[1.2.270] New Weapon Types - New PQ - stronger Evan

A level 200 Evan can only tank a ~10k hit with HB, and only about a ~16k hit with HB VS an 200 AM who can tank ~13k/~20k. Oh noes!

But wait! Add in their magical shield and Evans can handle ~12k/~19k hits! A 1k discrepancy! Oh noes!

In all honesty, Evan are just as tough as mages when you factor in Magic Resistance.


*My reference for how much Evans can take is based on this pic of an AM's HP and simply applying the different Magic Guards:

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Yeah, with Magic Resistance blocking, what, 20%? 30%? Of ALL DAMAGE TAKEN? Jeez I'd trade 10% off MG for that skill. At end-game, Lv. 200 stats, a Magician who has 18750+ MP base (aka 30,000 MP with HB) relies on HP to survive big hits, not MP. Heck, after 16x or so that's the case - your MP is so high that it's having more HP that helps. Blocking damage altogether before applying MG....damn. With that skill an ArchMage could seriously stand a chance tanking HT's tail damage (with 20/80 MG), and a Bishop, if the skill stacked with Invincible, could easily take the hit.

Man I am so sick of reading OBSOLETE OBSOLETE OBSOLETE.

Are you guys really so insecure that any class that appears slightly stronger than you completely threatens your manhood? I love my archmage and will continue playing it long after Evan and any other class, no matter how good they may be, because as far I'm concerned you should play the class you enjoy, not the one with the biggest plantain DPS.

Whenever I read "obsolete" I get this mental image of a quivering neckbeard ready to tear their room apart because ALL OF MY HARD WORK WAS FOR NOTHING ARGHHHHHHHH *gundam shatters on the cold concrete basement floor*

I know a lot of us enjoy our ArchMages (you, me, Goals, etc.) simply for the magical aspect of them (YAY MAGIC OMGOMGOGM!). But I agree with Goals when he says it is frustrating time and time again when, even if you're the strongest ArchMage in GMS, you're not invited to bosses because your skills are just designed to suck on single target mobs. In this case Evan really does render ArchMages obsolete. They have the single target and party skills necessary to make the class useful on all boss runs, and their mobbing is pretty amazing for non-ultimate spamming.

But like you said, obsolete doesn't mean people can't play them for fun. If you like a class, play it! I know I enjoyed playing LOLFP and wouldn't change that for the world, but I won't lie - the passive 40 matk boost will be hella nice on an Evan. Not saying that's the reason to play a Magician, of course, but hey.

So an elemental wand don't reduce the damage of non-elemental attacks? I always assumed they just uniformly nerfed everything other than their appointed elements...

So much for a Speargrave wand being useful in the long term =P

Nope. That's the beauty of Eles for Magic Claw and Big Bang - big matk boost towards raw neutral power, no decrease .