Arcane enigma and arcabe lotus
Arcane enigma and arcane lotus Arcane enigma-default (gw2 and bfn) Gw2 description: Only Rose could make transforming into a being of pure, invulnerable, damage-dealing energy seem so easy...
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I saw someone on the Reddit complain about GW2's arcane enigma making you invulnerable but you can still attack. This is puzzling to me, because despite not being able to attack with it in BfN, BfN's version is far, far more annoying to deal with, especially with the epiphany buff making it beyond obnoxious to deal with. Electric Slide has a similar upgrade for outta fight that I find to be maddening to deal with, but we'll get to that when you post about it.
In GW2, yes you can attack in enigma form, but it's point blank, doesn't do all that much damage per burst, and that drains its mana so you can't get far with it, I don't think you can even get 4 if you move even a little bit, and it's far better to use against AI, especially at the flag of power, or to get out of danger rather than as an attack; if you manage to get all 4 pulses you can barely take out an Imp (80 vs. 75 for no health upgrade). Roses that do use it aggressively in multiplayer tend to get taken out shortly thereafter, it's not good at attacking, it's meant to get you out of there and to give you enough damage so that zombies won't get too close while you do.
Lotus got a needed buff early on and I've mostly switched to it. I love that I can hang around allies, healing them while also healing myself for using it, and I can't be hurt for a bit. Of course, you still have to be wary of getting taken out .5 seconds after it wears off!
In BfN, I do like that you can speed up allies, but it lasts a very long time and is too good for what it is thanks to that and again, if you also have epiphany, it's just frustrating to deal with.
In a new game, I'd be fine with them nerfing the damage of the old enigma while adding speed boost to allies and not letting it last as long as BfN, while also NOT having stuff like epiphany, with lotus being an alternate ability that doesn't need any changes or at least not much of any.
- @Iron_Guard8 I swear the gw reddit community does not understand balance or game design in the slightest, especially around gw2 (not saying there aren't problems because there are). They act on a mentality of anything that kills me is op, ignore how I charged in like an idiot at 5 health and got myself killed in a fight I would never have won anyway. Every ability would be trash if they had their way, I mean there are people who think engineers gw1 sonic grenade was op despite that being literally the only thing that stops him from being bulldozed by chompers and the ten bunnyhopping peashooters on wallnut hills.
I prefer lotus as I often want to help my team as much as possible while improving my own survivability.
They should either revert it, create a alt ability that just buffs speed without invulnerability, or just create a new plant whose job is actual support like a plant hovergoat.
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