Assassin stacking needs to be looked at

[Peebs]

<DIV>Specifically I'm talking about when there is more than 1 assassin in a group.  What happens is that many of the debuffs do not stack, and if a higher level assassin lands an attack with a debuff (like Impale), no lower level assassins in the group will even be able to use the ability for damage.  Often this takes away some of our primary damage dealing abilities (like Impale), and really hurts the DPS of the lower level assassin.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think at the very least the game should be modified so that only the debuff from the higher level art takes effect but the lower level arts can still do damage.  As it is now, if a level 21 assassin lands an impale a level 20 assassin can't even use the ability.</DIV>

[TwoBy]

<DIV>Yeah, I really don't enjoy grouping with other assassins who are different levels than me simply because one of us won't be able to use all our attacks possible.  I don't see why they can't let our attacks simply do damage once the debuff has landed.  Heck, I don't use my impale only for the debuff, I'll use any skill I have to increase my DPS, whether it debuffs or does damage.</DIV>

[khalysta]

<DIV>I've been complaining about this since beta.  Keep in mind though this is for all classes and not just assassins.  Some fighter taunts have debuffs which means a second fighter can't taunt if needed, summoners can't stack dots and it keeps going on.  It's a brand new game but the whole stacking system needs a huge overhaul and you would think that they would have learned about all this in eqlive and built a spell system from scratch that handled stacking issues properly.  Some things should stack like damage from the various classes while other things like sneaks, buffs and player beneficial probably shouldnt yet they do.  The whole system is just odd and backwards to me and I hope this is one of their top concerns because already many groups understand this and won't group 2 assassins, 2 rangers, or 2 conjurors due to the problems yet the game is focused on the group.</DIV>