Long post, sorry...
Aether Cloak:
An esoteric cyclic Aether Warding spell. It provides a barrier versus TM spells only (think Shear-like here) with the effect that if Aether Cloak wins, the TM spell is instead reflected at its full strength back at the caster. If it loses, the spell is weakened by the power of the Cloak but goes through. The barrier does not ablate as it takes hits. The Cloak hinders the caster's own TM spells as badly as outside spells, but they cannot hurt themselves.
Shear
Esoteric Warding. Resists all spells cast on or by the user, though the user's own spells are penalized less. If a spell is repelled by Shear, the target is subject to a reactive stun.
Ok, so we did get more detailed information on our spells than the moonies did... But due to that it's a bit cloudy on how weakened a moonie's spell is when being cast through the shear. If at all possible I would like some clarification because... Well a reflected spell is nice, but it can be dodged and we all know some MM's have rather ridiculous evasion. Also, in probably 99% of both PvP and hunting, stuns normally lead to a guaranteed kill, period. Whereas again reflected spells can be dodged or blocked with a shield, getting stunned because your (insert spell here) wasn't enough to cut through shear, so you're reduced to a slack-jawed staring idiot for however long while the MM gets a nice big (insert MM spell here) to sling up your intestinal tract the hard way.
Not to mention, shear is subject to ALL spells cast on the user, while AC is only against TM spells. Understood MM's are kind of the "glass cannon" and we WM's are supposed to be more resilient so to speak... but being subject to all disabling/debuff spells, unless the resistance to TM spells is ridiculously high, makes the spell almost null in most PvP fights because we'll be groveling on our backs wondering where the &% we are before we can even get a full spell prepped up. Not to mention if a WM does get a big enough AC up that it'll block his opponent... well typically that'd render his own spells useless as well. Talk about a catch 22. Thank god I trained my primary higher than the req's.
And while I'm thinking of it... is Arc Light going to be ranged or still melee only?
~Marganus Froststream, well the player of
