My solution for the Boon Meta and how to make it more balance.

[Ashen.2907]

I think that a more effective, "solution," might be to reduce the overall effectiveness of boon stacking so that there is less of an incentive to push the envelope of stacking. If full boon group comp resulted in a 5-10% increase in performance those dedicated to pushing the envelope would still get a benefit from doing so, but those less interested might see less pressure. As it stands the suggestion, while well thought out and presented, does not address the boon meta, it just spreads responsibility among a greater number of characters. There was almost certainly more than one source of might, often more than one source of fury, etc in the group comp anyway.

Edited February 19, 2022 by Ashen.2907

[Randulf.7614]

There’s some info in todays news article about boon contributions in classes. I’ve only seen it via their twitter feed, the news page didn’t seem to have it loaded on yet

[Astralporing.1957]

15 hours ago, The Boz.2038 said:

"support slots"
Don't be so rigid. They wouldn't be pure support slots. That's the whole point.

The current ones aren't either. Nothing really changes here.

[Mrs Lana.2506]

All I can see this doing is enforcing the fb+miralac/alacren meta. The only change is you'll need more fbs than usual.

[Kiro Kobra.6478]

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Edited June 12, 2023 by Kiro Kobra.6478

[Funky.4861]

So the problem you're trying to address is the lack of boon distribution amongst classes, noting that there are a few classes which provide no meaningful boons whilst others not only pump them out, but are relied upon for doing so. This is actually accounted for in class balance by the devs and is a critical part of encounter design. With the upcoming changes to boons in EoD, your suggestion would cripple party-forming, nevermind having to overhaul literally every group-instanced content in the game.

TLDR: No thanks.

[Ashen.2907]

25 minutes ago, Funky.4861 said:

So the problem you're trying to address is the lack of boon distribution amongst classes, noting that there are a few classes which provide no meaningful boons whilst others not only pump them out, but are relied upon for doing so. This is actually accounted for in class balance by the devs and is a critical part of encounter design. With the upcoming changes to boons in EoD, your suggestion would cripple party-forming, nevermind having to overhaul literally every group-instanced content in the game.

TLDR: No thanks.

I would say that it should be accounted for in class balance by the devs rather than "is accounted for." Otherwise agreed.