If, theoretically, there was a mod that made it so that taking Glass Cannon reduced your base Recovery AP prior to the GC buff being applied, how much of a reduction would be necessary for it to be balanced?
Like if the reduction were 3.5, then with 5 speed + GC would equal (3.5 base + 5 speed - 3.5 GC penalty)*2=10, while without GC and 5 speed it would be 8.5, with the difference increasing by 1 with each point in Speed. At 10 speed it would be 20 vs 13.5 for example.
Or would it be more balanced if GC were to multiply AP recovery by a smaller amount, like 1.5x instead of 2x?
All you'd be doing there is turning GC into a math problem. If (condition) then GC else not GC. Not interesting.
The only way I could possibly imagine the Glass Cannon benefit being both balanced and interesting/fun is if it was directly tied to the Lone Wolf drawback. I mean straight-up; no Vitality adjustment, no extra Talent points, just the loss of a party member and the doubling of one party member's AP. This would require the current Glass Cannon drawback and the current Loan Wolf benefit to either find new homes or cease to exist.
