2011-01-16, 02:00 AM
I see nothing that makes us useful, especially when :
1) Your comment here is stupid. We have a CHANCE of getting 1.3x experience, but we're not the only class with experience increases. Captains are the single strongest class outside of Resistance and they also have an experience increase skill. What makes it better for Vipers? Especially when we're half as strong, which means it's half as likely we'll even defeat Papulatus while the 1.3x experience buff is active, if we're even lucky enough to have it activate.
2) Pushing mobs in one position, which is what I assume you mean by "mobbing up a platform," has no real use anymore with the exception of bosses who act like monsters (like Lion Heart monsters, or the Crimson Guardians in JMS), and even then... Killing them straight off is much faster than worrying about gathering mobs before you kill.
3) No HP potions. YAY WE HEAL MP EVERY 10 SECONDS... This kills us at 1/1 when we don't have energy charge up, which, by the way, kills our ability to "keep potion use controlled," since we can't heal without using HP potions if we're not within the 60 seconds that Energy Charge is up in at 30 minute boss fight. It's faster to kill a boss without using the HP/MP healing skills.
4) Okay... so we have too many skills. We only use what? 2 different attacking skills? Maybe 3... The rest of the buttons we press are buffs. During grinding, it's just run and Dragon Strike, with maybe a Screw Punch in there to push a monster. In bossing, it's just Demolition, demolition, demolition until Super Transform dies, then it's >Transform, Dragon Strike, Dragon Strike, Dragon Strike until Super Transform is ready again. YAY FOR CHANGING THINGS UP.
5) Yay... We don't get hit for 5 seconds, while also hindering our DPS even more than it already is. There's really no point in using that combo, when 90% of the time, you're not going to get hit at all while using Demolition, since the bosses would have to hit you while your character is being reset, which isn't the case most of the time, unless you're standing directly on the boss.
Viper is now THE solo class, as we're not really wanted for anything (aside for filling in as a member of a party...), except we're no good at soloing in comparison to most classes. Fun, yes?
1) Your comment here is stupid. We have a CHANCE of getting 1.3x experience, but we're not the only class with experience increases. Captains are the single strongest class outside of Resistance and they also have an experience increase skill. What makes it better for Vipers? Especially when we're half as strong, which means it's half as likely we'll even defeat Papulatus while the 1.3x experience buff is active, if we're even lucky enough to have it activate.
2) Pushing mobs in one position, which is what I assume you mean by "mobbing up a platform," has no real use anymore with the exception of bosses who act like monsters (like Lion Heart monsters, or the Crimson Guardians in JMS), and even then... Killing them straight off is much faster than worrying about gathering mobs before you kill.
3) No HP potions. YAY WE HEAL MP EVERY 10 SECONDS... This kills us at 1/1 when we don't have energy charge up, which, by the way, kills our ability to "keep potion use controlled," since we can't heal without using HP potions if we're not within the 60 seconds that Energy Charge is up in at 30 minute boss fight. It's faster to kill a boss without using the HP/MP healing skills.
4) Okay... so we have too many skills. We only use what? 2 different attacking skills? Maybe 3... The rest of the buttons we press are buffs. During grinding, it's just run and Dragon Strike, with maybe a Screw Punch in there to push a monster. In bossing, it's just Demolition, demolition, demolition until Super Transform dies, then it's >Transform, Dragon Strike, Dragon Strike, Dragon Strike until Super Transform is ready again. YAY FOR CHANGING THINGS UP.
5) Yay... We don't get hit for 5 seconds, while also hindering our DPS even more than it already is. There's really no point in using that combo, when 90% of the time, you're not going to get hit at all while using Demolition, since the bosses would have to hit you while your character is being reset, which isn't the case most of the time, unless you're standing directly on the boss.
Viper is now THE solo class, as we're not really wanted for anything (aside for filling in as a member of a party...), except we're no good at soloing in comparison to most classes. Fun, yes?