2011-03-21, 11:57 PM
Alilatias Wrote:This.
I want to ask the Arch Mages here, about how often do you guys actually use Big Bang in comparison to CL and Paralyze? Or the Demons? I'm looking at your fourth job skills, and... 3 mob skills? Really redundant...
In normal areas, I charge Big Bang if I'm near a rope or there are mobs below me. Level 1 Big Bang 1hkos everything for me (or at least it does with a follow-up Teleport) so it's useful to quickly clear a mob. I kill everything else with Paralyze and Teleport, and I use Meteor whenever it's on CD (mine's maxed and 1hkos everything). I only have 3 Fire Demon so I don't use it but I wouldn't use it even if it was maxed.
At LHC, I use Poison Mist and I spam Big Bang. Once I get >11 Fire Demon, I will keep that up on monsters.
Paralyze isn't really meant to be a AoE skill; I feel like the damage doesn't get reduced enough (though it does drop to 70% on 6). I do like that they added the AoE option though; it fits the feel of playing a mage. Big Bang is used for entirely different purposes. Fire Demon is the most redundant skill we have at the moment. Problem could be solved by upping the 1v1 damage on Paralyze and increasing the multi-target penalty. I enjoy having to stack multiple dots, I don't want to see that removed.

