Post#27 » Sun Nov 08, 2020 6:33 pm
Long time sorc and BW player here. I know how sorcs want what the BW has, but its just not possible.
And making gloom of night insta is too powerful. The spell is good, but more importantly did you know each tick counts as an attack? It procs other damage and mindlessly chews up challenge debuffs off you with little effort.
BW can get a ranged knockdown, but it also removes ignite when cast, removing the Corp debuff. Sorcs have disarm, Albeit not close in comparison but not removing spirit debuff is a plus, and engi is ranged vs a magus being not, so ranged disarm isnt bad on a destro toon. I cast all the time in magnet engis and ruin their big rift hopes. I save healers or other ranged from WE's, its good.
Sorcs have a good 4th tactic. Swell of gloom, or chilling gusts are great extra damage to burst rotations. And you have choices which is the big thing. BW usually looks at lame tier 1 tactics to fill, maybe morale boost, emps ward for a random bubble, maybe a buff to flames of rhuin to proc a little more, it kinda sucks. But BW gets funnel power, not as strong, but it kindaaaa negates this trade a LITTLE.
Sorc has a 2 sec ranged snare but its not that hard to get off, and, its actually part of early damage rotation. Thats great. BWs snare and cauterize is where it shines. I can tell you though on my BW, i would still gladly give these to destro for all the damage.
Curently sorcs have that 4th damage tactic I mentioned. But also their entire rotation is spirit damage. Thats crazy. Thats 20% dmg buff for your spells. Chillwind, buffs itself lol. Hello.
BW cannot buff over half of their dmg. Ignite, Detonate, Sear, Fireball barrage, and Nova, BWs big direct damage spells are all elemental. And fire ball obviously.
If you want to really snipe, casting obsessive focus and shades of death are sleepers at a wall. Targets wont even budge.
On my sorc I feel like I kill at will. Nuking at a keep or while zerg surfing is normal. On my 80 full sov BW, most targets walk out of LOS at a keep with 10-20% life having no idea a fully gear maxed BW was just on them.
This isnt even going into BW's Slow Boil (our vision of torment) being broken. It hits for half what sorc's VoT does.
Sorcs, you think you want to trade some stuff but trust me you dont. And if RoR buffed sorcs without BWs in return, it would be a crime.