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[ShadowAce]

Warlocks need some serious work like every damage skill has to be buffed out the ass to make int builds viable again.

One thing I was looking at is "mastery" buffs. Every class has one and only 3 classes have secondary effects (templars, priests and warlocks)

A secondary effect for each mastery buff could change a lot. I am a big defender fan one of the changes I was thinking was:

Blunt mastery: 20% attack speed increase at lvl 7 (they would swing just as fast as templars do)
Bless Shield: 20% block rate & 15% stun resistance at lvl 7

Rest of the defender skills are just fine no more dual wielding but u get 15% stun resistance which is huge and an additional 20% if you are +10 (and the stun deals magic damage like marea's hammer or strike bash)

This also indirectly buffs dex guards who dont dual wield a buff to invoke could see dex guards making a comeback as well.

[Gadwin83]

Warlocks need some serious work like every damage skill has to be buffed out the ass to make int builds viable again.

One thing I was looking at is "mastery" buffs. Every class has one and only 3 classes have secondary effects (templars, priests and warlocks)

A secondary effect for each mastery buff could change a lot. I am a big defender fan one of the changes I was thinking was:

Blunt mastery: 20% attack speed increase at lvl 7 (they would swing just as fast as templars do)
Bless Shield: 20% block rate & 15% stun resistance at lvl 7

Rest of the defender skills are just fine no more dual wielding but u get 15% stun resistance which is huge and an additional 20% if you are +10 (and the stun deals magic damage like marea's hammer or strike bash)

This also indirectly buffs dex guards who dont dual wield a buff to invoke could see dex guards making a comeback as well.

Now before you rage QQ omg no nurf templarzz think about it for a minute. Two of the classes you just listed as needing help (warlocks and dex guards) have skill sets that benefit greatly from their respective stats and not so much from +attack. If the only scrolls were alm scrolls...guess which classes just got help.

Basically it would just lower the ceiling on dps a bit, so the builds that tend to be in the basement right now are at least a little less far behind. Perfect fix for everything? Nah...but it would certainly make things a lot more balanced. But again...it'd never happen because $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.