And here we go!

Now Outlander is closely done time to start with next: Embermage!

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Again im strugglign with Weapon DPS / Flat DMG skills. Flat damage seems SO MUCH MORE powerful than Weap DPS, but maybe its cz my testign character is undergeared. Im getting huge damage difference, whereas weap DPS skills are so weak and Flat DMG are totally OP.

I will try with better gear but still seems hard a weapon can have a DPS wich can rival with Flat DMG from skills.

So this is kinda of opening post wich may be updated and probably will get as long and deep as Outlander (lets hope not! lol)

First insights:

Prismatic Bolts has been changed to Lightning blast. It still feels so... well, not good. Kidna rigid, slow cast, slow hit, pretty generic. Still each Mage brand is related to one element (fire, ice, lightning) - There is a fire basic attack, and ice basic attack... so well it makes sense to have a lightning basic attack

Also Fire basic is like a machien gun, it shoots fast bolts on straight line. Ice basic is more liek a shotgun, multiple projectile son arc, wich ricochets. Lightning may need sth.

Prismatic bolts was just OP cz it was multi elemental, high damage, few bolts and homing. But Lightning Blast still feels weird. So:

As each element has a different attck patern i suggestto get back Prismatic Bolts but let them be just Lightning Bolts (or Blast, why not) and let it fire pattern be just like prismatic bolts. Exactly the same appearance and animation, BUT:

LIGHTNING BOLTS "2"

-Vanilla prismatic bolt appearance and behaviour.

-ONLY lightning damage.

-Damage 15% weapon DPS (Fire and Ice are 30% and 33%) As Ligthning Blast "2" may have homing capabilities and multiple projectiles, halving its dmg seems jsut fair. Yeah, ice blast also has multiple projectiles, but they do not home and WONT EVERY SHOT HIT THE SAME TARGET for high damage on single enemy. While Lightning Bolt "2" may be able to do so.

-Keep the added effectos of Lightning Blast "1" (extra flat electrif damage, chance to stun)


FROST PHASE:

This wich any ranged attackc ombo make smage almost unkillable, as you can spam teleport around all map. More if shooting homies like Lightning Bolt 2 or Blazing pillars, or whatever.

Also it has a "offensive" use wich is atm useless (small ice AoE on telepor)

Suggestion:

Cooldown of 12 seconds at lvl 1 -1 per level, so 5 seconds cooldown when maxed.
AoE Area doubled (maybe tripled) - recquires testing
AoE Damage Doubled (maybe tripled) - recquires testing
HP steal? (extra incentive) 3% Player HP per enemy hit.
Generates a "normal" amount of charge.

Per Level:
-1 sec cooldown (5 secs cooldown at max level)
Dmg increase.

Tiers 1,2,3.
Keep the Radious increase (doubled*)
add 1% HP stolen per enemy hit (max 6% per enemy hit)

And test out.

SET TO TOGGLE:
(this would work for every class, and i´d say may be a core and trademark of TL2-E rework)
Long buff skills - set to toggle (mana burnign per second)

IMMOLATION AURA

ASTRAL ALLY

ELEMENTAL BOON


Now more on... Lightning Brand:

SHOCKING BURST:

Another main attack, but short range. Its useless compared to Lightning Blast "2" so:

-Make it also able to build charge (actually disabled)
-Increase slighty range (like +50%?)
- Increase stun prob, being it its more straight advantage (i´d say +25% at al levels)

Tiers: keep as it is (with the extra increase of range too)

THUNDER LOCUS

Actually not so useful as... enemy moves. And it does not. Also you cnan oly have 1 on field, if u summon a new one, it deletes the first. 2 suggestions here:

1 "Easy" - make it enable to slowly chase targets. So it becomes somehow a lightnign version of blazing pillars, but concentrated on a single orb.

2 "Cool" Reduce cooldown to around 5 seconds and be able to summon few at same time I´d say 1, +1 per tier (5 at max level) so you can fill most of the map withit. Spread them for field control of many small mobs or overlap them on a short range for concentrated dmg.
May recquire testing about how "op" could be to stack them....

ARC BEAM:

Make sure its dmg is around 1.5 or 2 higher than "Lightning Blast 2" so its basically becomes a single-line, piercing Mana expensive attack, with around double MP than "LB2". So a "concentrated damage alternative attack" at cost of fast mana burning.

SHOCKBOLTS:

I think this looks great and so. I´d decrease its mana cost /4 (25% of current MP cost) So it can be used as a low dmg spamable AoE. Dmg could be tweaked cz maybe it woudl be so low, but thats sth still to be tested.

