This turned one very cool and very niche build like the 2h Ranged Elemental Battlemage from Mid-Tier to sub-Low tier!
Easy solution is instead killing the build to switch the 15% TDM from Arcane Will to something like Field Command - thus only builds around Arcane Will (which are like 2) and Battle Mages can benefit from it - easy fix!
That would probably just make some non battlemage soldier build utilize it better. It’s difficult to actually balance this necklace.
If the intention is to make is truly battlemage supporting, then due to the lack of innate synergy of battlemage it would most likely have to have a bonus to a soldier skill that refreshes a arcanist cooldown or vice versa.
Something like that, where the benefit requires arcanist and soldier interacting with each other.
More or less. Blanket TDM buff on Field Command would be just too strong probably, currently you need to actually play around Arcane Will uptime & activation chance.
I don’t think we have the tech to make true co-dependent buffs between 2 classes. Easy enough to make class-locked items for active skills but buffs are more problematic.
That was my point - to make it still related to Arcane Will but also requiring Field Command?
Or make it “BattleMage” only - does the engine allow that? Dont think i have seen a class combo as prereq anywhere but might be a good solution to lots of balance actions which - at the moment- they fix some but also hurt some builds.
This. Basically what I said in my sunday “get this fuck ass necklace nerf” post. 15% TDM to arcane will is way too powerful to other types of builds (druid, evoker mainly) that will abuse it really hard. It needs to be some reset / interaction mechanic to boost BM.