Hybrids or base archetypes?

Will you guys combine archetypes together or just use one per class? Also i wouldnt mind if you also said why :D

 

depends u doofus
like if its acrobat base
if its fallen i would combine battlemonk early game stuff with fallen late game stuff
i would personally combine riftwalker with arcanist better meteor and lightbenders heals
i would also combine ritualist with acolytes aura upgrades

 

imo it just doesnt feel right. The gameplay would not be balanced as it should be.

 

Some archetypes work well as hybrids but others work better if you just go the full Archetype. There's also situations where you may go the full archetype and then spend any remaining AP getting one or two other skills in a different archetype (which isn't really enough to classify it as a hybrid. And example of this is Acolyte with Double Totem). It really just kinda depends on your playstyle and there's no real "recommended" path to choose, but it's nice to have the option to mess around with it. But in most cases, you're probably better off just sticking with going the full Archetype and then gathering one or two bonus abilities from a different one

 

If they make it so shift uproot on Ritualist lets you cast uproot 100% going hybrid on shaman if not, nope

 

i gotta do full riftwalker and get manastorm (infinite mana sustain with only 3-4sp) and healing from other branches

 

I didn't check ingame so could be wrong but isn't this impossible? I thought it was exclusive with other branches

 

I am kind of sad about the fact that hybrids seem to be far better than single archetypes, as it would be far better (imo) for single archetypes to always stay similarly powerful at all cases

 

Hybrids are good for the game. It allows for more freedom and customization, however, to a degree it gets bad because of how powerful it is. Like Acolyte with double totem, or Ritualist if it could actually cast Uproot and has put points in the Summoner tree, like Bullwhip, etc.

 

Pretty sure it is possible to get with Riftwalker, I think it only has like 1 or 2 Min Arcanist Requirement

 

Yeah customization is good, but its just too good compared to having sole archetype.

 

Ye but I thought Mana Stock locked other abilities

Edit: It doesn't :D

Edit2: Even if it doesn't restrict them fairly sure it still won't let you cast heal.

 

I'm able to cast heal with no issues, think only Arcane Transfer blocks heal (also makes since if you can heal since manastorm is available to Light Bender)

 

Do you guys agree?

 

Usually blending has better results than going into a single Archetype, but usually going like 90% one archetype and 10% another archetype works well [and often when you go into a single Archetype you have left over AP that can be used for something else] (an example would be Acolyte with Double or Triple Totem, or Battle Monk with Mantle of the Bovemist)

 

I do not
there are a few combinations that may need balancing the the idea is right

 

Doesnt literally every archetype have less ap required than the maximum 45 you can have?

 

Yes. Thanks to @Spenchilada for figuring this out (I'm like 95% sure that's the correct forum account lol)

 

Wait then why is this thread even a thing it’s designed so hybridize at least a little .—.

 

Probably just curious about what people plan to do when it comes to the ability tree. You're limited on what you can do, but there's still a lot of hybridization options available