Curse

OrangeArrow · Mar 19, 2006, 10:45 PM // 22:45

Right now Divine intervention is a great skill its a huge non-elite heal for only 5 energy with a quick 1/4 of a second casting time. It has a potential to be an game changing skill but theres one problem. No one uses it because the recharge on it is too long. I think if the recharge time is lowered to 15-20 seconds it might become a standard skill on every monks tool bar. DI right now has a recharge that at 30 seconds makes it an ineffective spike counter and not worth the skill slot in most cases. I know that with a shorter recharge timeit might become unbalanced but I think it will add more stratgey to the game. I see good teams adapting and one trick spike teams getting frustrated if they dont bring enchantment removal. Also to counter act DI Spamming with a shoter recharge maybe a debuff can be added so that if someone is "saved" by DI once they cant be saved by DI again for another 60 seconds or so.

Soul Shaker · Mar 20, 2006, 04:05 AM // 04:05

with that shortened recharge you can see unyielding aura +DI combos. Maybe well see those skills used for once...

swordfisher · Mar 20, 2006, 04:54 AM // 04:54

How about...20 seconds, and a cast animation as big as prot spirit? Because if it's actually going to be used, I gotta know when and where.

twicky_kid · Mar 20, 2006, 05:07 AM // 05:07

Lower recharge and lower healing to balance it simple fix

zoozoc · Mar 20, 2006, 05:10 AM // 05:10

well yes for the current boon/prot metagame, it would have to have a lower recharge to be really useful for them, but for non boon/prots, the recharge is worth it because of the extra healing, it is more of a last ditch heal that you arnt suppose to spam, not an infuse health. And I do recall evil using it for the last match during the GWWC.

icemonkey · Mar 20, 2006, 05:40 AM // 05:40

yeah for the healing ammount it is at, the recharge is appropriate, its half price on infuse and you don't lose life when you use it, its a little less healing than infuse(on average) but its a lot of healing, 2nd highest heal(i think)

if they drop the healing a bit it would be a lot more reasonable to have a shorter recharge.

but the way you started this post is sketchy, a lot of skills would be on every character's profession's bar if they were buffed to the point that they were better than any other skill available....

Undivine · Mar 20, 2006, 07:31 AM // 07:31

I make use of it in Tombs as it is now. It's a pretty good spell. I wouldn't mind they drop the recast, but only slightly. You have to keep in mind that people use focii and staves that sometimes halve the recast.

But I see your point. The thing is, one shouldn't think of it as a huge heal spell. One should think of it as a conditional huge heal spell. They have to take a fatal blow, and it won't be triggered by degen. Potentially you can cast this spell and it ends up doing nothing at all, which can happen a lot and then you have to wait for the recast.

It is good for anti-spike, and from what I hear, there is almost too much of that in PvP that it's getting monotonous. It is not the be-all, end-all of anti-spike either. Anyone who spikes that much can probably keep it up and spike them for just a few seconds longer. Or they can change targets and spike someone else; after all with the recast what it is, you can only use it on one person at a time.

I guess I don't really know what to think about changing this spell.