Overlooked: Passives masquerading as actives

**mr punk** · 13-07-2012, 00:31

Originally Posted by marshmallow

What do you think?

i think it's good idea and then i look at blizz flailing and flopping around and then i lulz.

**Sokar Rostau** · 13-07-2012, 03:04

Originally Posted by Capt Goodman

This is an interesting idea, but since this would basically be an overhaul of their skill system, it has about .0000001% chance of happening.

D2 1.10

10chars.

**Capt Goodman** · 13-07-2012, 03:12

Originally Posted by Sokar Rostau

D2 1.10

10chars.

Blizzard North.

**SuggestiveName** · 13-07-2012, 03:30

Originally Posted by Capt Goodman

Blizzard North.

Hellgate London.

**SnickerSnack** · 13-07-2012, 05:29

Originally Posted by SuggestiveName

Hellgate London.

Short post.

**Carisma** · 13-07-2012, 06:03

Originally Posted by AlexanderBarin

I hate passive skills with a passion.

Everyone and their mom uses Warcry... I don't

Not even in A3 Inferno HC.

I want to be in control of my character, not buff it once every minute with a click of a button.

Hopefully they redo these to be more active, or alternatively allow 6 active skills and 1 passive skill.

So you want it to be more like World of Warcraft, and less like Diablo? Maybe you shoudl just play WoW.

**MoUsE_WiZ** · 13-07-2012, 06:49

Originally Posted by SuggestiveName

Hellgate London.

Publisher.

**Punkonjunk** · 13-07-2012, 06:51

revenge pisses me off, it should be a passive with a 15 percent chance to proc on your next strike.... you're only using it when striking anyhow, and etc, wow this box is hard to type in on my droid, no shift or caps or anything. great.

**Steven Hazani** · 13-07-2012, 12:06

Originally Posted by MoUsE_WiZ

Obligatory skills and passive skills masquerading as active skills are two different problems. A skill can be obligatory and masquerading as active (Warcry), obligatory and not masquerading as active (Smoke Screen), not obligatory and masquerading as active (Familiar), not obligatory and not masquerading as active (Chakrams).

They're different but related. Wizards actually have the greatest number of viable skills but also have the greatest number of required skills. End result? Viable skills do not see use because you have no room for them, just like when you use a slot on a passive style ability.

**Sky Tan** · 18-07-2012, 04:08

Having played all characters other then the barb ...WIzard kinda had this issue bad.
At one time i was playing with Magic Wep, Ice Armor, Familiar ..then realsie only left one slot of another AOE big spell also no space for Tele .

For the DH dun understand is it whether they ran ou tof ideas on DH skills that a companion is needed as a skill.

I will make sense if it is introduced in Xpac as a seperate additional system.
Pokemon....NPC pet trainer upgrade ....blah blah...adds mf, gold find , radius, speed..