2010-06-22, 11:51 PM
foxtales Wrote:I... I didn't even mention Elemental Reset. Did I?
The point I was trying to make, was that Big Bang has become so strong that it outdamages all other skills. Even if a monster were weak to Fire , Big Bang would still be the strongest option- and it's just barely behind paralyze on poison weak.
And I entirely agree that taking these changes too seriously before they're finalized is a waste of energy, and have practically stated that in all my posts...
Not necessarily the case, because raw damage isn't everything when the mobs don't die in one hit (see: 220k HP Skelegons, etc.). If you've ever used Big Bang before, you'll know that, in it's current state, it's not the easiest skill to utilize for massive DPS. Because it needs to be charged and has nasty neutralization rules, the DPS might just be higher when spamming actually spammable skills like the Demons or Paralyze/CL.
Also, @ Elemental Reset comments: Is that REALLY what it does Cactuar? Because the fundamental purpose of the skills, as far as I've assumed it's used, is to COMPLETELY neutralize the elemental aspect of a skill. In other words, it would make the skill of a neutral element like Magic Claw and Big Bang, thus allowing it to be used anywhere. If the skill merely resets the elemental factor to 0, but the skill is still marked as a certain element that mobs recognize, and damage is still halved/reduced to 1....see my point? Does not compute. The skill is utterly useless in such a form. I can't say I've ever played a class with Reset, so I don't know for sure, but that seems a little hinky to me.

