Not sure you both are on the same page.
Bonecrusher is on ONE wep. Not even a good wep, and it's OP? per Bleak, whom I've actually tested the wep with, this will not be on any other weapons making it just fine and with over 50 dex and minimal stam regen, it's almost negated. Great testing you did there... Or lack thereof.
The current changes reduce the SDI difference between focused and non-focused from 15 to 5. I think we will see a migration away from focused mages and back toward hybrid templates, possibly with scribe. There has to be some benefit beyond 5 SDI else we are back to we were a few years ago where mage PvP was overwhelmingly mystic-mages. What about some additional MR? I'm trying to think of benefits that logically match with one being "focused".
I think I have a wrestle scribe poisoning Mage but pretty much most pvp scenarios make him unviable.
Ever since the end of the instahit hally-whack days, the wrestle mage has been a STAPLE of PvP.
So using your thinking isnt ep overpowered because everyone pays way more then what they should because its insanely overpowered also?
Its this way because everyone is trying to protect wres parry mages. Who are so hard for any warrior to hit its just crazy but they continue to try and protect that build as much as possible.
Wrestle scribe mages without parry? No.
Umm.. what? EP doesn't determine the price of jewels. It is a combination of having everything on a jewel that will determine it's worth. But... good try... I guess?
Sorry. No more hybrids for anyone.
I dye everything white and embrace the look of Gandalf riding a Unicorn.
There is absolutely no reason to lower focus mages from 30 SDI to 25, the whole thing is just crazy.
Well man to think originally they were trying to have alchemy and/or parry down to the 15 non focus spec. That would have dropped the damage burst to roughly 99 pts while archer damage just from AIs didn't change.
It's absolutely ridiculous. They think people play parry mages because they are so strong offensively, when it's just not true. It was just the easiest way to get parry on your character and still have damage. The buff to 20 sdi for other schools of magic is enough to get people playing other templates, but instead of making incremental changes we are going to just do it all at once.
they do now. had to go down to 0 swing speed increase, and 120 stamina to do 35 everytime due to these weird tick/damage changes they did
It's SSI based, and I believe more gives you less damage. I saw a range of 28-35 from @OREOGL, who had 100% DI & 120/120 Anat/Tactics? Correct me if I'm wrong on anything.
It's not SSI-based, it's just swinging speed based so stamina plays a massive role as well. Yes 28-35 was the range he witnessed, although he claims to have only hit 35 one time out of many attempts. To get 35 damage armor ignores every time you need to have what Leet said, which are not realistic for any PvP archer except for archer mages.
LMAO Could it be that I have a right to be here no matter what you think.
Huh? Idk what you're saying... So a focus spec parry mage is a "damage-tank-healer," but a bushido parry holy fister isn't? Or an archer?
You said, "What good pvp archer has bushido?" Either you can't recognize the good archers from the bad ones, or you can't recognize when one of them is using confidence. If you don't recognize the effectiveness of a bushido archer or a melee holy fister, then you are very ill-informed with competitive pvp mechanics in 2016. Those right there are two of the three most effective templates today, and the reason that parry mages are most certainly not OP, and here you are arguing that they're not even good. You're more than free to stop arguing at any time. It's not like you're making many points. You just keep saying over and over that parry mages are OP to dexxers without providing any substance to support that claim whatsoever.
Agreed. And I agree. They need to increase the waki slow to 3 seconds and make it and the splintering effect remove-able with an apple.
Bleak, are you like a member of the focus group or something? Or are you an actual developer? And if you actually pvp how much do you pvp? and if so, what shard?The delay is a half second as of yesterday and is at the user's location.
There are no additional changes planned for splintering at this time.
I will be on TC later today. Be sure to check out the latest notes that are available for testing on TC.
Now instead of doing away with it entirely, they want to reduce the sdi cap of it from 30-25, even thought it's not overpowered at all. It's clear that they're just trying to find the middle ground of player feedback to appease people because they don't actually know what they're doing. The one reason that focus spec mages did more burst damage than mystics was because of one reason- Supernovas. Focus mages could easily fit alchemy on a template, where as doing that with mysticism was much hard (while also fitting parry). If a mystic could fit wrestle, parry, and alchemy on their template, then no one would've been playing focus alchy mages. Now Mystics are getting 20 sdi and focus mages are being reduced to 25 sdi, AND supernova damage is getting nerfed. Mystics are going to do way more damage at 20 sdi than a focus spec will at 25. ESPECIALLY with the supernova nerf (which btw, was the main reason that focus spec mages did more burst damage than mystics). I wish they knew mechanics well enough to just leave the focus mage cap at 30 and buff the regular cap to 20.
In todays game I don't think splinter disarm is overpowered anymore. It's the one way to effectively kill bushido parry dexxers- and this is coming from someone who has mainly played a bushido parry dexxer for the past half a year. But I think the slow affect on splinter could definitely be reduced to about 3 seconds (the same time I think the waki slow should last for). I also think both slow effects should be cleanse-able by apples (the same way sleep is).
And it's a good thing that you try to support your claims with reasonable arguments, rather than simply restating them over and over again. Not that I have a problem with someone expressing their opinion, but there are people here who are stating things like they are facts over and over again without giving any input.
Actually... no. We dueled one time in the end of summer of 2011. Not that it matters, your point is still valid, but the statement that we dueled many times in 2009/2010 is inaccurate. Let's try to stay on topic though.
I disagree. I think we should start at the margin and see if it's satisfactory. Reduce the parry chance by 5% across the board. 30% at 120 with a shield/1 handed weapon with bushido; 35% with a two handed weapon + bushido; 25% at gm. If we reduce it by a whole 10% (from 35-25% at 120) right off the bat, it will result in almost a third less hits being parried. Archers are still going to be powerful as hell. Let's not jump the gun.
Apples don't need to remove forced walk. because Bandages already do...
I just want to thank everyone who has come out to TC this week and provided feedback. This has been a long week and I have taken a lot of time to reflect on your feedback.
i agree with that and the 5 ssi sound good
parry mage alchy was never a probleme ,focus spec should ave 30 sdi and no timer on nova.and cap the non focused to 20 is great.but maybe they ave a probleme with parry but only parry.
removing tactic was the best move
not bad i like the spirit speak change
Yes all skills were capped to 120 (anat tactics archery)
Good lucky killing someone with a thrower while Armor ignore is there number 1 go to for DPS doing 30 damage Ai's and 8 damage running shots.
For someone without healing on their temp- it would take 8 seconds to apply a bandage. There could be two force walks in this time. That hardly seems like a good way to mitigate it.
If you don't know, what I'm saying, it would have been probably the best to simply ask and not start interpreting things like they fit your arguments.