Stabbin tree tactic and mastery tree adjustment by Matrik

[Athergic]

opening notes
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For starters I want people to understand how rediculous and unbalanced I think a ranged stabby squig would be
In my opinion, thats not how the class was made to be played, also it would open up the flood gates of OP quick shooting/stabbing squigs.
I barely think the class needs adjusted but I want people to know what would benefit the under used spec, instead of adding new abilities or mirroring other classes more.
If you give a goblin an inch he will cut your face off, I don't want to make changes to this spec that will benefit the other trees at all.
end opening notes

switch bad gas and big bouncing
bad gas is one of the defining abilities of the melee squig, big bouncing is the most efficient damage ability
and one of the few obtained for squig armor. this would close up the ranged bad gas build that I don't think is all that great anyways.
All I wanted was big bouncing since I started playing this spec live. you are an aoe support damage/utility I think the utility would come in more handy later on.

[tactic:I got lots]
I got lots, added effect. while in squig armor when you use farty squig or tastes like chicken immediately
resummons the pet just used. could even re summon at half health if it sounds to strong.

alternate effect for I got lots

I would prefer this change but I think both are solid.

while in squig armor
when you use farty squig or tastes like chicken you retain the expired pets buff for 5 seconds
or until another squig is summoned.
if you expire the normal squig you gain unstoppable for 5 seconds on a 30 second cooldown, does not break unstoppable
by summoning a new squig

explanation
I run I got lots with almost every tactic set up, the gcd is literally killing me. need a little boost to your health? well your going to lose more cause you lost half your armor for 2 seconds.
allowing the armor to be continous either by adding a buff, or immediatley summoning it back would make a world of difference for the stabby squig, I love the armor being tied to the pet, but if your in the thick of things and about to lose your pet, blowing it up will cost you and letting it die will cost you even more.
with either of these changes it would still cost you to lose your pet, but you shouldn't be losing it when running I got lots, you should be blowing it up or eating it before it dies
[end of I got lots]

[tactic :hes a big un] as long as your pets alive you split the strength and toughness with your pet.
only benefits you in squig armor, I'm pretty sure this tactic should already affect your battle squig. I don't know how it was in live, I hope that's not an infraction sorry.

this will allow for tankier tactic set ups that will help deliver bad gas to the healers.

change stabbidy and cut ya to core abilities, and add tastes like chicken and farty squigs to stabbin tree.
reasoning
no one uses cut ya or stabbidy only in early levels and thats maybe. they scale off of strength
which no one will be using unless in squig armor and you can't use those abilities in squig armor.

the bonus from mastery points would really help those moves and they shine for the stabby tree, farty squigs might need damage scaling cause it can already hit pretty good.

clever stabbin
Final change would be making clever stabbing core and moving da smell don't bother me to the stabbing tree.
120 hp per 5 is great, but most classes regen tactics and abilities come from a tree, allowing the benefit of master points.
I think it would be a small boost to the survivability maybe up to 180 with full points in the stabbing tree?

[Penril]

Declining; OP hasn't really identified an issue and he is just giving out random suggestions.