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Staves need attention!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:17 pm
by MusclePharm
Staves are one of the most useless weapons in-game at the moment. Ever seen a high level druid using a staff? No. Totems and aggy books are the only viable weapons for druids at the moment. I think a great way to buff staves and for players to actually use them is to add a focus bonus to them (+200 focus for example). The focus given should be able to compensate for the amount of focus lost from an offhand. This would give a great bonus to staves and allow druids to have a larger variety of weapons.

Re: Staffs need attention!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:30 pm
by Vulture
Staffs are one of the most useless weapons in-game at the moment. Ever seen a high level druid using a staff? No. Totems and aggy books are the only viable weapons for druids at the moment. I think a great way to buff staffs and for players to actually use them is to add a focus bonus to them (+200 focus for example). The focus given should be able to compensate for the amount of focus lost from an offhand. This would give a great bonus to staffs and allow druids to have a larger variety of weapons.
Staves*, and you're forgetting hrungnir skulls which are great if they are the right skill. Nobody uses 2h weapons in general at a high level so while fixing staves you could take a look at greataxes and the 2h hammers.

Re: Staffs need attention!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:04 pm
by be0wulf
Well in comparison staffs are useless and 2 handed warrior weapons can actually be useful if trying to hit high with skills which can be nice in pvp. But staffs pretty much have no purpose.

Re: Staffs need attention!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:30 pm
by Bitey
This was my idea to make two handed weapons useful

http://celtic-heroes.com/forum/viewtopi ... =6&t=46259

Re: Staffs need attention!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:34 pm
by MusclePharm
But two handed weapons for warriors are still better then staves for druids. The main reason they are better is due to the crushing/slashing damage given which really complement warriors while on the other hand are considered nearly useless for druids.

Re: Staffs need attention!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:36 pm
by MusclePharm
Staffs are one of the most useless weapons in-game at the moment. Ever seen a high level druid using a staff? No. Totems and aggy books are the only viable weapons for druids at the moment. I think a great way to buff staffs and for players to actually use them is to add a focus bonus to them (+200 focus for example). The focus given should be able to compensate for the amount of focus lost from an offhand. This would give a great bonus to staffs and allow druids to have a larger variety of weapons.
Staves*, and you're forgetting hrungnir skulls which are great if they are the right skill. Nobody uses 2h weapons in general at a high level so while fixing staves you could take a look at greataxes and the 2h hammers.
Fixed the grammar issue lol :P

Re: Staffs need attention!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:53 pm
by MusclePharm
This was my idea to make two handed weapons useful

http://celtic-heroes.com/forum/viewtopi ... =6&t=46259
Oo the runes idea would also be a awesome way To buff two handed weps.

Re: Staves need attention!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:05 pm
by Vulture
So what I'm getting here is that warrior 2h weps are fine because they have one use, to get a stupid high number with an unusable build while staves suck even though they can be used to achieve the same thing warriors do. Fix ALL the related problems, don't half-ass it by just adjusting druids. (We won't even get the half-assed version so don't worry anyways.)

Re: Staves need attention!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:36 pm
by MusclePharm
So what I'm getting here is that warrior 2h weps are fine because they have one use, to get a stupid high number with an unusable build while staves suck even though they can be used to achieve the same thing warriors do. Fix ALL the related problems, don't half-ass it by just adjusting druids. (We won't even get the half-assed version so don't worry anyways.)
They are not fine, I just stated that they are better when compared to staves, which are utterly useless. Its not necessarily half assed if they intend on focusing on one issue first, which in this case is staves, and move on to the next. Staves should be worked on first simply because they are probably the worst main hand weapon in game.

Re: Staves need attention!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:43 pm
by Regenleif
My DL Totem does more damage than the 165 req staff... so sad :(