![Senior [500]](https://i.imgur.com/Nmfn8cD.png)
I was reading the cooldown reduction notice in the update log once again just for reference, and I noticed something which lead to other thoughts; the cooldowns don't look different on lower ranks while higher rank spells have very noticeable or drastically lowered cooldowns.
This lead to thoughts on why low ranking spells need such cooldowns anyway, and as it is... It's hard to feel all that magical on this site. It's more of a game of keeping track of cooldowns than it is a game of casting spells.
A simple addition to the cooldown reductions would be to make it more dynamic. For every rank you progress, the spells of lesser ranks drop by 1. This simple change would encourage more spellcasting instead of pushing people to use weapons or fists when not everyone would realistically use those as an option, since they are mages and mages shouldn't always have to resort to brute methods.
I don't feel much motivation at all to use most low ranked abilities, and whats more is that I can't take low ranked spells seriously. They're all more akin to little tools on a toolbelt, or things to give the character an edge in other ways in specific situations and the like. They aren't a significant threat to anyone on their same power level, meanwhile those of lower levels have more pressing matters to worry about than spells of their own general level being cast at them.
But if you could actually utilize these low ranked spells as effectively as a skilled mage should, then there wouldn't be a reason not to use them as a common aspect of your character. If you can blow up fortresses and small towns, or even just that orphanage over there, why can't you toss a couple sparks without having to wait until you can do it again when you obviously have more than enough power to have mastered that simple little trick by now?
To put this better in perspective, this isn't something for the high ranking characters but everyone. That weak spell you made as a D-rank spell that only has a 1 post cooldown would become your freely available basic attack so long as you have the mana to cast it.
Or that more normal powered D-rank spell with the 3 post cooldown would become likewise once you hit A-rank.
Sure, S and H-ranks would not have the limitation of mana when casting these now cooldown-less low rank spells, but they would do far more damage in dozens of other ways many of which wouldn't even cost them anything. A mundane punch from an S-rank mage would make free D-rank spells seem like nothing. Because at those ranks the D-rank spells would only be for harassment, or non-lethal approaches to situations.
I just think it'd be a significant improvement towards making characters feel more like the mages they are supposed to be.
This lead to thoughts on why low ranking spells need such cooldowns anyway, and as it is... It's hard to feel all that magical on this site. It's more of a game of keeping track of cooldowns than it is a game of casting spells.
A simple addition to the cooldown reductions would be to make it more dynamic. For every rank you progress, the spells of lesser ranks drop by 1. This simple change would encourage more spellcasting instead of pushing people to use weapons or fists when not everyone would realistically use those as an option, since they are mages and mages shouldn't always have to resort to brute methods.
I don't feel much motivation at all to use most low ranked abilities, and whats more is that I can't take low ranked spells seriously. They're all more akin to little tools on a toolbelt, or things to give the character an edge in other ways in specific situations and the like. They aren't a significant threat to anyone on their same power level, meanwhile those of lower levels have more pressing matters to worry about than spells of their own general level being cast at them.
But if you could actually utilize these low ranked spells as effectively as a skilled mage should, then there wouldn't be a reason not to use them as a common aspect of your character. If you can blow up fortresses and small towns, or even just that orphanage over there, why can't you toss a couple sparks without having to wait until you can do it again when you obviously have more than enough power to have mastered that simple little trick by now?
To put this better in perspective, this isn't something for the high ranking characters but everyone. That weak spell you made as a D-rank spell that only has a 1 post cooldown would become your freely available basic attack so long as you have the mana to cast it.
Or that more normal powered D-rank spell with the 3 post cooldown would become likewise once you hit A-rank.
Sure, S and H-ranks would not have the limitation of mana when casting these now cooldown-less low rank spells, but they would do far more damage in dozens of other ways many of which wouldn't even cost them anything. A mundane punch from an S-rank mage would make free D-rank spells seem like nothing. Because at those ranks the D-rank spells would only be for harassment, or non-lethal approaches to situations.
I just think it'd be a significant improvement towards making characters feel more like the mages they are supposed to be.
![Novice [250]](https://i.imgur.com/lrYlde6.png)
![Grand Master [2000]](https://i.imgur.com/SGD5XSW.png)
![Master [1000]](https://i.imgur.com/AQXM4xC.png)
