Quote Originally Posted by Hartten View Post
On my Warden in Blue and Red line Trait Tree, Marked Target and Diminished Target both give a -5% (Phy or Tact) Mitigated debuff. While in Combat if I switch to the Assailment Stance those number and my damage output do not change.

When I go into my virtues and change to the Yellow Assailment Trait Tree, then Marked Target and Diminished Target both jump up to a -10% (Phy or Tact) Mitigated debuff. This percentage is the same weather I am in combat using "In The Fray" or "Assailment" stance. But more important is that in Yellow line both of these skills do more damage.

So my question is in regards to eliminating the Yellow Trait Tree.

After the changes will MT and DT still give just a -5% mitigation debuffs or will they be bumped up to -10%?

Or are you planning something like MT and DT will be -5% if tossed while "In The Fray" melee stance and then be boosted up to -10% when you switch to "Assailment" stance, while in combat?
The traits which improve the potency of Marked & Diminished are going to be removed. The warden is not a primary support class, so these debuffs (in Assailment) were a little too strong relative to the effects from yBurglars and yLore-masters. In light of that, no, their potency will not change between 'In the Fray' and 'Assailment' so you won't need to worry about micromanaging your stance.




Quote Originally Posted by Hartten View Post
Lastely, how many of the Traceries for Range will become obsolete after the changes?

The Tracery - Marked Target Double Cast Chance - gives a app 35% chance that the -5% Phy Mitigation will double stack I assume giving a total of -10%? In Yellow line this double stack could boost the mitigation up to -20%. Does this debuff only stack twice or can we go higher?

It is probably from my lack of knowledge, but currently either I do not know the functions of some of the Wardens Traceries or many of them are just deadwood and should be upgraded or eliminated. Recently a couple of changes to my other classes made in my opinion a couple of Traceries obsolete. For example Purge Corruption for a Burg, and Cry of Chorus for a Mini.

Are you also going to be making changes to Warden's Traceries at the same time to streamline everything?
Some tracery effects will definitely change. In some cases because the tracery applies to a skill or trait which has been removed, and in other cases simply to make traceries more equal in value to one another. And there will be at least a couple new traceries as well. Stay tuned for more details.