That's an interesting line to pursue. Wizards are kind of in the same boat. You'd have to finagle a med skill malus to juggle it not being absolutely required though. I can't help but think a lot of these more active/melee playstyles would probably be better suited to the skill specialization angle nick was teasing. RIP.
Its their attempt to give cleric some extra. Besides the negligible boost of ac from plate heh
You mention Wizard specifically so I’ll add my 2c. Wizard recently got mana darts, and the ability to apply the magic debuff with magic spells. Darts hit four times and apply Seal of Magic. This is a great change for wizards because they no longer have to melee to apply the magic damage debuff. Instead, four hits from a single mana darts spell applies it. Nick did this change, and I hope it sticks.
Deity, but also I'd like to see them put some emphasis on stats.. like breakpoints, maybe getting bonus per 10/15/20; esp from what might seem to be a lot of stat gear on its way. Enchanters have an interesting thing going on, with charm effectiveness being tied to charisma.. but having the option to go a sorta stam based enchanter for Enchant Ally, or Int based for the Torment line of nukes.. couldn't tell you how that works for everybody else; but I think it could be something.
Yeah i didn't get into the weeds with wiz, but i know about the missles. Autists are waaay in the weeds with the math on it. Complainers gonna complain though, but there's a contingent of wizards that are in the same camp as clerics. It's better than being forced into melee, but if you literally want to sit and then blow up a huge chunk of mob hp you are out. If you want to sit and heal a chunk, you are kind of also out.
Yeah the stat impact is definitely off currently. More so for caster stats, but aside from maybe dex the melee stats are kinda unimpactful too. That appears to be being worked on re: itemization as a whole. We'll have to see how that goes.
