It will be interesting to see how they apply it. It will be a beast to balance, I imagine, and there's certainly going to be extra reason to hit (or protect) those casters you see in a spellweave state. I love that they are trying to add something my dynamic to casting, though, especially the idea that you can control the ebb and flow of the spellweave state for either higher front-end output or more sustained power.

It really makes me want to play both my priest and a mage to see it in action up close.

Spellweaving seems like a nice little twist for casters. A lot of people on the AoC forums are freaking out about Spellweaving since it appears that the caster has limited mobility while casting and possible debuffs on them during/after casting the spell.

That doesn't seem a problem to me, some melee attacks will be better PvP rather than PvE (really long combos for example). From the info shown it seems like it will be reduced to PvE (with a good tank) and perhaps seige combat where there is so much going on you can fire up a huge AoE and hope no one notices!

Don't forget that player collision is on in this game so 3 guardians could block access to the spellweaving caster unless they are knocked down.

You could have the guy on the left boost his shields up to the left the guy in the middle double up in the middle and the guy on the right do the same for the right.

That will be pretty amazing.

I also expect as time goes on and macros/addons are added to the game that there will be something to configure your shields on the fly for you.

While somewhat possible in PvE so far no ones been able to manipulate their shields successfully in PvP. When that happens it'll be a brand new world all over again.

Also thinking on these lines makes me think someone could do a somewhat static boost to shields now if you're familiar with all the different classes. I know that if i'm fighting a barbarian all his combos end with a straight on attack or an attack from the left. I know his most powerful attacks are from the left. So stack my shields 2 on the left and 1 on the top. This could help negate his most powerful attacks and if you try and keep your right away from him that may work.

Of course being able to remember that and do that on the fly isn't an easy task.

It is during pvp and can be at times in pve. That why addons that could do that type of stuff for you will be a big deal.

Still a year from now i bet we'll hear about players being able to do this on the fly themselves.

Yea, that looks awsome. It would make you a huge target if you started constructing statues in the middle of a pvp fight though.

Hehe, well you know how stupid some people can be, you might be able to get it off while the dpsers try to fight through your healing. (sigh bad flashbacks from wow)

edit: My only fear is that (not having played with this stuff yet of course) is that spellweaving might end up being useful in only very limited situations. But if they can strike a good balance, I think it's a great direction to try for.

I'm also seeing a big benifit in the defense side of sieges. Spellcasters in spellweave mode protected by the defense buff of towers reigning fire and maggots down on the attackers.

Spellweaving is being tested in closed right now.

Badass is all i can say.

Badass

Need a caster of lvl 50+ to do it.

HoX don't spellweave...

True spell weaving doesn't happen till level 50+