What is currently being proposed is simply changing the visual effect for Granite.
Instead of replacing your character with a standard Large Chunk of Rock, it'll be visually like the other Stone Armor toggles, putting bits of mesh and texture on your existing character model.
There is no proposal to alter the Granite power, mechanics and stats wise. This doesn't mean such a thing won't be done, but it isn't formally on the cards now.
Bear in mind that this isn't the first time Castle's expressed displeasure with the mechanical state of Granite/Stone Armor. We already know he doesn't like how the set's currently balanced. This isn't news. It wouldn't be surprising if a Stone Armor nerf/buff/balance change were made, but I don't expect it in I16. It's something that'd need a lot more lead time, not something they're just suddenly gonna spring on us in beta.
As Castle himself indicated, he's been batting it around for two years already.
-- Acyl
Instead of replacing your character with a standard Large Chunk of Rock, it'll be visually like the other Stone Armor toggles, putting bits of mesh and texture on your existing character model.
There is no proposal to alter the Granite power, mechanics and stats wise. This doesn't mean such a thing won't be done, but it isn't formally on the cards now.
Bear in mind that this isn't the first time Castle's expressed displeasure with the mechanical state of Granite/Stone Armor. We already know he doesn't like how the set's currently balanced. This isn't news. It wouldn't be surprising if a Stone Armor nerf/buff/balance change were made, but I don't expect it in I16. It's something that'd need a lot more lead time, not something they're just suddenly gonna spring on us in beta.
As Castle himself indicated, he's been batting it around for two years already.
-- Acyl