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It'd be easier to balance sword and shield by upping conversion cost than by upping damage.

Problem is that they're already pretty hefty CP fodder at 35, so I don't think you could buff them in that way either.

Why not? Buffing the CP to 50 makes them more desirable, and plays up on their job as a use it then toss it item.

Problem is at that point you're basically just prepping CP. Heck, we actually had an item from the alchemist that, until recently, was basically a flat +50 CP and only did more if you combo'd it off the sensation stone.

But they both have nice early game use.

I agree with what others have said about resist-down monsters distorting gameplay. While there are other monsters that permanently tax other abilities (e.g. corrosion and weakening) these creatures are limited to special case monsters that only appear in specific dungeons and are considered to be part of the unique challenge of those levels. I don't like having such creatures in the general pool, especially ones that specifically target three classes. If we must keep the mechanic, I say to either let resist down heal with level up like every other ailment used by the basic monsters, or allow burn salves to cure resistance loss.

Considering that prevalent resist-down effects were largely aimed and reining in those classes, we've kinda gone full-circle if we do that

Hard to make resists multiplicative without a base. I suppose you could go multiplicative with lack of resist, with an equation like 100 - (100 - resist1) * (100 - resist2) etc., but that's a little obtuse.

I would rather see the -resist people take a % of your % instead of a flat rate. So if you have 50 resist a bandit might take 10 of that resist away, but if you have 10 resist he would only take away 2.