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Class Role Balance
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Stereo Wrote:DPS should act in favour of melee classes, since it's harder for them to fight bosses (can't pin/snipe, danger of touch damage, KB always knocks them out of strike range, etc). Why even play a melee class when you can get better damage with better range at less risk? All Warriors are good for right now is supporting skills, and 2/3 of the subclasses don't even have one.

This is where stance come into play though. IMO warriors are pretty well built (offcourse there is the need to balance the 3 warriors), they can stand near the boss and spam away their attacks and control mobs while doing damage. This pretty much took away the role of mages controlling mobs. The ranged attackers can't do much about the mobs, so they need the high 1 vs 1 attack or else they won't be in the parties, it'll just be all warrior/melee bossing. Ranged classes do have a huge risk, they can't survive at major bosses without HB. They need the support of the warriors or else they're nothing.

But putting mages in for mob control at bosses is a big joke. They even add elemental strengths to the mobs... my bowmaster does better with mob control then my arch mage at zakum. So like the others said, Arch mages definetly need some party buffs to get them in some bosses atleast. Really anything other than meditation would work... i really don't know why they even made meditation a party buff, weapon attackers have no use from it. Adding 20% elemental damage to everyone would have been awesome, it'll be like SE for bossing.

Warriors are needed for bosses, how much harder would horntail runs be without warriors? it'll be almost impossible. DrKs for HB and Stance and damage, Heros for damage and stance. Hopefully they bring up paladins more and more and they'll also be wanted. Threaten could be a huge improvement for them already. But compare Bishops support skills to AMs support skill then compare their damage at bosses. The damage difference is close to nothing. So the question should be whats the point of making arch mages instead of bishops?
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Class Role Balance - by Dusk - 2009-01-16, 03:05 PM
Class Role Balance - by VladTheLvr - 2009-01-16, 03:17 PM
Class Role Balance - by DrRusty - 2009-01-16, 03:21 PM
Class Role Balance - by Kirov - 2009-01-16, 03:25 PM
Class Role Balance - by Stereo - 2009-01-16, 03:39 PM
Class Role Balance - by MasPan - 2009-01-16, 03:40 PM
Class Role Balance - by Kirov - 2009-01-16, 04:01 PM
Class Role Balance - by GMSInfighter - 2009-01-16, 04:25 PM
Class Role Balance - by Takebacker - 2009-01-16, 04:29 PM
Class Role Balance - by Lozmaster - 2009-01-16, 04:33 PM
Class Role Balance - by Kabanaw - 2009-01-16, 06:07 PM
Class Role Balance - by heronz - 2009-01-16, 07:00 PM
Class Role Balance - by Kabanaw - 2009-01-16, 07:05 PM
Class Role Balance - by Russt - 2009-01-17, 02:25 AM
Class Role Balance - by Takebacker - 2009-01-17, 02:32 AM
Class Role Balance - by Russt - 2009-01-17, 02:34 AM
Class Role Balance - by Scaeva - 2009-01-17, 04:59 AM
Class Role Balance - by darksyte - 2009-01-17, 05:23 AM
Class Role Balance - by Lozmaster - 2009-01-17, 06:04 AM
Class Role Balance - by darksyte - 2009-01-17, 08:59 AM
Class Role Balance - by Kirov - 2009-01-17, 09:09 AM
