Remove Purge Thoughts?

[Stranded]

Since this game is unplayable without Purge and basically all fights rely on this one RA, why not give everyone Purge II or III when hitting level 50 and remove it as a trainable "Realm Ability"?

Just a thought. Would love to hear if this is too wild or plausible?

[rileyfops]

You're not wrong.

With every class in the game, it is the first required RA.

The game is balanced around everyone having it.

It really is the illusion of choice.

It isn't, by definition, a specialization since everyone gets it and needs it. It probably shouldn't cost points.

I'd say if something is meant to be a choice, but isn't because it is necessary to compete, in many games, in many circumstances, you'd assume that the ability is wildly OP.

So just remove purge from the game entirely. - Yours truly, every class that depends on CC

[Cralendo]

Its more in the way of the long 9 second stun base on the damage outpoint of the class's with 9 second stun your dead before the stun is over this is where the unbalance is.

[vaako4942]

Reducing the costs also works for purge like 3-3-4-5-5 and I would give purge a negative effect aswell, similar to the endless demand myth but maybe just half as bad, could be like -20% -15% -10% -5% and 0% resists from rank 1 to 5 for 15seconds. So people need to use it more strategical or they just get face aggro really fast if they purge and no 5sec delay purge anymore. This would also make the duration longer for other cc if your resists are lower. So better purge the right effect.

[rentwin]

Don´t forget there are classes with Stoicism, CC reduction buffs, resi buffs, determination/charge access. Making purge easier to get will make those classes much stronger and classes which depend on some kind of cc to survive much more difficult to play.

I like the idea for 1-2 lvl of free purge

Example: lvl 30 Purge 1 (15min, no delay)
lvl 40 Purge 2 (12min)

and then trainable at lvl 50

Purge 3 - 10 min - 5 RA
Purge 4 - 7.5 min - 7 RA
Purge 5 - 5 min - 9 RA

But the cooldowns or accessibility or costs could be also altered between classes for balancing reasons.

[fiorefurlano]

Or maybe bring back CLASSIC PURGE ? 10 RR Points, 1 Use, every 30 min, no delay.

[lasastard]

It really is the illusion of choice.

It's not though, unless you see the game through a particular pair of spectacles.

Maybe someone is a PvE player; really no need for purge, or at least not in the same way as you may want it in RvR (delay, re-use timer etc).
Maybe someone is a zerg player, and he/she decides to go for wild power over purge, since it gives them more value for their "money", as it were.

There are absolutely play styles which make purge 2/3 mandatory; no doubt. But I would argue the same is true for, say, wild power 5+ for casters, det 9 for tanks/hybrids and so on. It's slippery slope once you start looking at things too closely.

It's still your choice.