Hi Gatewalkers!
Today we will introduce one of the basic weapons, the force staff! Some of you have already been playing with Force staff during the beta tests, but we made some tweaks especially for higher tiers (T4+).
Overview: Force staff users can harness the essence of their surroundings by using the technology of the Ancients. Some Gatewalkers don't like using Ancient technology, which is not fully understood by The Guild yet. But for the more adventurous, a force staff can be a great weapon of choice.
The force staff is a basic weapon usable from the start of the game. This ranged, two-handed weapon can deal massive damage from a distance. Moreover, force staffs are capable of immobilizing (aka rooting) enemies briefly.
Now let us discuss force staff in detail.
Ancient Curse: Every non-basic attack made with a force staff curses enemies. This curse deals damage and vanishes when the target is hit by a basic attack. This mechanic makes chaining your skills properly essential for maximizing your damage.
Force Projectile: A projectile that hits a single target and can trigger additional damage from the ancient curse. More advanced force staffs can trigger ancient curses that explode, dealing damage to all targets in a small area.
Force Grenade: A slow-flying grenade that deals damage and immobilizes briefly all targets in the impact area.
Force Nova: Skill that deals damage and immobilizes briefly all targets around the caster. It also increases the speed of the caster for a short time.
Force Discharge: A powerful wave of energy flows from the staff forming an energy projectile. It travels slowly dealing damage to all targets on its path. For top-tier staffs, this projectile consumes additional energy from the surroundings on its way increasing its force while traveling.
Ancient curse buff: In addition to other benefits from higher-level weapons, after reaching T4 the ancient curse will give additional benefit to the force staff user. With each consecutive curse hit, the player will get a buff to damage dealt.
We hope that you will like the weapon and you will try it out! Please let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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Gatewalkers Dev Team
