Curse

Alka · Jul 13, 2007, 09:07 AM // 09:07

atack skill "staff strike" type melle atack
if you are wielding 2 handed staff you strike for +5...25dmg(depending of how much you invest in staff attribute) and deal dmg to 2foes- right and left from your char
"Staff stance" -stance: if you wield staff you have 20-60% chance to block atacks for 3-12sec(depending of how much you invest in staff attribute)
this is just base idea comments plz....
this staff stance would more approve +45 hp while in stance mod

MagmaRed · Jul 13, 2007, 01:54 PM // 13:54

So you want your Elementalist to do melee damage with his staff? Unless they made a new class that used a staff as a melee weapon, this isn't an option without MAJOR changes to current staffs. Staffs do not work as a melee weapon, they worked as ranged weapons. Allowing current staffs to hit someone with a melee attack in unbalanced, as they now have 2 weapon types with 1 weapon (ranged and melee).

If you want a caster to get a benefit from a stance weapon mod, there are LOTS of stances from several classes a caster can use effectively.

Warrior has:
[skill]Balanced Stance[/skill]
[skill]Wary Stance[/skill]
[skill]Frenzied Defense[/skill]
[skill]Sprint[/skill]
[skill]Bonetti's Defense[/skill]
[skill]Deflect Arrows[/skill]
[skill]Disciplined Stance[/skill]

Ranger has:
[skill]Dryder's Defenses[/skill]
[skill]Melandru's Resilience[/skill]
[skill]Natural Stride[/skill]
[skill]Serpent's Quickness[/skill]
[skill]Storm Chaser[/skill]
[skill]Storm's Embrace[/skill]

Dervish has:
[skill]Conviction[/skill]
[skill]Pious Concentration[/skill]
[skill]Enchanted Haste[/skill]

Assassin has:
[skill]Dark Escape[/skill]
[skill]Dash[/skill]

Mesmer has:
[skill]Hex Breaker[/skill]
[skill]Mantra of Recovery[/skill]
[skill]Distortion[/skill]
[skill]Mantra of Concentration[/skill]
[skill]Mantra of Resolve[/skill]
[skill]Mantra of Flame[/skill]
[skill]Mantra of Frost[/skill]
[skill]Mantra of Earth[/skill]
[skill]Mantra of Lightning[/skill]
[skill]Elemental Resistance[/skill]
[skill]Physical Resistance[/skill]
[skill]Mantra of Signets[/skill]
[skill]Mantra of Inscriptions[/skill]
[skill]Mantra of Persistence[/skill]

Lots of options for use of the Endurance Staff Wrapping on any spell caster class. I didn't even list all of the stances available, just the ones more commonly used. And I have yet to see a build that had a caster using their weapon for damage.