Rework Enrage

The current skill progression of Enrage does not make much sense. The first 19 levels of the skill are dead weight as they do less than Rage. Also, it's heavily limited by the 8 minute cool down and requires a sacrifice of 10 combo orbs.

Personally, I think Enrage could be reworked in several different ways:

Fixed Scaling:
Make the attack buff worthwhile from level 1 (21 atk) scaling with additional time and additional damage. Something like 21 atk for 30 seconds at level 1, to be scaled to something like 28 atk (slightly worse than HT buff) for 240 seconds with an 8 min cool down

Burst Option:
Give more burst for a shorter duration. Something like a +80 atk buff for 60 seconds by max level with a 6 minute cool down. This would be nice for situations like mass sed where you need to quickly burst down the arms.

Skill Stacking:
Make Enrage a +% STR buff instead of +atk so it can stack with rage.

There are a lot of fun possibilities.

Personally, I haven't even bothered completing the Enrage skill quest yet as a lvl 170 hero. There are other skills that take priority over Enrage for the first 40-50 levels (Brandish, ACA, Stance, Achilles, MW20, Rush) and by that point, it's pretty sad that the first 7 levels of AP are going into a lot of nothingness.

 

I think that tweaking dead skills in order to better exemplify the class identities is a good direction. I'm in favor of diversifying with situational uses as it can offer a niche utility without being broken.

+% Str wouldn't be broken as long as the numbers are properly adjusted.

Also, remember that things like more frequent boss dispels are direct nerfs to 4th job buffs with long cool downs (like Enrage and Concentrate).

 

Bumping this thread for visibility.

To add - the most popular Hero guide on forums (although a bit outdated) doesn't even mention the word Enrage once. xD

https://forum.maplelegends.com/index.php?threads/comprehensive-hero-guide.6402/