2010-02-13, 07:46 PM
The magic damage formula requires an extra variable (basic spell attack) in comparison to the weapon attack formula which works on the weapon attack alone, so that'd have to be crowbarred in there somewhere as well, not to mention the disproportionate amount of Matk/INT mages have in comparison to attack classes (on average around 6 times more, INT is easier to come by off equips than other stats which results in higher average total stats).
LUK adding base Matk would be nice. Even if was something as tiny as 0.5 Matk it'd still shift the game in favour of those with the most stats on their equips rather than the ones with the most INT, especially in a version without Eweapons like kMS. Evidently it is easier to get more stats out of high level mage equips than it is common LUKless equips or low level mage equips and the stigma of adding LUK would be virtually entirely removed, so then both LUKless and LUK users would both be uh, "viable" options.
Just out of interest, if the above were to come true, my AM would get an 83 Matk bonus (167 LUK total, giving a clean total of 1268) along with anyone else who can equip an Estaff 5-8. Bear in mind this is just speculation, nothing more >_>
LUK adding base Matk would be nice. Even if was something as tiny as 0.5 Matk it'd still shift the game in favour of those with the most stats on their equips rather than the ones with the most INT, especially in a version without Eweapons like kMS. Evidently it is easier to get more stats out of high level mage equips than it is common LUKless equips or low level mage equips and the stigma of adding LUK would be virtually entirely removed, so then both LUKless and LUK users would both be uh, "viable" options.
Just out of interest, if the above were to come true, my AM would get an 83 Matk bonus (167 LUK total, giving a clean total of 1268) along with anyone else who can equip an Estaff 5-8. Bear in mind this is just speculation, nothing more >_>