2009-08-16, 10:54 PM
FelixTM Wrote:You mentioned Pap bombs. It is true they do a lot of damage if they use their Att Up buff. However, it's not 5k. Assuming you're wearing pretty standard gear and a Zhelm, it's only going to be around 47xx-49xx damage, tops. Yeah, that's quite risky with only 4800 HP. If you're good at Pap, you will almost NEVER get hit by or even SEE a Pap bomb power up. I so rarely see them power up that I often forget they can. If you absolutely want to avoid such an accident, wear an HP equip or two. Not a big deal at all.
Pap's bombs, buffed, did 5018, 5025, and 4996 to me before. dam you single uncrit arrows + stun the next fraction of a second due to lag. I have 384 defense too, probably above and beyond what's "standard" for equips in terms of defense. like you said, damage stats aren't the only ones in the game.
btw, pap's buffed bombs is ONLY an issue to bowmasters. every other class is exempt from this (well... maybe not corsairs on bship cooldown). it's one of the few innate problems that come from hurricane, which as a marksman (chameleon) you would probably not know anything about. strafe and snipe will always kill bombs even before you are 4th job. the only thing that can get them to buff is attacks between 2k~5k... which the only 4th job classes capable of doing that are bowmasters with hurr and corsairs with rapid fire. every other class either has packaged hits OR enough survivability that it isn't an issue.
may i have your children Felix? you have the exact same thoughts on this as i do. to date i have around 600 pap kills, and the fact i've only seen three buffed bombs hit me speaks volumes about how big of an issue it really is.