Yet Another Rage Thread (new idea)

[Mr Pierce]

I know, I know. There are tons of these. Hell this is my second thread about Rage in this forum. But hear me out!

 

What if Rage were changed to a 60 second Build Up that gets gradually weaker over it's duration? Keep the 80% damage buff, but have it fall off every few seconds. 16% every 12 seconds seems reasonable. Either give it 120s recharge to make it a steady damage buff OR 240s recharge if you feel it's too good. 

 

Here's where I may lose some of you. I would offer two suggestions in addition to the changes above:

1. No crash or debuffs. Remove all of that nonsense, as that is what most people dislike about Rage and it would no longer be necessary to balance it.
2. Add a small buff to other Super Strength powers to give the set flavor. This could be things like 100% to stun on Haymaker, add damage to Handclap, remove KB on hurl boulder, and increased range and knock up on Footstop.

 

Turning Footstop into something more akin to Mighty Judgement makes me extremely excited. I feel like players could really get into things like that and it allows the Devs to give SS more without increasing the base damage. (Though I feel like Jab would still need some love). If something like this were implemented, I think it would then allow SS to be translated over to Scrappers and Stalkers without much concern. Stalkers would get the standard version of Build Up, but I'm not sure if they would still have the bonuses? I think it would be fine, but maybe some tweaks would be needed. Food for thought.

 

What do you guys think? Feedback welcome. What sort of flavor would you like to seen added?

Edited July 26, 2021 by Mr Pierce
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