Are we playing the same game?

Oakmiser · 05-05-2008, 06:38 PM

I posted on a forum about LU 45 notes on test.. and got this reply from someone....I'm leaving names out because I'd currently like to stay guilded.....

Extra points to people who point out the many inaccuracies in this person's posts...

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Soe sucks !! Lolz.

The removal of mana drain is disappointing, and the decrease in my spell dmg with Volatile magic sucks... Even if the dmg instead of mana drain makes up for the 10% that I lose on volatile magic (which I doubt!), soe still should figure out why Illusionists do more than twice the damage of Coercers and out parse Wizards in most raiding guilds. It is nice not having to sprint and keep my power below 30%, which is annoying, however, why do we get an entire Str Aa line dedicated to melee as enchanters??

They could have made mana drain actually be useful, instead of taking it out of the game completely. EQ1 had mana drain for years and everything worked great! Making Bi'lithu more of a pain for its worthless loot was pointless... It isn't even the end boss, why can't they have given enchanters a role to play with that one mob lol?

Why does SoE refuse to revamp the Warden, Templar and Mystic AA lines? One combat line, one buff line, one worthless ressurection line, and one cure line is what Luna gets as a Mystic... Now, the wards on cures is mostly worthless, and the only reason that I had it was because I was hoping that it would make some difference, in leiu of the healing aa that SoE refuses to give Mystics.

Would be nice if SoE replaced our Rez AA Tree with Healing AA right?

As for Coercers, where is my Tandem? I would love a dmg proc buff for my nukes!! Wonder if the changes to my spells would up dps enough to reach Ilusionists?

The Cures being combined takes away from Mystics and their Balm Spell, which already cured everything in one shot. However, the long spell reuse time always made that spell tricky to use anyway. Yet, that Balm spell was what we had to equal out a Warden's Tranquility spell and its heal procs...

I'm surprised that there are so few Ilusionists with them out dpsing Wizards!! It is exciting to see all of these changes though, and I hope soe will look into our AA's soon. Mages really need to be more balanced with Scouts!

*shrug* Still waiting on my rainbow unicorn SoE!! ) Come on please~~

My Reply: Your getting an over all boost in damage. VM being nerfed a bit in exchange for a huge DPS is well worth it, atleast IMO.

Show me a illusionist that out parses a wizard, and I'll show you a shitty freaking wizard.

If they ever had a rainbow unicorn, I'll shot you XX. This is NOT hello kitty online. FFS

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*sniffs* what about pure white unicorns with rainbow manes and tails? What's wrong about that? =p.

Well, what I really meant is that chronomancer aa isn't that useful because enchanter's already cast extremely fast compared to other mages, like wizard/warlocks who cast too slow. An enchanter can easily out dps a wizard by casting faster than a second, compared to a wizard/warlocks 2 or 3 second + nuke time on their spells.

Ilu's get to proc more dmg because they cast more often - long as they are using their tandem spell. Besides, you haven't played everquest in over a half a year, in order to know what rise of kunark has done to mages...

You haven't seen how easily beaten other mages can be by a Chronomancer with Tandem... Though, I'm not an Illusionist myself - I know that Wizard/Warlocks are the slow big bangs (hard to get off spells, that can be resisted), while the enchanter's tiny fast bangs can overpower them on short fights ~

The main reason (Name Removed- Wizard Class Player) can actually parse is because she has a Mythical Epic - soe needs to check out that balance between scouts massively overpowering mages... Melees have better adornments and gear... Can proc up to four procs on two weapons, and get more use out of 78% dps mod and haste, then casters can get out of the buffs that they get... Even if troubadour and dirge buffs are equal - I'd imagine that an enchanter with melee str line aa can get more dps than a mage (even though still using a one handed weapon - as the aa quickening forces you to be using), just because melee is > nuking... especially, if that enchanter is also an Ilusionist with tandem on as well..

An enchanter can hit for 1k melee criticals with 78% dps mod and other melee adornments, using that str line is fun!...

** When is SoE going to come out with this update so that I can finally see how it works out?? **

My Reply: Do we play the same game?