I always loved the proud lance for its moveset and i really liked its original damage affix, its incredible versatility and reach was a fair tradeoff for avoiding taking a lot of damage.
While most of the new yellows got much better with the Breach update, i felt this one was way downgraded : 4 seconds sprinting in combat for a short lived buff often feels really awful and unfun during bossfights or tough battles, it feels more like exclusively pleasant when rushing around the world. Unless you somehow manage to make it permanently infused, in which case its just the same weapon but without the downside, which is less interesting.
Sprinting in circles for a whole 4 seconds in the middle of a fight feels like the antithesis of constantly weaving in hits in between attacks with its reach, staggering/chasing down/comboing enemies with its cool rune selection, etc.
And it was one of the few weapons where the player was somewhat disencouraged from relying on monstrous tanking and lifesteal, as it would cut quite a portion of your damage.
Id like to either have the old affix back, or the new one changed/rebalanced so its not as awkward and works in fluid/rational-looking gameplay
(For those who dont know : Originally Proud Lance gave you the powerful electric infusion, and took the bonus away for 10 seconds upon getting hit. Now it only gives you the short lived infusion after sprinting for 4 whole seconds)
- I like it more the way it is, i want the current affix to stay
- Id like to see the old affix back
- Id like to see the new affix changed/buffed