SHOCKING ORB:

Damage based on Weapon DPS. Might be so weak compared to flat dmg skills, so probably add Lightning flat damage. Still recquires testing.

PRIMATIC RIFT (passive) - Do we really want enemies teleported when hit? that seems more an annoyance than an advantage. Maybe remove teleport effect and just keep the chance of causing elemental effects... when ENEMY IS HIT (not player). Im not so sure about this one, is just the vanilla design seems so weird.

WAND CHAOS: Remove the "recquires a wand" recquirement. For teh Lulz. (Making it more viable and versatile)

LIGHTNING BRAND: Keep as it is : D - testing?


FIRE BRAND

MAGMA SPEAR: keep as it is, used as reference standard attack (fire)

MAGMA MACE: I think Mage should need a HIGH incentive as to going melee. I´d consider to double its dmg bot weap DPS and Flat, so ppl may even consider to go melee with this. (Testing and tweaks for a balanced amount of dmg recquired)

FIREBOMBS: Seems fair enough. Testing recquired

BLAZING PILLARS: Cool skill, is fine still im struggling to see what makes the pillars to fade, as they do at different rates. It seems they start to fade after ricocheting with an obstacle. I´d fix their lifespan to a fixed amount of time. 10 second would be fair enough (at max level cooldon is 5.5 so you would be able to have double amount of pillars at once, no more)

INFERNAL COLLAPSE: Somehwo a Nuke wich can be launch anywhere and with AoE. Atm just keep as it is, furhter testing recquired.

IMMOLATION AURA: Make it a toggle wich burns MP. Aside of that, just keep as it is. Flat damage reduction. Nothing more to say.

FIRESTORM: Decent ultimate. While dmg may seem ow in numbers, its quite spammable. Atm i´d just keep its until further testing and comparisons with other skills.

PASSIVES: All seems fair. Would not touch.

ICE BRAND

ICY BLAST: keep s it is for now until further testing. Reference skill of the brand.
It feels so weak based on Weap DPS. Still recquires testing (see "IMPORTANT NOTE" at beggining of the post)

HAILSTORM: seems so good compare dto Icy Brand cz of Flat Damage. Maybe should use a NERF. Still must recquire testing. (Is like a cheaper, lowpowered version of Firestorm)
Problem also is, There is another skill (FROST WAVE) wich is also a powerful AoE. Both skills are somehow redundant to each other. So maybe one of 2 could be reworked to be an Area DEBUFF instead a DMG dealer. (see later on post)

FROST PHASE: [Repeat from above]

This wich any ranged attackc ombo make smage almost unkillable, as you can spam teleport around all map. More if shooting homies like Lightning Bolt 2 or Blazing pillars, or whatever.

Also it has a "offensive" use wich is atm useless (small ice AoE on telepor)

Suggestion:

Cooldown of 12 seconds at lvl 1 -1 per level, so 5 seconds cooldown when maxed.
AoE Area doubled (maybe tripled) - recquires testing
AoE Damage Doubled (maybe tripled) - recquires testing
HP steal? (extra incentive) 3% Player HP per enemy hit.
Generates a "normal" amount of charge.

Per Level:
-1 sec cooldown (5 secs cooldown at max level)
Dmg increase.

Tiers 1,2,3.
Keep the Radious increase (doubled*)
add 1% HP stolen per enemy hit (max 6% per enemy hit)

And test out.


ELEMENTAL BOOM: Make it toggle. Keep as it is aside of that

FROST WAVE: Its cool looking skill, but its another AoE not too different in game terms to Hailstorm, so my suggestion: Rework one of the 2 skills to be a debuff more than a damage dealing skill.

---HAILSTORM has a banilla DEBUFF wicn increase 60% ice damage taken. What about nerfing Hailstorm damage to something "minimal" but increase this debuff duration to 20 seconds (instead of jsut 6) and increase its debuff to around 150% or even 200%. Or make it stackable (60% up to 3-4 stacks, for 180-240%)

ICE PRISON: Mostly a utility skill. I say keep as it is until further testing.

ASTRAL ALLY: Switch it to toggle skill. Recquires further testing to tweak damage and such.

PASSIVES:

STAFF MASTERY: Remove the "Staff recquired" recquirement. For teh Lulz. (Making it more viable and versatile)

FROZEN FATE: Idk about this one. Do you think its really that useful? (when killing a enemy, there is a chance up to nearby enemies getting frozen)

ICE BRAND: keep as it is.


Welp thats all for now lol.

"Mage wont be as much work as Outlander" -Corley