Barb Swipe

Can we please get this power a proper animation/time. I want to try a spines scrapper again but I just can't get past spines ST lack, this would fit the chain well if it actually had a decent animation that was valued for the damage it does. Something like swipe from claws would make sense.

Castle said that the reason he didn't want to look at spines again was for the sake of spines. As a demonstration of why, construct a single target chain for spines. Then add the dps from quills. Then consider that quills is not just hitting one target, and quills and your other attacks don't just do damage. I can't bring myself to play spines either but that's down to aesthetic considerations. Trying to bring spines into line in single target terms would not have happy consequences for spines' aoe capabilities.

I think electric melee is in a similar situation for aoe vs single...though I found elec's aoe to be pretty overrated on my brute....

But then I look at Titan Weapons and wonder how aoe vs single is balanced in that.

Only thing they need to do with spines is give it to brutes.

I don't think a rebalance of barb swipe would overpower the set though, but at least make the power worth picking up. I don't know anyone who picks it up and actually uses it. They could get rid of the semi-weird immobilize on everything to start the balance and I'd be fine with that. Even toning down some of the slows too. It wouldn't have to be much to make barb swipe in line. Impale already, though it has nice attributes, kinda hurts the ST damage as well with it's long animation, the only real ST attack in the set now is Lunge.

*puts up hand*
My spines/regen HAS Barb Swipe. It is one of my favourite looking attacks in the game. Note, I said looking. Looks, not for what it actually does. If I had to pick an animation that just says 'Scrapper', I would nominate barb swipe. It looks awesome. Of course..as it pointing out, the damage is utter crap for the amount of time it takes, as well as being a DoT.

I would suggest (and have before) that the animation get ported to Ripper..because to me, it looks way more rippy than Ripper actually does. Then give swipe an alternating single hand slash (in the way dual wield in DP changes hands). Of course..some people love the ripper animation, and fair enough. Can't please everyone.

i don't want Barb swipe to change since its the "only" Beastly looking power that will fit one of my toons greatly!

Now if they buffed the dmg a tad to be on par with the time it takes fine but don't change the way it looks please.

I was 'forced' to skip Barb Swipe - I picked up Boxing, instead and slotted it up as part of my attack-chain... Because, you know, it does better DP-whatever.

Be Well!
Fireheart