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) 2v2 =/= 1v1 . Very simple logic , yeah?
2) Look , i've witnessed how weak they were before the PB and Overload buff . How weak they were you say? Simple :
*Mercs : Old HA + E Armor + Decent TECH = PB out! - it ( Hybrid Armor ) used to be giving +12 DEF / RES ( and it costs 1 turn to switch from Physical to Energy and vice versa ) , and it can be combo'd with Energy Armor , and did i even mention to you that you need A LOT of stats to use just to make it great? SC was improved by DEX and Plasma Rain improved with TECH back then , but i guess you seem to have not witnessed it so it's not a surprise that you blaming them OPed because "they can do 40 -50 Damage , heal a Lvl. 5 FM" and so on and so forth .
3) 154 TECH gives a bonus +51 PB Damage and you said it Rage was present right? Then you blame the partnering system , not the build .
4) The Infernal Interdictor wasn't the only weapon in choice / available . We have Beta Brutalizer , Frost Destroyer ( Staff ) , Beta Blaster and the list goes on . You know , i'm beginning to think that you kinda ignored the part where in one of my posts said (in case you did read it ):

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1 I fought them in one vs one as well, and guess what? It is still the same thing but with one person. I still have to deal with the same tech spammers who can OP this move. I still get hit with PB that do 40+ damage and I have 36-42 resist because it powers up so quickly and can get spammed with tech. It feels like I am getting hit with the old OP BM fireball so how is that not OP?

2 No I wasn't around back when Merc could switch their armor like this. However can they do this now.

3 Blame the partnering system? Alone without the tech boost he had 154 tech so how am I to blame the partnering system on that? He did that on his own.

4 I read your post. However you seemed intent on blaming the II for OP ness of some builds if I am wrong I apologize. However that is just what I was seeing.

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platinum's pride its actually perfectly fine because its just another unblockable physical attak that you need to plan wisely of when to use it

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1 Not using the right gear? I have 36-42 resist for crying out loud when this happened. The only other build that I used that has higher resist then this was my merc build that had 46-52 resist due to hybrid armor delta knight, and tech spamming. also last I checked high resist is suppose to give you decent protection against energy attacks. Normally it would against most energy attacks but not against a tech spammer's plasma bolt. It powers up quicker then ever other attack in the game since (other then plasma rain) since it only needs 3 tech to increase in power where every other move (again other then plasma rain) needs at least 4 or more. because of this it makes even high resist worthless with the right amount of tech spamming. That is my issue with caster TM. Yes I feel they should be able to pack a strong punch, however said punch shouldn't be so powerful that it feels like I am getting hit with a bunker blaster even with high resistance.

3 His dex wasn't as high as his tech. When i was fighting him on my own I was aiming at that stat. However like normal caster TM and even str Builds he had high health to cover this along with high healing to cover this. Also this was before the platinum pride came out so I couldn't steal his rage and I wasn't a merc either so I didn't have surgical strike. My energy draining skill works with reroute so it would have been like i drained nothing (unless it is high leveled but mine was at level 2)