Staff Evie: My initial opinion.

• Purutzil wrote on 2010-11-02 00:42
  FB is crazy burst. I do find over-all damage is lacking on her though. FB burst can only burn so much so often and as such the longer a fight lasts the less damage she starts outputting. Still was rushing bear with guild (1 or 2 lvl 38s in group) and it was not that muc sloer then lvl 38s spamming it.
  
  People really downplay her damage, its lot stronger then people make it out to be though at the same time I see it needing a bit more umph when it comes to magic arrow and other skills while FB is off cooldown.
• Tilan wrote on 2010-11-02 06:25
  Prior to reaching level 30(33 Currently) on my Evie i was feeling the same way, the damage was pretty lackluster in comparison to the Lanns/Fionas . I found myself playing the support role, healing constantly between fireball CD's while throwing out a few Magic Arrows.
  
  Post 30 is really where your damage comes from
  
  Magic Arrow Rank 9 throws out 3 bolts for 22/23 Stam, this is huge on dealing with trash leading up to bosses, and it allows me to deal out quite a bit more damage to bosses(At least it seems that way)
  
  In Boat 1 i can 1 shot everything besides the Veteran Gnolls
  In Boat 2 the Archers are still 1 shot with the Melee being 1 Shot+1-2 Staff Hits, The Veterans take 3-4
  In Boat 3 the normal trash is taking 3 Arrows with the Vampires taking about 3-5(Casters 3, Lancers 5) the Veterans also take about 4-5
  
  So the damage has gotten pretty decent(Still only Rank B Mastery) I can kill pretty much everything in 1 Stam bar now
  
  Eagle Talon Rank 9 is pretty nice too, I havent had much time to test it...but it charges up quite fast at Rank 9 and the Mines you can lay down are amazing. The mines were averaging 600-1000 Overkill on fresh Gnolls on Boat 1
  
  EDIT:Had some more time tonight with the mine, It can still pretty much 1 shot everything in Boat 3, The only things that always survive the blast are the lancers, the Veterans and the Normal Vampires die from 1 bomb about 75% of the time
  
  You also get your SP:Blind Arrow skill at level 30, This is great for damage, i can usually fully charge my SP bar by the time the final boss of each dungeon is reached, Using a Blind Arrow-Fireball-Blind Arrow-Fireball, i can start off by dealing ~2-2.5 Bars
  
  After that i go back into my Healing/Magic Arrow mode waiting for Fireball CD's and trying to charge up my SP bar back up for a final Blind Arrow before the boss dies(Healing charges up your SP bar surprisingly fast)
  
  Im pretty positive that a Scythe will Out DPS the staff, but not as much as people might think.
  
  And i still bring the great support from healing with a staff
  
  On a side note, does anybody know if the Mine from Eagle Talon can crit?
• Hiccup wrote on 2010-11-02 06:28
  MUST GRIND TO LVL 30 ;_;
  
  22 atm Dx I'm slow at this
• PandaSong wrote on 2010-11-02 06:59
  xD I just got the Magic Arrow challenge (and finished it, yeesh! It's a pain in the arse to do) so I'm looking forward to that. 470 AP though, yeck. I'll have to eventually up Eagle Talon as well, it sounds like. I'm glad that she's doing decent damage, cause I do like to solo when the lag gets unbearable from hosts.
• himegoto wrote on 2010-11-02 15:44
  agreed.
  im often taken back if i find myself in a group of 4 evies. her dps is the lowest and means the round will take much longer to finish.
  being a support role blah, the game doesnt really need a support. now for support we're merely talking about heals. who needs heals with pots doing the job right.
  perhaps the next installment will give staff evies some party combat increase buff. idk. but im hoping so
  either way, my interested is in scythe, same to the majority here, same to the koreans going scythe, and same to the game developers that abandon staffs.
  
  i am not happy about staffs, not because i had high hopes for it, but because it is a half assed character. not even completed and ready for launch if you ask me.
  
  if theres one thing staff is good for is the ability to limitlessly spam magic arrow, in hero mode...
• notmuchstuff wrote on 2010-11-02 20:33
  Scythe Evie's actually have a combat buff.
  
  If you think about the situation objectively though. If you had a ranged character that can heal/support do the same dps as a melee and single role character, that would be extremely unbalanced.
• ciroth wrote on 2010-11-02 21:41
  Evie staffers getting a actual evasion move on KR servers...
  YouTube - Vindictus] Mabinogi Heroes Evie new skill
• Hiccup wrote on 2010-11-02 21:45
  LOL she flails her legs