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ND Mallet -> RE: =ED= DNS - January 04, 2012 Frysteland Final Phase An Epic New Year! (1/5/2012 21:45:00)
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@matrix quote:
"TLM - Replace Hybrid Armor with Mineral Armor (New skill - passively gives physical defense)
Reduces inherent tankiness of TLM"
sounds reasonable since they are evolved versions of mercs with an hybrid, so giving them mineral armor is reasonable imo, though I don't see how that will reduces the inherent tankiness of TLMs, maybe someone can enlighten me on this? :D
They get lower defense from the new skill as well. It's also so they won't abuse Blood Shield and energy armor against CHs and Mages.
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"TLM - Replace Technician with Blood Shield
Reduces ability to be more tanky + increase damage output + heal"
Technician+Smokescreen=Super Tank that could take 60+ health with Gamma Bot. Technician+Surgical Strike=Amazing tank build that will steal your biggest and most reliable form of beating their defense(rage).
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"Improve Fireball & Plasma bolt
Slightly weaker early levels, scales much better mid-high levels"
Improving fireball, for BM vs a Tank TLM, fireball is useless since BM has no smoke to debuff the def the Tank TLM has, as for improving Plasma bolt, when a BM or TM faces a CH with a Plasma Armor and is a Tank, Plasma bolt is useless. If skills can't be applied to all classes, even with improvements don't really make much difference. Though this improvement of the skills in itself is not a bad idea, just that even improving them won't really help much against certain class builds.
I already deal 30+ damage on TLMs. They'll be needing over 40 defense to reduce me down to the 30s range of damage. I manage to get 73 on Fireball with my str build and manage 4 focus as well.
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"Slightly reduce passive Armor skills’ defense/resistance
Evens out scaling per skill level, make it slightly less powerful"
I still don't see how a reduction in these armors will prevent either class from still being OP or above all other classes.
It's the small things that matter. Take seconds for example. Pile enough of them up and you have an entire lifetime of a man.
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"BM - Replace Technician with Energy Shield
Gives BM higher energy resistance"
This is a fail, why? simply because BMs HAVE NO WAY to improve their skills much further that requires tech, to make things worst this also pretty much destroys BM's 5 focus builds if anyone uses it, they will see the side effect once this balance update goes live. So how does this in any way helps BM? Maybe help them last a turn or two longer and hope they go lucky and win when facing against a str physical TLM?
I have no use for Technician because any 5 focus build I could make would pale compared to a TLM focus build. I'd rather have a shield that will save me both skill points and energy than something that will waste a turn for less defense and slightly improved damaging skills.
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