Word on the street is that we’d get Wardens or Spellbreakers next though, which isn’t quite equitable for being elf-oriented classes. Even something like a new class can impact Survival’s destiny…
Because SV actually has to be even more competitively good than ever.
The bomb crabs in undermine are … the bomb! (pa-dum-pah)
If a Demoman class is made, that would REALLY be an existential threat to SV. It may even be an existential threat to the entire Hunter class. Except if, like DH, were limited to the races most savvy with explosives(Dwarf, DI Dwarf, Goblin, Tauren(because gun), Earthen too?).
Though at the same time, it could revamp all of Hunter into something new, who knows.
I’ve been having a blast with my pet bomb crab. Taming the rare Grimwick was dynamite.
That would be a Tinkerer.
That would be a Tinkerer class.
Same difference, may involve a “Demoman spec”. Then SV is really in trouble. Reason why is because WFB is really the main reason people actually LOOK at SV. If there’s another class or class/spec that competes AGAINST that, then SV is really going to have to be redesigned in a way that doesn’t step on any melee’s toes. Edit: Sadly, Wardens are melee and so are Spellbreakers. Despite what I said earlier, they’re still considered yet again another hero or standard-unit melee class, that they may not be able to use ranged weapons.
A bomb doesn’t make the whole spec. Tinkerer would have more advanced arsenal than Survival. Think tank, healer, and dps were the damage spec wouldn’t be melee. A range dps with turrets, mines, and bombs.
I was over in GD this evening laughing with some others AT the latest cutscene and how lame it is. Retail is really bombing bad, so bad that it had gotten record view attention since BFA. The woke is really dominating it.
Granted, that’s far away from this subject matter, but when you have woke people in the Retail questing and arts department, how wouldn’t it affect other areas?
There’s even a good chance woke is hurting this class too, but that’s harder to see and prove.
The body language of plenty say contrary in regards to their interest for SV, as to say what they want SV Hunter to actually be.
You’re right in the way that Tinkerer can get into other areas of energy projection. Though how would it heal? What kind of energy does it project that instantly heals that isn’t divine magic?
Synthetic blood is the only thing I can think of, that’s engineered that after deployment, quickly replaces blood loss and speeds up the healing process? You would need a resource pool for it though too that isn’t mana or chi.
How can one speak about something with such confidence and be wrong at the same time is beyond me. WFB is an awful ability if we’re looking at just its effects.
Because it’s an ability that does SUPER STERKER ST damage and STERK AoE damage at the same time. It used to have a very nice effect called “Wildfire Cluster” which, like the MIRV grenades of Team Fortress, dropped some more bomblets that did even more damage.
It’s resource would be steam power and it would build like Hunter’s focus. Tinkerer healer would use gadgets to heal, needle firing guns, jumping cables, shield bots. We seen Mechagnome and Undermine npcs use similar abilities. Just use that as a jumping off point, and work up to make Tinkerer.
So basically, you need a man portable reactor, likely worn on the back. Since that’s a lot of weight, the armor would have to be as light as possible, even unarmored. No 2Hers, either, since those are heavy. It would have to be a clothie, though not necessarily as squishy as that infers.
We haven’t received a new cloth class yet.
I like the idea of Focus because Tinkerers have to routinely supervise the working of their equipment. To keep it simple, I don’t think it should involve a dual resource like Runes and RPwr.
Runic Games could probably advise since they had done the steampunk stuff on Torchlight.
Nah, mail that’s been power infused to hold more weight. These are advance class using advance tech to improve on what they have.
I really mean the weight the actual person has to carry lol.
I told them. They knew it was going to happen. They can’t let it go, and not even understanding after they’ve been told more than enough times. Pay-for-play being what it is, the exact same thing can happen to them. They’re only lucky they don’t tick off the wrong people.
What a way to tempt fate. Sometimes I wish they’d get a clue and actually go do something else. Retail must be too easy these days. At least we know Classic doesn’t have that problem!
Wfb on the ptr is the bread and butter of both hero specs
It has been my top damage ability on the ptr averaging 5million a hit
Survival has moved away from Mongoose and building up to just how many WfB that can be thrown.
mongoose is still going to be important filler for sentinel and an important ability in pack leader in 11.2 as well
spec hasn’t been about building up MF stacks in nearly 7 years tbh
Which I like to be honest. My first time playing survival was in this season, and I mained Ret in BFA and Legion. At first it felt really awkward and clunky, but after a while and changing my keybinds it feels quite different and refreshing to almost any other class I have played. Fury, Ret, Balance, all feel very clean and tame in terms of rotation and abilities, which isn’t always a good thing, as I have now learned.