Beta - Thoughts on swarms boss skill

[MrMyther]

This skill feels... fine? I feel Its in a middle spot of the boss weapons, its not as engaging as Treek and Enigmox weapons, but it definitely has some strength over Owlitzers.
It seems to promote a very passive playstyle, with its DOT not helping much on weapons other than the Bow due to its piercing potential.

The Acid caused from this skill also will not stack or interact with any other of your own player-acid, which essentially just makes the skill or gear entirely useless if you have any of it equipped together.

I would like to see more added onto it to make it fleshed out as a boss skill, and provide more active play while using it.


These are some ideas that I think could fit nicely into its current effect.
'Reapplying acid onto an already afflicted target will partially increase the damage of further acid ticks'
This would promote more use of the melee weapons as their hit rate is generally more frequent, making them more rewarding to use than ranged.

'Killing an acid-drenched enemy with your weapon while the skill is active will cause them to Charm'
This would allow for some use for 'Multiplayer' equipment when soloing, synergy with acid-gear, and also ties back into the Swarms SF fight where they summon an audience out of the acid.

[Tired_Awaii]

7 minutes ago, MrMyther said:

'Reapplying acid onto an already afflicted target will partially increase the damage of further acid ticks'
This would promote more use of the melee weapons as their hit rate is generally more frequent, making them more rewarding to use than ranged.

This could work but would likely need a stack limit and would maybe need to scale off the dmg of the attack cause things like cannon and spear have easy rapid attack. For multiplayer it could be a thing where each player can apply their own stack letting it work how it does now but doesn't sacrifice multiplayer interactions.

Also as a DOT based variant playing passively is only an option the player could use, DOT is typically something you fight alongside not something you just let eat away at your enemy without interacting with them.

[Azamagon]

May I ask what the Swarm boss weapons do?

[Kacpert25]

1 hour ago, Azamagon said:

May I ask what the Swarm boss weapons do?

Causes the first hit after using a skill to apply an acid effect to the hit rot. Effect only, does not create any acid pools.

[MrMyther]

2 hours ago, Kacpert25 said:

Causes the first hit after using a skill to apply an acid effect to the hit rot. Effect only, does not create any acid pools.

Its roughly 5-6 seconds of applying acid, not just the first hit.

[MrMyther]

Enchanted Heavies just got added onto this skill.

Doesn't really change anything about it, they seem to just be a worse way to activate the effect.
Not a bad addition, its nice to have options for trigger effects, but it just seems very out of place considering it doesn't change the effect at all, where MoM-Enchants do.