Siouxsie wrote: ↑Sat 21 Mar 2020 9:44 AM
It's clear Phoenix staff do not want to address glaring imbalances in the game. Archery not fixed, assassins are overpowered still, necros and minstrel pets still have not been addressed. There was even a 50 page Bard AOE Amnesia thread.. still never was addressed.
But SMs apparently needed a nerf, and vanity pets were important.
Not quite convinced Archery is broken per se, but it feels quite lackluster on a server with HP boost, no buffbots, and everyone running around with SpecAF. Assassins will say the same about PA, but at least Archery is otherwise still using the same mechanics as Live as far as I can tell; PA formula is way different here.
Necro pets feel broken somehow, but not sure why. One theory is that they are not being considered as blue con level ~45 for damage calculations, but rather level 50. Not sure how this worked on Live or what the real deal is.
Minstrel pets were addressed somewhat in a recent fix that addressed the "charmed flag" only being set when the charm was lost/released IIRC.
How is Bard AOE Amnesia even a question? It's been in the game unchanged AFAIK for 20 years.
SM intercept rate was fixed and its still really powerful. The pet was essentially acting like an almost full second health bar for the SM with its own bladeturn at that.