Class Role Balance - by darksyte - 2009-01-17, 09:45 AM
Class Role Balance - by Kabanaw - 2009-01-17, 10:38 AM
Class Role Balance - by Dusk - 2009-01-17, 01:31 PM
Class Role Balance - by Stereo - 2009-01-17, 02:24 PM
Class Role Balance - by Sinnuendo - 2009-01-17, 02:45 PM
Class Role Balance - by Kabanaw - 2009-01-18, 11:02 PM
Class Role Balance - by MasPan - 2009-01-18, 11:13 PM
Class Role Balance - by Takebacker - 2009-01-18, 11:30 PM
Class Role Balance - by Russt - 2009-01-18, 11:45 PM
Class Role Balance - by mugsly - 2009-01-19, 03:25 AM
Class Role Balance - by MasPan - 2009-01-19, 05:09 AM
Class Role Balance - by 3xiledSlayer - 2009-01-19, 06:37 AM
Class Role Balance - by haha01haha01 - 2009-01-19, 08:43 AM
Class Role Balance - by Kabanaw - 2009-01-19, 06:03 PM
Class Role Balance - by TamilTiger1 - 2009-01-19, 07:44 PM
Class Role Balance - by Takebacker - 2009-01-19, 07:52 PM
Class Role Balance - by Holypie - 2009-01-19, 07:55 PM
Class Role Balance - by Takebacker - 2009-01-19, 07:57 PM
Class Role Balance - by TamilTiger1 - 2009-01-19, 08:20 PM
Class Role Balance - by Takebacker - 2009-01-19, 08:22 PM
Class Role Balance - by TamilTiger1 - 2009-01-19, 08:35 PM
Class Role Balance - by Kabanaw - 2009-01-19, 08:37 PM
Class Role Balance - by Russt - 2009-01-19, 08:41 PM
Class Role Balance - by Shidoshi - 2009-01-19, 09:54 PM
Class Role Balance - by Forte - 2009-01-20, 12:46 AM
Class Role Balance - by Kabanaw - 2009-01-20, 12:48 AM
Class Role Balance - by Kubi - 2009-01-20, 12:51 AM
Class Role Balance - by Shippo the Fox - 2009-01-20, 02:03 AM
Class Role Balance - by NoJobNoRules - 2009-01-20, 05:04 AM
Class Role Balance - by Cheesecake - 2009-01-20, 05:50 AM
Class Role Balance - by Kirov - 2009-01-20, 10:42 AM
Class Role Balance - by Kubi - 2009-01-20, 05:15 PM
Class Role Balance - by Takebacker - 2009-01-20, 05:22 PM
Class Role Balance - by Roxas - 2009-01-20, 05:37 PM
Class Role Balance - by Aggrovated - 2009-01-20, 05:46 PM
Class Role Balance - by Dusk - 2009-01-20, 06:51 PM
Class Role Balance - by Alloy - 2009-01-20, 06:59 PM
Class Role Balance - by Cavalier - 2009-01-20, 08:28 PM
Class Role Balance - by Dyxanije - 2009-01-20, 08:30 PM
Class Role Balance - by Takebacker - 2009-01-20, 09:07 PM
Class Role Balance - by NoJobNoRules - 2009-01-21, 12:27 AM
Class Role Balance - by Takebacker - 2009-01-21, 12:46 AM
Class Role Balance - by Stereo - 2009-01-21, 01:50 AM
Class Role Balance - by Dusk - 2009-01-21, 04:41 AM
Class Role Balance - by SeiiShir0u - 2009-01-21, 04:45 AM
Class Role Balance - by Shidoshi - 2009-01-21, 11:56 AM
Class Role Balance - by Stereo - 2009-01-21, 12:03 PM
Class Role Balance - by Dusk - 2009-01-21, 01:02 PM
Class Role Balance - by Nikkey - 2009-01-21, 02:28 PM
Class Role Balance - by pHantOm - 2009-01-22, 10:05 AM
Class Role Balance - by Morgana - 2009-01-22, 08:04 PM
Class Role Balance - by Schrono - 2009-01-23, 10:03 AM
Class Role Balance - by Styles - 2009-01-23, 10:11 AM
Class Role Balance - by Kaasoljoyyx - 2009-01-23, 06:17 PM
Class Role Balance - by Kirov - 2009-01-23, 06:43 PM
Class Role Balance - by SeiiShir0u - 2009-01-23, 07:40 PM
Class Role Balance - by Schrono - 2009-01-23, 08:25 PM
Class Role Balance - by Takebacker - 2009-01-23, 08:34 PM
Class Role Balance - by Dusk - 2009-01-23, 10:00 PM
Class Role Balance - by DrRusty - 2009-01-24, 09:29 AM

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