2010-12-17, 06:49 PM
Hmm, I would place the elements in a different order myself. If you were to go with a Fire + Holy combo, I'd get the idea of "Purge the taint", so to me at least it would make sense for the class to have a misguided choice part way through that led them to darkness, but they realize this and change their ways. At the same time though, I do have trouble seeing status infliction elements in first job. Perhaps in making ice/lightning first job, you could give them only light elementalist traits to the point where the attacks are only at the level of "snow" rather than ice and therefore cannot freeze until that charge mastery you mentioned.
If you were to go this far with elemental play, why not have drawbacks such as elemental weakness when using opposing elements to bring a bit of fairness to the Paladins out there. Perhaps tweak it similar to Aran in that all attacks are based off of the regular attacks, and have the only "skills" be made by the chosen element at the time. Add a cool-down to how often you can change charges, and you finally have a class that uses strategy. You'd have to play your defenses and offenses as the need arises and would be limited to your skill choice because of it. Perhaps have the primary 1v1 dmg skill in 4th job require a reasonable set-up and be stationary turret like structure that "absorbs" the area's elements and fires them in a stream. However, this attack would not actually be elemental, rather it would take the status effects from the element of the territory and apply them to the attack at a low chance. Element of the area would be based on appearance; IE early nath, ice; late nath, ice/darkness. The advantage of this could be that the status effect overides elemental defense against it. It could allow use on bosses, but would have to be limited in duration depending on how often it triggers and frozen would have to be like the Aran's freeze.
Sorry to throw so many ideas into yours. It just came to me.
EDIT @ Element Order: Of course, you could be going off the idea that the Legend himself started a Hero, but became a realist with age, and wound up following a path of darkness, which does break a little bit of the stereotype.
If you were to go this far with elemental play, why not have drawbacks such as elemental weakness when using opposing elements to bring a bit of fairness to the Paladins out there. Perhaps tweak it similar to Aran in that all attacks are based off of the regular attacks, and have the only "skills" be made by the chosen element at the time. Add a cool-down to how often you can change charges, and you finally have a class that uses strategy. You'd have to play your defenses and offenses as the need arises and would be limited to your skill choice because of it. Perhaps have the primary 1v1 dmg skill in 4th job require a reasonable set-up and be stationary turret like structure that "absorbs" the area's elements and fires them in a stream. However, this attack would not actually be elemental, rather it would take the status effects from the element of the territory and apply them to the attack at a low chance. Element of the area would be based on appearance; IE early nath, ice; late nath, ice/darkness. The advantage of this could be that the status effect overides elemental defense against it. It could allow use on bosses, but would have to be limited in duration depending on how often it triggers and frozen would have to be like the Aran's freeze.
Sorry to throw so many ideas into yours. It just came to me.
EDIT @ Element Order: Of course, you could be going off the idea that the Legend himself started a Hero, but became a realist with age, and wound up following a path of darkness, which does break a little bit of the stereotype.