CoE should be on a Random rotation

[flarbear-1608]

Finding the rhythm and then adjusting play style to match the rhythm is, in itself a skill.

Staring at the UI bar is not a skill, it’s a distraction.

Random rotation increases the latter while eliminating the former. It’s about as far from “relying on skill” as you can get.

But, an idea I floated a while back would help…

Get rid of the rotation and instead have the ring work on a timeout basis (not cooldown, this shouldn’t be affected by cooldown).

Any elemental damage is buffed for 4 seconds and then that same element cannot be buffed again for 16 seconds.

This system:

• Gets rid of the difference in total uptime for classes that have 3 vs 4 vs 5 elements in their skill bar.
• Puts the player in control of the rotation without having to watch the UI
• If the build requires different elements to be buffed in a specific order, the player would be in control of that order
• If the various buff/timeout periods are allowed to overlap then you could get big periods of multiple elemental damage buffs happening, but they would all be on a similar timeout
• If the various buff/timeout periods are required to be non-overlapping, then there is at least an improved control over the order of the elements

Thoughts on CoE variation

Another discussion on here reminded me that not all classes get the same benefit from this ring due to the varying number of elements to which it can be applied. What if instead of just mindlessly rotating through the elements 4s at a time, it instead worked on a separate 4-on/12-off timeout basis (don’t call it cooldown unless CDR is meant to be applied) per element? Basically taking 25% uptime as the basis since that is the most common amongst the classes, the ring provides a benefit for an …