Originally Posted by
Guaran
Current t5 stat gifts are +80 right? That means with all four existing gifts, +80 strength, +80 power, +80 dex, +80 focus, you gain exactly +8 to all skills, when you got all four on.
So if the replacement for that, the tradeskill boost gift, is +10, we are already ahead in that regard.
Now, where else we lose skill points, from the stats, is every melee and spell skill as well. And evasion/magic evasion. We lose 8 to every skill (craft, spell, melee), and 8 to evasion and magic evasion, when the old stat gifts go away.
Since all these skills are proposed to be increased by the replacements, I think they might be a good change.
One other "Gift" suggestion I have, is that Determination and Primal Roar, and anything else biped that now takes a gift slot, be set to 2 hour duration. Just make them all the same, then it's easier to keep buffs up on long days of hunting. Vs, these last 2 hours, these only last an hour, and these only last 30 minutes.. I don't get the point of the shorter durations, on any of them, save for surges. We just re-apply them anyway. Just set them all to 2 hours.
Same for enhances and other buffs outside the gift windows. some are 5 minute (armor of the watcher, soul shield) some are 15 minute (resistances, flame attack, etc), some are 30 minutes (enhances), etc etc. Just make everything 2 hours. (please :) )