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[–] Dagnet 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Would be super cool if the job was really unique and would splash paint on the battlefield creating special zones. Would be, because it probably won't have any actually unique mechanics

[–] Myr 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You mean like a ninja's doton or a dark knight's salted earth?

[–] Dagnet 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, thats just ground targeted aoe. Im talking something like, creating a blue zone on the ground you can stand in to cast frost spells, a red one for fire, then you could use a 'mix' spell to be able to use the zones as a teleport. The possibilities are endless

[–] Stovetop 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Kind of like if Ley Lines was tied to your kit then, right?

[–] Dagnet 1 points 6 months ago

Something like that, just part of it. Would love if the entire job was focused around using the battlefield as a weapon, but that would nvr work with how the game is designed and people would moan a lot about having to learn something so different from current jobs. My guess is that it will have some spells that 'store' colors and a spell that combines the stored colors to do something, like SAM