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Elf Priest JZaanu -> RE: Tech Mage Adjustments (11/9/2011 2:42:26)
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Tech Mage, as a class, is slow, and speed is awarded more in this game. Being a patient class, it requires patient thinking players to operate.
What makes class builds overpowered is when there is no strategy and basically it is auto-play and achieve a very high ratio. Every stage in this game, every class had a "auto-build". When those builds are introduced, the class change factor shifts the game to those builds.
Back to the question of what could make Tech Mage better, I personally don't know. This class, with a few tweaks, it could be overpowered, or vise versa, tech mages becomes extremely difficult to operate. They are the class of limbo.
In regard to Assimilation, I just feel it should balance with medic in regard to scaling as player's level. Assimilation is a thorn in many Tac merc builds, and if one utilizes timing, it can dominate a game at a slugs pace. Tech Mage wins against equal competition involve quite a bit of time and thought, and that alone, it is an unattractive class to many.
I am truly enjoying the game now cause every match means something. The only times I was unhappy was during the release of Azrael and the Support Auto-build reigned, and when the introduction of Agility which was too low, at the time, for reroute to be effective.
Though I had extremely high victor ratio against equal level players during initial Azrael's release, I found myself in true boredom, due to, the repetitive nature on letting support do the battling, and I just sit and wait for a Rage Aux.
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