2011-10-28, 12:20 PM
Jerry-Boyle Wrote:I had more important things to do in the morning than to make my argument more sound, was in a rush too. Basically for this whole topic/discussion, I just don't understand why ArchMages should be above Evans in bossing and mobbing. From the beginning, ArchMages were clearly meant for mobbing, atleast that's what it looked like. However with Jump, they are now better bossers then say an avg Evan in Jump. I just don't really see Nexon's perspective in making mobbers(ArchMages/Evans) and turn them into top bossers around at the same time. If there's a way for an Evan to be top bossing of the Mages(Staying as attacking and supporting style) while having a reduced mobbing control and have AMs surpass Evans at mobbing and reduce their bossing potential but enough to be decent, I would have no problem. But Evans, in Nexon's perspective must be good at everything now and ArchMages prior to this update..are also good at everything. O.o I can only wait and see what Nexon does with ArchMages to really see where they are going with this.
If that's not clear enough, the shorter version is;
Why have two or more branches of the Mage-type classes good at three categories while competing with each other? I don't understand that part. In my opinion; Evan's should be the bossing Mage class, ArchMages with minor supports should be the mobbing class, Bishops obviously supportive(They should really be 100% support with status effects[Poison, Curse, Bleeding, Sealing, some DoT, wep/mag def decrease, hp decreasing, etc to name a few skills and party support]and no attacks if MS operated differently), & Battle Mages could be 'The-jack-of-all-trades' type(Bossing,Mobbing,Support) but can't surpass an Evan's bossing, ArchMages mobbing and Bishop's supporting, just average at all three. Does it make sense to anybody else? Evans seem to be going towards a Tanking-Boss-Mage class with Magic Guard(10% hp increase, high defences, High MP/HP from the skills, etc.). Arch Mages should be going toward mobbing unless Nexon wants to make Evan's updates inferior again. Makes sense to me, mobbers certainly don't need all that to just mob; so that can't be an Evan's future.
When Nexon put a cooldown on ultimates is when AMs became known as the 'attacking' mage, mobbing or 1v1 notwithstanding. I see Evans as more of the Jack-of-all-trades class and BaMs as more of the 'warrior-cleric' hybrid. The mere fact that Evans still have decent party skills and AMs lack any tells me that AMs are primarily attackers and Evans are the attackers too but more versatile in other areas such as support. If you haven't noticed by now, just about EVERY class is at least an ok mobber now save for a certain few. Mobbing post-BB-cool down-implementation is overrated comparing to Bossing. Bossing is the most vital aspect of the game now. Don't kid yourself if you think support skills and bossing skills aren't tons more in-demand than mobbing. So my response is that I do not see why attacking mages shouldn't be equally effective at bossing.