Afrobean Wrote:Hah! Why then was I able to dominate Dreamy Ghosts in my hayday so well? Why then was I 2hking Skele 100% with Gen when others were barely within 100% 3hk? You don't consider the difference in speed between 100% 2hk and 100% 3hk to be notable?Obviously it breaks down once you hit 3hko~1hko range, especially if you've got extra high mastery. When your minimum is 85% of your maximum, you don't have to have a whole lot of damage improvement to go from 3hko to 2hko as someone whose minimum is 30% of their maximum.
Anyway I'm talking about generally well equipped players, not some random dude who leeched his Priest to 120 and is using a Dark Oriental set with a Kage. The difference in my gear at 116 (total cost ~80mil) to 122 (total cost ~440mil) is 9 w.atk and around 20 str... which represents a 10% increase in damage for 450% increase in cost. From here, it just gets more expensive... I could easily drop another 300mil getting 2 more atk. I'm sure a similar jump in damage for Mages works out to similar kind of cost effectiveness... (aside Elemental Staffs which I kinda agree are a shitty way to boost mage damage)
Quote:How does that matter? Are you not of the opinion that Bishops should get the best experience rates? If you want balanced experience across the board, I'll say right now that that's impossible (short of, like I already conjectured, making all classes identical with no advantages/disadvantages), and furthermore, it throws off the nature of Holy Magicians that makes them "unnaturally" higher in number. Do you not think it is a good idea for there to be more Holy Magicians than the other classes?I'm just curious, ok? People say "omg Bishops train 5 times as fast as me" I want to know the truth. How fast do Bishops gain exp? What damage are they doing?
Quote:Not every class can contribute as much to a party as others. This doesn't mean that it's a good idea to nerf one of the best contributors though, because even if you do, there will always be someone who can contribute more to the party than the "worst" class.There will always be a difference, but does it have to be "kills 75% of the map in 2.5 seconds" vs "kills 75% of the map in about a minute" :/
Quote:And anyway, I think a better solution for the party problem you identified would be to modify existing class's buffs to make them more worthwhile. Why not make Chakra a great party buff? Why not make Magic Booster a party buff (screw Viper's, they have Time Leap)? Why not make Shield Mastery a worthwhile party buff (i.e., cut damage by a certain percent like Cleric's Invincible)? And for that matter, why not make Mage's Demons more effective and more useful?Great, except like most Paladins I didn't bother with Shield Mastery or Magic Crash cause they're both 100% useless to a 2h melee class. If they start making extreme skill changes they should give us free SP resets like WoW does.
Quote:The problem you are identifying seems to be more related to the fact that there aren't any good elemental monsters. Have you tried going to Dreamy Ghosts with Holy Charge? If I had to guess, I'd think that would be the most effective choice for you, and if you're lucky, you could even get a little low level Priest to come heal for you.Himes are the most effective choice even in 3rd job, it's just that much better than any map. Unfortunately, I can't train there, for reasons which are unlikely to change in the next 6 months.