[Clarity] Banshee's Veil

Drogeist·8/18/2014, 10:17:02 AM·4 votes·579 views

I was wondering why the description for Banshee's Veil conveys the health regen in such convoluted terms: "45 health regen per 5 for up to 10 seconds." I think this item would be much more clear if it described the total health gained over the duration of the effect: "Total of 90 health regenerated over 10 seconds." Or even something like "Two 5 second ticks of 45 health regen (90 HP total)."

I understand the desire to describe it in terms of a known "stat" (hp/5), but it doesn't really stand out to someone new to the game exactly how much health they'll be getting after each proc.

Seems like an easy opportunity to add some clarity to the item! Thanks!

5 Comments

ploki1228/18/2014, 5:47:34 PM2 votes

The reason it's explained that way is that it directly conveys what it does. It gives you 45 health regen for 10 seconds. If there's ever a skill or item that scales or interacts with health regen, proccing banshee will accentuate its power.

Personally, I'm of the idea that health regen and mana regen should be expressed per second instead of per 5, since 1 is the usual denominator for stats, but that's an entire item overhaul (well text only).

Drogeist8/19/2014, 5:14:24 AM1 votes

Thanks for the replies. As I said, I understand the desire to keep it in terms of regen/5, and I don't think it needs to be conveyed in terms of health per second, but at least having the total health gained in parentheses would add clarity to this item. I think removing the words "up to" will help with clarity as well, unless there's some circumstance where the duration of the effect is reduced.

Something like: "45 health regen per 5 for 10 seconds (90 HP total)."

Seems like at least some people (especially new players) agree that the 90 HP total is not well communicated with the current text.