Since some tanky builds do a lot of damage anyways, why dmg builds shouldn’t be able to “tank” a bit more? Maybe the gap between what a defensive build and an offensive one can take for damage shouldn’t be that large. So I must gear quite defensively since GD sometimes throws you into closed spaces with lots of very tanky, hard hitting monsters. But it seems that everytime I want to make a more offensive char, something that rewards good reflexes, positioning and awareness I end up realizing there is a scarcity of strong active defensive skills(most of them is press to get +def stats for ~10s), and that most of them would die in HC.

I’m the kind of guy that likes to play and experiment with all classes, I’m not aversed to bow, magic or sword, tanky or not, mobile or not. I honestly don’t know the answer for that… Maybe tanks shouldn’t be that tanky but at the same time mobs shoudln’t do so much damage? To allow for players that aren’t used to fast paced skills to finish HC with more number crunching builds.

“If this were possible, then why have defenses at all ?” It still would be an extreme accomplishment for one to finish all HC content with a viable but not OP build like this. It should allow Glass Cannons to not be 1 shot by bosses unless they get hit by their “stronk!” attacks wich would be cool to have some reactive skills to try and block these based on player reflex. That’s seems a bit unfair, 1/4th of a tank build is not so low since tanks have a lot of defense. “and do so as a HC char, you deserve to die.” That way you would really have a difference in playstyle other than which stat you need to focus on. Tanks would still be much more about number crunching than skill and less tanky builds would be a mix between skill and gear. Ofc it would be ideal for glass cannons to rely on skills that rewards timing for it to be balanced.

I’m not talking about basing everything on player skill. I would not mind if they were somewhat less important still. That a glass cannon lacks defenses is pretty much its definition, to me there is no argument that says a HC char needs to be able to be one.Īs to the importance of defenses, they already are a lot less important than they used to be, whether this is the right balance or whether they should be more or less important has no definitive answer. If this were possible, then why have defenses at all ? If you want to neglect defense and go all out defense (and yes, going 1/4th of what a tank needs is the same as ignoring…) and do so as a HC char, you deserve to die. I am no fan of basing this on player skill rather than char skills in an (A)RPG, that is what action games are for.

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