Sciomar

Personally I don't like every other caster looking the exact same gear-wise. And for such an item as most of the mythicals have turned out to be I certainly wouldn't want every button masher shouting in lvl chat for a Maidens grp to be able to have the same item as those who put more time into learning the difficult encounters and pushing their class to it's fullest. Just saying..

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Malachani

Scio, what does that have to do with anything. The point is, no matter how amazing (potentially) the illusionist mythical weapon is, it is no excuse for leaving the fabled weapon in the state it currently is in. Its an absolute atrocity that no one would use, not even the most casual illusionist who doesn't give a rats ass about staying under 30% power.

Simply put, there are BETTER WEAPONS attainable through easier means than this weapon. And it was supposed to be the BEST weapon anyone could attain for their level of play. So the Fabled weapon should be the best thing an illusionist can use if they only solo or group. It simply is not, and that, alone, should be reason enough to change it. Ignore the fact that we only got one effect on the weapon, where (i believe) everyone else had 2 on their fabled.

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agressiv

Grats Aberration on the disco. I photoshopped it so that you could see all effects on a single picture.




Thoughts:

• No damage proc or modifier, but the free pet is sorta like a damage proc.
• Guilds with a single Illy will probably stick Illy in melee group now.
• We'll do some insane melee DPS if you are specced STR line.

/discuss

agressiv

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Growler

Holy crap. But you're right, that does put emphasis on putting the illu in the melee group. - But on the other hand, the proc gives a healer group massive amounts of power ? Gaaah. Decisions, decisions. :D

Judist

Tho I dont play an Illy as my main, I'll venture to say thats pretty damn nice, but lacks the "Holy Shit" factor. Would of been nice if Tandem was also changed to group wide and was improved (like adding group casting haste to it).

Wondering what % of an Illys extDPS personae counts for in the average mage group.

Edited to add:
Thx for photoshoping that btw. I hate when people post these mythical pics with 1/2 the abilities cut off.

Dailon

i like this staff. changing rapidity to a group buff and free pet makes few free conc slots for crossraid tandem or grp buffs. and hell yeah let the group get fed by me and free them to use their dps equip without looking at regen

I want it.

yawgmoth

nooooooooo this is so fucked, its a stupid attempt for SOE to nerf owr dps. No illu with this weapon will ever be put in mage group where we shine

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oh and you are god if you can keep under 30% power with that proc

this weapon isnt owr epic but just a complete nerf to owr class

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owr pet is crap without buffs from a mage group so that ability of that weapon is also wasted because with that weapon youll never get put in to mage group.

im so sad after seeing owr weapon its fucking retarded. SOE just fucking admit that you think we are overpowered but just dont fuck us like this

Vylia

gay

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Anduri

Mixed groups ftw.

FWIW, being a total noob, but I always thought mage groups and scout groups weren't the best.

Zebsen

My thoughts are that it's not bad at all. Our personal DPS will drop because of not being able to use VM, and relative to the Wand of Crytsalized Plasma, our casting DPS will drop further. But the free pet will help, as will melee DPS on the mobs we can melee.

We'll end up in a mostly melee group now instead of a caster group for the group rapidity bonus. Conc slots won't be wasted because tandem is raidwide. Overall I think the raid DPS will go up, at a cost of our personal DPS.

Given that we're a mix of utility, buffs, and DPS, I think this is a nice epic for us. It might not be as great for guilds that run with a lot of illusionists though.

Of course, it will be a long time before I'll ever see this though.

Zebsen