We all know Magicka Necro is not in the best spot, which of course always prompts the question. " What should be different? " We all have ideas and thoughts. Well I got two idea concerning two abilities, those being Stalking Blastbones, and Skeletal Arcanist.
Stalking Blastbones: So we are all aware of the issues with this ability, most A.I. so obviously the first suggestion is to fix that, but aside from that, I was thinking how not just the fans, but even ZoS thinks magicka necro should be a "Baleful Summoner" Which they describe as having any "ARMY" of undead. Thats what they call it on the skill advisory. But I mean, we only got one real pet, and it does nothing but run forward and explode, which is cool, I was hoping necro would have exploding minions. But it still feeling lacking. What is, instead of damage just scaling with one summon as it travels, we get two? One normal Blast Bones, then a stalking one that does 50% of the oprignals damage that scales up based on how long it chases? Could be ***, could be OP I don't know I can't test it, i just think it seems more summonery and necromancer like.
Now, another idea is to make the second summon a melee fighter that explodes on death, and or when re-summoned/times out. Mostly cause I think its cool, not cause it will fix anything.
Skeletal Arcanist: So, weak, is the best way to describe this ability, not only is it not a real summon, it also does not do any damage or add any utility. It basically just gives you a sucky dot. Now, I got a few ideas for this, the first being simple to add a extra effect to it. Minor Breach/Fracture... Not too many sorces of this, it's a debuff and necros should be known for debuffs if you ask me. Or, maybe minor vulnerability. Either or works for me, I think it would add some much needed utility without putting in the work to completely rework the ability. Now on top of this, it should stay on targets. Going after your first target and staying n it till you target something else, or just make it a real pet and give it a hit box. I know some people would hate that though. given how sorc is treated.
Now I am gonna add one more to this, and that Mending Spirit, I can't help but feel like this guy should put a small shield on us, that could easily be over tuned, but I honestly feel like, since we have no wya to kite people, we could really use a class shield on magicka.
So, pick it apart as you will, just some thoughts I had on the subject.
