Should Mageslayer set get some buffs for melee?

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Seeing as my previous idea about adding some attack speed to Mythical Temporal Tempest got kinda ignored, I’m going to try it again from another angle: Do other players think that Mageslayer set should get some buffs for melee? Last changes are from Version 1.1.9.6, currently most builds with this set are casters using Flames of Ignaffar/Olexra Flash Freeze/ Trozan etc. with rare DW melee builds such as cold ABB spam Spellbreakers. Some ideas how this set can be improved for melee:

  1. Increase attack speed on the gloves or
  2. Add attack speed modifier to Nightblade’s Pneumatic Burst or
  3. Add some modifiers (flat elemental damage/chance tp proc/more targets) to Nightblade’s WPS skills.
    What are your thoughts on this?
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i’d start by asking why it should be a melee set at all to begin with :thinking: - “playing devil’s advocate” and all that

i would guess there probably is a relatively simple, and intended, reason for that, it’s not a melee AA wps set :sweat_smile:

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This set already has attack speed on the gloves and more armor than caster gear, so it can be played as melee, adding 5-10% more attack speed or something like piercing to elemental conversion for Nightblade’s flat damage will not make it OP.

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you’re not just asking for speed, you’re asking for melee modifiers, hence the question, “why should it be changed”
it seems kinda forced, it’s a caster set :man_shrugging: (base on skill use not armour rating :smile:)