cherry-pick items in order to define them. Their role is like that of a light-tank, but it's undeniable that they have magic. So what does that make them? Well, clearly not just another light-tank.
Well you agree that they fill the role of light tanks, and I have explained to you that they don't use magic.
Back to you.
I'll leave you with this though.
"When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck"