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Class names
-Matrix Mercenary
-Matrix Tactical Mercenary
-Matrix Bounty Hunter
-Matrix Cyber Hunter
-Matrix Blood Mage
-Matrix Techmage
What makes it special? Well it's basically a "Design your own class". Hear me out before saying it's OP.
Every class is set up in a particular way, with 4 rows 3 columns.
Now each class has 12 moves however what will make this class unique is the fact that you get to interchange the skills from all classes. The class you pick mainly specifies what kind of armors you will be able to equip, your weapon requirement, DRAMATICALLY LOWER base stats (see final paragraph for explaining) , your basic skills along with what skill tree set-up you will be using.
I'll give you an example:
If I choose Matrix Mercenary I will receive a Mercenary skill tree (The format). However for each buff/burst damage/ultimate/energy moving skill, even attack, I can choose another one as long as the weapon requirement matches my class and/or it has no weapon requirement. Instead of static smash I can have static grenade, instead of maul I can have Stun Grenade, instead of Bunker Buster I can have Plasma Cannon and instead of Hybrid I can have Reflex Boost... Or can I? Pay close attention.
Now there will be restrictions such as:
- you cant have Both Blood Commander and Mark of Blood (which will be pretty difficult to do once you keep reading).
-Your skills must fall in line or follow your classes Skill tree in terms of the type of skills that your class originally has, and the tiered skill that it is (Shields do not have to be tiered). See below for further explanation.
- Nerfs have to be limited to tier. Buffs do not.
- Naturally, only skills without weapon requirements can be transferred
If need be, all devs have to do is change tiers around a bit. Tiers should be a relatively easy thing to change actually, meaning skills that you don't want a certain class to have can just be re-tiered and the trees designed in a way that that class can't access it.
Static Charge, Battery, are what I mean by Energy Gaining moves. They are free and minimally affect the enemy without taking his or her energy. Parasite, Emp, static grenade, assimilation, static smash, etc classify as energy stealing moves
Frenzy, due to its uniqueness as a burst damage skill, will classify as a burst damage skill instead of an energy gaining skill.
So to simplify it even more, every class has its own layout that it CANNOT abandon for a certain skill or combination of skills
For mercenaries their layout goes like this:
Fm Bd S
Bf St Bd
Mi Nf Bd
Ult Bf Es
Legend:
Bd- Burst Damage
Fm- Field Medic
Bf- Buff
Nf- Nerf
S- Shield
Dot- Damage Over Time
Mi- Multi
Ult- Ultimate
Eg- Energy Gain
Es- Energy Steal
St- Stun
That means that for mercs, reading left to right, I get to choose:
Field medic, 1st tiered burst damage skill, Shield
Buff, Stun, 2nd tiered burst damage skill
3rd tiered multi, nerf, 3rd tiered Burst damage
4th tiered Ultimate, buff, Energy Steal
So according to what I have previously stated, I would be able to create a Matrix Mercenary with skills like this:
Field Medic, Double Strike, Energy Shield
Technician, Maul, Plasma Cannon
Plasma Rain, Malfunction, Zerk
Surgical Strike, Field Commander, Parasite
Notice how I can have Plasma Cannon because it is a burst damage skill who is in the same tier as Bunker Buster, But I can not have Battery because the merc skill tree doesn't allow free skills such as Battery Backup or Static Charge. Nor can I have stun grenade in place of Maul, because stun grenade is a tier 3 skill and Overload has a staff requirement.
Listen I like this idea because it's simple and seems like the quickest, most effective, and most balanced way to bring about change to EpicDuel as opposed to making 10 new classes with 100 new animations then going through 2 years+ of balancing 100+ skills. Doesn't make sense to me to spend all of that time.
This feature will be applied to all 6 of the current classes, hence making it free for all players to enjoy without being inferior to the matrix versions. The class change costs will be, respectively, remaining the same.
What is the overall goal?
- Increase overall diversity without introducing large amounts of new content
- Increase the number of skills for each class
- Increase the number of builds for each class
- Reduce noticeable imbalance between classes
No one will be OP, no one will have an advantage, the possibilities are endless, and it's a simple and easy change that wouldnt take more than a day yet it will have an insane positive effect
So, with all of this, there has to be more of a catch right? Ideally, the matrix versions would just be better versions of the normal versions. So heres the catch: Dramatically lower base stats. Meaning that depending on your Matrix Version, your base stats will be a dramatically lower version than your counterpart.
Now I don't log in anymore so I cant test this out, but heres an example based on my previous knowledge:
Mercenary Base stats
HP:750
Energy:620
Strength: 20
Dex:17
Technology: 19
Support: 20
Now a Matrix Mercenarys base stats would look like
HP: 550
Energy: 500
Strength:15
Dex:12
Technology: 16
Support:17
That way original classes keep their bonuses, strengths, individualities and advantages over matrix versions.
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