Quote: Wrote:"Have you heard...? I don't believe you have. You can't have... Few have ever lived to tell the tale of what goes on within the... Garden of Divinity - I doubt most of it is even true! They would have to ascend a World Tree to even find the place. And, what goes up, rarely comes back down. However, lately, I hear the roots have darkened - blackened, even. Just what could even cause this?"                                                            

As it stands, I personally believe Unarmed, while not being the worst thing to exist, also isn't the greatest. Depending on what you couple it with, it can be decent to use, or a nightmare. Standalone, the tree is not all that good in my opinion though and is more or less, dull to fight with, easy to predict with how the tree is lain out and doesnt really have much of a gimmick compared to its former self.

I think a few things could be done with it really
-Lariat: While being informed that it does have a stun, has only a half a second one, compared to what it did before and for a skill that triggers GCD, makes it ineffective to combo with and rather unrewarding for an intermediate spell or even as something that could serve as something to finish off a combo, that aside from that and (maybe?) damage, is basically just flying kick thrown into the tree a second time.
 -Lariat should either, get an increase in stun time, it's the only one the tree has but that aspect is mostly obsolete now or have some kind of replacement or other tweak.

-Weighted Punch: Make it GCDE again, even if it means decreasing it's damage by a bit and maybe remove the fact that it to, is a dash. The GCD ruined a good bit of combo potential it had and rather as something for a combo opener, or something to allow the continuation, at most it will allow you to use, a single move while having to backpedal while it has GCD.
 -Alternative if GCD is kept, increase the time it slows and gives -DR.

-I seen a rather decent suggestion tossed out for a move that could instead of dragging someone with you, knock them away(like galeforce but not being a ranged projectile) and use this as a replacement or addition to the tree and something to act as more of a finisher. Lack of variety is something Unarmed suffers from a lot in my opinion and having some replacements, or tweaks would do the tree some good.

Those are the ideas I have currently for something to improve and restore the tree that got nerfed quite a bit back when spells were a lot more scarce, stuns needed to be tweaked(because you could chain stuns and unarmed was quite broken between tackle and flying kick alone at that time) and most people used fairly similar magics unless they apped before the magic changes.

Contact Information/Character:  Pin Head #1945/ Dinh

Synopsis: The Vale of Moonfall is host to places where time itself is lost, with those who explore it even more so. Yet the secrets that these places hold is far worth the risk to Vasilios. Word has spread of one of his clan, a Vimir was here in the Vale long ago. Guided by one of the Loa, the two plan on exploring this place and learning the secret behind their mysterious connection. 

Attendees: Vasilios Quinn and one other.

Tone: Spooky, exploring the history of these two cultures

Risk: CoI

Rewards: Cultural dev materials, a lead-in to more events to explore the history of the Rhoynish and of Moonfall

DM: Currently looking for one.

   

Quote:"A place far from Osrona lies an Island, one in which flames of haunting strength and capacity blanket the hellscape. An Island that surrounds itself with molten lava, dangerous towards its core. As one strong enough to deal with the sweltering heat and thick atmosphere would make their decent upon the unforgiveable depths of the dungeon below. However an unfortunate surprise would come forth, as one would come to find out...."

                                                                                                             They are NOT alone. 

"An Infernal Fire elemental has been growing in strength. Ruling with a fist of destructive flame, the demon-like entity and his ever expanding army of fire elementals will stop at nothing untill all life is consumed under its Devastating fire.."                                                                        

While I love the idea of Umbral cloak and I'm glad Illusion, or one of its sub-trees has gotten an aura it feels underwhelming. Even when compared to a few of the public tome skills I feel it's not quite up to snuff- even more so given the fact that you have to dev and apply for the tome.

Umbral Cloak right now is:
+10% AP, with a special that gives +50% DR for 3s (35s CD)

+10% is the same amount as the base aura and, while the DR boost is nice, the cooldown is pretty long.

Then compared to other auras:

Expedience (Gravity)
Aura. +10% AP, +10 vitality. Special: Three swirling projectiles that deal light damage and 0.5s stun on-hit.

Transcendence (Time)
+30 Power, passive heal, light MP regen

Plasma Aura (Plasma)
+10% AP, +20 crit. Plasma trail while moving


While it can be sometimes difficult to compare an aura that gives bonuses of different kinds, I felt these were close enough examples to offer some comparison. All of these are public trees and, in my opinion, seem to be more substantial than the Umbral Cloak; the Cloak's CD on its special is pretty long, the duration fairly short, and the AP percentage only equal to the base aura.