Thoughts on Balance Changes

So we have had the new patch for a short time but I just want your opinion on what was changed. Imo Meteor nerf was stupid, finale nerf changes nothing, mail breaker is still unviable(cuz of low proc rate), gatling is better but too inconsistent for my tastes, landmine is still trash, kick was buffed...why? Holy light's buff is interesting but the best thing to come out of this patch is the force/magic shield buff.

 

Its depend on player skill.. example if i give u wood, some can make it a weapon, some can make it a house some can profit from it. It not a bad skill, just a poor player skill to take advantage on it. ^_-

 

This nerf in a nutshell:
They fucked over swords more, didn't jackshit to op mages, and knives are now cool again

 

meteor was just adjusted as the i frames looked like because of your character jumping high thus evading any attacks that were thrown. they just made it a bit realistic that you can now be hit after you land. it is easy to use and average in all aspects making it a well rounded lvl4 skill (cant say the same for ohs)

finale nerf only hurts the fast moving mobs/bosses as its difficult to land the hit. damage wise, finale wasnt nerfed as the damage doesnt rise very high with OP gear. if you compare finale dmg with OP gears versus the damage of skills of other classes with OP gears, you will see that finale is starting to fall behind. it will fall behind as stronger gears gets released.

the only problem with gattling is the long animation

 

give that invicibility to halberd's dragon tooth..... or + resistance to counter gsw......during the dt animation only

 

free reset so cool

 

~eye flashes red~

 

Are you trying to imply some of these skills can be useful?
I am sorry but no matter how pro a person can be some skills will NEVER be useful.

If you can give me 1 reason or 1 way to use chronos drive right now after it is "buffed" I will give you 10m spina which I dont even have. Give me 1 reason to use that skill over like lets say strike stab or dive impact both of which are tier3 skills mind you.

 

so far, the latest balance patch is not that much balanced.

 

There were some diamonds in the rough though. Sheild buffs we're good, punish ray is amazing now, and gatling is at the very least useable now. Now just buff buster and berserk for ohs and I'd be perfect

 

i hope new skill trees will be a game changer
i just didnt like the current state of the game right now

 

I totally agree with the finale part.

 

Guys, the crappy skills are there to make the good skills look great. Just think about this for a second: if all skills are useful, the game would be easy and pointless.

I view this logic in the same vein as why there are crappy pokemons in Pokemon games; The very commonly encountered Rattatas are in the game just to accentuate the fact that pokemons like Growlithes, Rhyhorns, and Horseas that you rarely find or find in later stages of the game are strictly better in comparison.

 

Ok but have you heard of Spiral Air.
They took a great skill and murdered it. That's what they need to do to Finale.

 

Then all the mages will complain mb/cf/tenryu is too op and then all pts will just be physical spam pts and no one will bother to prorate. Since it's the only magic tree, dont nerf it until a new one comes.

 

Damage can be scaled lower. It and Crossfire can literally one shot any boss if the proration is there.

 

they no longer need to scale finale damage as it gets little damage from the gear but more from the skill itself. once gears with higher attack are released, other lvl 4 skills, will have higher damage output and finale will be left behind.

 

Then why make such a broken skill in the first place

 

If all the skills are useful, people will not need to focus on some top OP skills anymore, since they can try many new different builds.

 

What if there was a pokemon which had 1st and 2nd evolution stage stronger than its 3rd evolution stage?
Chronos is a tier4 skill then why tf is it so weak. What reason is there to spend sp on that skill if you can spend 5 more sp to max strike stab instead lol. I am sorry but if its the last skill in the tree I expect something at least half decent.

Wait till magic gets critical *wink wink*