"Asic;811044" wrote:
Bariss unique affects all. The concept is old news and provides excellent strategy options.
Pre-rework Barriss did have a Unique that gave a 40% chance to dispel ONE negative effect from each Jedi ally and gain 9% TM for each dispel.
Yes, technically it does affect every (Jedi) ally, but not only is it very weak, dispel can only happen when Barriss gets a turn herself. And before her TM gaining rework, that didn't happen very frequently.
(If you were referring to pre-nerf Barriss, I didn't play that long ago so I can't speak about her abilities then)
Anyway, compare that to Chirrut's Unique. It gives Heal Over Time to
anyone whenever they get critically hit, not when Chirrut gets a turn. It heals
everyone with HoT whenever
anyone takes a turn.
The point is, if Chirrut hypothetically never took a turn, he can still (significantly!) influence the tide of a battle, something we never saw in pre-rework Barriss, and that's a very, very dangerous precedent to set because a character having Leader-like Unique abilities that passively affect everyone, without having to be a Leader position themselves, allows for stacking potential and creates a huge imbalance in the force.
Cassian Andor's Unique also suffers from the same problem. However, Jyn Erso, while powerful in her own right (maybe even OP because of her Specials, although save that for another discussion), has a Unique that is properly designed: Fierce Determination (Zeta): Immune to stuns, +10% potency (to herself!) per critical hit scored.
