balance

I rlly like those black auras, even tho I have no black, and sloth will pretty much ruin a lot of days. However, as black is slow, and dmg...and blue is haste, and "spell cancel/reflect" it seems to me the only logical thing is to have a rare blue aura which grants gem and attack haste. Ofc, hasting would be more beneficial in group pve than the slow would be, so the % should probly be a bit less...but, in the intrest of balance....both for magic color and PVP....there needs to be a haste attack/gem aura.

[RogueTigeR]

i like this idea... thou... i would make it black as well... and keep that entire class of gems in the black magic family tree.... or perhaps white but i dont think blue would be a good candidate... blue in my own head is more of "effecting magics" catagory.

This would give pallies another gem to use for their class bonus.

[RogueTigeR]

the paladin class bonus doesnt really effect play until your a very high level

ummm but blue is the color alrdy having haste skills...and most suited to such things. Giving it to black tho, would be simply crazy...then a black magic only can have 3 nice auras...w/o having to lvl but one color...and slows gem/attack 12% (at 65) while speeding up allied gem draw/attack as well?? no...that would simply not work.
And, black is alrdy easily the most common color among casters...and except green, among none casters. Black needed a good aura, been saying that for months...they got one.

my pt was; if u want both haste and slow effects in a clan battle, u must be bringing either a blue/black....(which isnt common), or someone with black and someone with blue...this is the "balance" to wit i ws refering in the first place. Giving haste to black would frankly, be going the wrong way.

Originally Posted by Qiana

ummm but blue is the color alrdy having haste skills...and most suited to such things. Giving it to black tho, would be simply crazy...then a black magic only can have 3 nice auras...w/o having to lvl but one color...and slows gem/attack 12% (at 65) while speeding up allied gem draw/attack as well?? no...that would simply not work.
And, black is alrdy easily the most common color among casters...and except green, among none casters. Black needed a good aura, been saying that for months...they got one.

I agree. If there was a melee/ranged/gem draw haste aura, it definitely shouldn't be a black one. Black would be its own counter to sloth auras.

Originally Posted by Nosebatter

I agree. If there was a melee/ranged/gem draw haste aura, it definitely shouldn't be a black one. Black would be its own counter to sloth auras.

Black is a detrimental color anyways, greed/white/blue would be better options for such a gem.

yes Nosebatter...effectivly it would, in PVP...tho as i mentioned; the haste would be more effective buffing groups in pve against single bosses, so it would probly be a bit less than the equivelent sloth aura.

Well, i agree sherman, but white/green (life magic in general) has nothing to do rlly with haste. Blue is the anti-magic/haste color...ic no reason why this gem wouldnt be blue. sloth was added to the color which has "gem slow"....blue alrdy has "gem haste"...imo, it only makes sense to make it blue

Originally Posted by Qiana

Well, i agree sherman, but white/green (life magic in general) has nothing to do rlly with haste. Blue is the anti-magic/haste color...ic no reason why this gem wouldnt be blue. sloth was added to the color which has "gem slow"....blue alrdy has "gem haste"...imo, it only makes sense to make it blue

I was thinking white/green because they usually have beneficial auras anyways. Aura of Thorns, Damage Negotiation, etc.

I do see ur thought tho, on DK being black, and having the sloth to buff from class....so pali (white) should have similar thing. And perhaps, there is merit to this. I do still think tho that the haste aura is a blue function. (we can always discuss later a new white aura for easy pali access)

In any case, I support this.

[RogueTigeR]

i would go w/ white over green...white is opposite black

I second this idea. White, green, blue, it doesn't matter. I would TOTALLY split my bag as 20% damage reduction, 20% thorns, 20% mirror, 20% everything haste, 20% taunts on my Pally tank. HE WOULD OWN YOUR FACE LIKE THIS.

and then have my archer slam the slow auras with his epic bow and split heals between him and my WM... yeah, pwnage right there. Especially if I bring some grey auras in.