LegendGospel Wrote:I don't think Bishops are really ahead of Arch Mages now... for Big Bang get the Critical, but you got both Amp and Booster. You get a ton of other attack skills, and we got only 4 mob attack Angel Ray (currently with really stupid range unusable for training, it should get fixed). Shining Ray won't be used past 3rd job thanks to Big Bang. It's gonna be pretty much replacing Shining Ray with Big Bang and Holy Arrow with Angel Ray. We got 2 attacks D: and you also got 1 of them.
If anything, Bishops are behind. But I guess that's fine, since we got Holy Symbol. That should balance the training speed.
With Paralyze mobbing, all other skills except Big Bang become obselete. Paralyze is just barely stronger than Big Bang, but has the stun/DoT effect, but Big Bang may be more effective in a mob if misses are so common, since it will have much more stable damage. I suspect an Arch Mage training with Paralyze and Big Bang will be 10~20% faster than a Bishop training with Big Bang. However, i havn't considered summons, and Bahamut grossly outdamages an Arch Mage's, and if Crit Ring's are still useable, Bishop will have another clear advantage. If we factor in Holy Symbol, and maybe even Sharp Eyes, an Arch Mage falls far behind a Bishop.
Without a doubt, Arch Mages are in fact behind in both training speed, and 1v1 capabilities compared to Bishops. However, I'm sure Nexon, the smart people that they are, will see this mistake and rectify it before making these changes official.
Also a question, does Angel Ray actually hit behind and in front? Or is that total range meant to project forward only?
*didnt see paralyze was nerfed damage wise. though it only contributes to my point