2010-11-16, 02:49 PM
Seriously.
Overswing went from 170%/240% to 290%/360%. That's a 1.7x/1.2x damage increase. Snow Charge went from 110% to 135%. That's another 1.23x increase in damage. Final Charge went from 90% to 200%. That's a 2.2x increase in damage. Final Toss went from 110% damage to 350% damage. That's a 3.2x increase in damage. Final Blow went from 700% to 800%. That's a 1.14x increase in damage. The only real significant nerf is the critical nerf, and every job suffers from that. It's like saying one job gets screw more than another from PDRates. Frankly, the old Critical System made Arans overpowered. No job should gain more damage from Criticals than their own attack even provides.
In all fairness, maxed Combo Critical with Snow Charge before would do (264% + 341%x2 + 418%x2 + 924%) = 2706%. Now it does (166.05% + 481.545%x2 + 597.78%x2 + 1328.4%) = 3650% Add in the fact that Polearm's damage range got buffed by Big Bang, High Mastery adds 30 attack, and Combo Finishers sucked ass in the first place, it's called a BUFF. Hell, if anything, Big Bang encourages the use of Finishers more despite their nerf since you don't get such a retardedly high damage boost by keeping your Combo 100+. With no Combo, you still do 3294% in a chain. Before, you would only do 1848% in a chain with 0 Combo.
Overswing went from 170%/240% to 290%/360%. That's a 1.7x/1.2x damage increase. Snow Charge went from 110% to 135%. That's another 1.23x increase in damage. Final Charge went from 90% to 200%. That's a 2.2x increase in damage. Final Toss went from 110% damage to 350% damage. That's a 3.2x increase in damage. Final Blow went from 700% to 800%. That's a 1.14x increase in damage. The only real significant nerf is the critical nerf, and every job suffers from that. It's like saying one job gets screw more than another from PDRates. Frankly, the old Critical System made Arans overpowered. No job should gain more damage from Criticals than their own attack even provides.
In all fairness, maxed Combo Critical with Snow Charge before would do (264% + 341%x2 + 418%x2 + 924%) = 2706%. Now it does (166.05% + 481.545%x2 + 597.78%x2 + 1328.4%) = 3650% Add in the fact that Polearm's damage range got buffed by Big Bang, High Mastery adds 30 attack, and Combo Finishers sucked ass in the first place, it's called a BUFF. Hell, if anything, Big Bang encourages the use of Finishers more despite their nerf since you don't get such a retardedly high damage boost by keeping your Combo 100+. With no Combo, you still do 3294% in a chain. Before, you would only do 1848% in a chain with 0 Combo.