Possible Jeweler buff.

Hi. Might I make a quick possible suggestion, slight buffing to Jewelers, in regards to their CA?

With the further change to boost all gems (and XP bonuses to magic and recovery), it obviously lends itself to the idea that Jewelers are going to be casters. As such, they will have 1 slot automatically used by a gem (usually their DD), 3 taken up by Gem Handling (which, at higher levels, is a foregone conclusion that 2-3 will pop up with a modicum of consistency), leaving 2 left. If that caster is in a clan with the Incantation Rune, then this effectively means they have *no* use for their CA. Having played a Jeweler up to (semi)-cap for several months now, I can count on 1 hand the number of times I have legitimately needed to use my CA.

So...here's what I'm suggesting: at lower levels, where Gem Handing would be decidedly lower in ranks, it retains its' usefulness; however, if the bar is full of gems (all 6 slots have gems in them), then using the CA would cause some sort of secondary measure instead? They are casters, there's no need to have some giant damage or something, but possibly a boost to regen speed, or draw speed, or something? Their Class bonus gives them a decent draw-speed as it is, so maybe something to play off of it, hence the idea of a regenerative capability -- boost all recovery stats by 100 for 10 seconds could be rather potent, and still be less-broken at lower levels.

Just a thought, post yer thoughts on it kids. Please?

[paultwloha]

Oh hai. Other classes got a buff. I want one too nowz.

[Lurkee]

more like oh hai, my class got buffed. more buffs plox.

More like "my class got a minor buff, and - while nice - still doesn't solve the near-uselessness of the class ability once you level past 50." C'mon, Weaponmasters have been complaining non-stop and finally got a boost to *theirs*, why can't the caster-equivalent get one too?

jeweller would prob be better for hybrid builds rather than pure casters

I think it'd make more sense to make their ability a shuffle. For example, if they have a very bad draw, they can use their class ability to instantly switch out all their gems currently in play with random ones from their pouch.

The cooldown should be 6 minutes imo.

Still, I'm not sure if buffing enchanters is the right move to make at the moment.

Not Enchanters, Klip, Jewelers. Jewelers just got the 1-3% all-gems bonus, which is....marginal....but it doesn't solve the inherent problem with their Class Ability being pretty silly (fill all empty slots with random draws). For starters, their class bonus is that they get a bonus to gem drawspeed; couple this with a staff + slots already being (usually) filled + gemhaste aura, and the class ability has practically no usefulness. I'm simply bringing up the idea that maybe it should have a secondary use, like a lot of other CA's have -- damage + immortality, damage + devamp. auras on them, damage + weapon haste, and so on.

I haven't really griped about the underpowered core of my class before, but with Jeff avidly seeking to boost the class...he still hasn't addressed what I perceive to be the most glaring shortcoming we deal with. Weaponmasters got *their* fix, why can't Jewelers get theirs?

I like the Jeweler CA as it is. It's actually very powerful. I don't support having it changed.

[Destruction]

Originally Posted by Blueack

I like the Jeweler CA as it is. It's actually very powerful. I don't support having it changed.

Same. Not I'll confess that I didn't read what this board is about, but I have a jeweler alt and the CA is extremely useful/powerful.

[beetdabrat]

Now with gem shatter I think the ca would come in handy in the arena at least.
I'm trying out a jeweler dot caster. So far its fun though he's only level 14 atm.

Beet Da Brat