This is a late reply so sorry in advance for the necro-posting... but I wanted to share my opinion...
I'm actually kind of disappointed the cap is only 200k. It does make sense, since Snipe and Heaven's Hammer is set to always hit max damage I believe, and as such a damage cap over 200k will start to make those two skills extremely overpowered.
However, for Blast... 200k isn't high enough.
With 1150 STR, and perhaps a 125 2h sword, 15 gloves, 8 cape, 5 shoes, 100 apple, 12 from Blessing of the Sprite, and +4% from Echo of Hero, you're dealing around 211k max on a holy weak monster with Sharp Eyes crit (on 0 wdef monster). And there is still a lot of room for improvement for a character with equips like that. And even further improvements may come along... those Medals will give us more STR, and there just might be ATK earrings someday.
I guess it isn't that big of a deal, since Paladins will only hit over 200k on holy weak monsters with an apple with a Sharp Eyes crit on a high damage hit, which is very rare. But still, while it would be a wonderful feeling of accomplishment to break the new damage cap, it really hurts to know that you are being handicapped by the damage cap AGAIN (although not by as much this time around). There's already two 200 Paladins and a level 198 one, and many new Paladins are going up in levels, so I'm sure a handful of players will hit that 200k+ before long.
Oh and I forgot, Blunt Weapon users hit even higher than sword users, so it's even easier for them to break the cap...
It's just too bad. Damn the damage cap!
I'm actually kind of disappointed the cap is only 200k. It does make sense, since Snipe and Heaven's Hammer is set to always hit max damage I believe, and as such a damage cap over 200k will start to make those two skills extremely overpowered.
However, for Blast... 200k isn't high enough.
With 1150 STR, and perhaps a 125 2h sword, 15 gloves, 8 cape, 5 shoes, 100 apple, 12 from Blessing of the Sprite, and +4% from Echo of Hero, you're dealing around 211k max on a holy weak monster with Sharp Eyes crit (on 0 wdef monster). And there is still a lot of room for improvement for a character with equips like that. And even further improvements may come along... those Medals will give us more STR, and there just might be ATK earrings someday.
I guess it isn't that big of a deal, since Paladins will only hit over 200k on holy weak monsters with an apple with a Sharp Eyes crit on a high damage hit, which is very rare. But still, while it would be a wonderful feeling of accomplishment to break the new damage cap, it really hurts to know that you are being handicapped by the damage cap AGAIN (although not by as much this time around). There's already two 200 Paladins and a level 198 one, and many new Paladins are going up in levels, so I'm sure a handful of players will hit that 200k+ before long.
Oh and I forgot, Blunt Weapon users hit even higher than sword users, so it's even easier for them to break the cap...
It's just too bad. Damn the damage cap!