ArenaNet:Skill feedback/Mesmer/Energy Tap and Energy Drain

File:Energy Tap.jpg Energy Tap

File:Energy Drain.jpg Energy Drain

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  • PvE: 2008/06/12
  • PvP: 2008/10/25

PvE

MA Anathe's Issue -- 04:26, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

Issue

One-shot e-denial effects are incredibly weak in PvE due to minimal energy management on monsters. They have less skills to spam and +1 inherent energy regeneration bonus. Effectively, E Drain and E Tap are nothing more than (0...12...15):

Energy Tap - Gain .41 ... .95 ... 1.22 pips of energy regeneration.

Energy Drain - Gain 0 ... 1.57 ... 1.86 pips of energy regeneration.

The baseline for non-elite energy regeneration has traditionally centered around 1 pip of e-regen for a skill slot (Glyph of Lesser Energy), and elite energy management at about 2-3 pips, with attribute scaling skills often having secondary effects or being able to scale further for the point investment.

Suggestion

As long as they're going to be split from their PvP versions anyway, set the recharge to 15 on both (PvE) skills. Thus, they become -

Energy Tap - Gain .53 ... 1.24 ... 1.59 pips of energy regeneration.

Energy Drain - Gain 0 ... 2.06 ... 2.44 pips of energy regeneration.

Which is more respectable without being excessive. (Especially because even Mes primaries don't max out Inspiration, anyway.)

The point of those skills is not energy denial. They are for managing your own energy.