New weapon, skills, items, and tweaks you'd like to see!~

• koishi-sempai wrote on 2014-09-11 20:25

  Quote from ttinchung111;1246358:

  Outside of reforges, Range is.. pretty lackluster atm. Hardest to obtain stat, grind-wise, fewest useful combo skills, very item reliant, especially for a long time when their best weapon had like maybe 60 max at max upgrade, and it can all be ruined by lag. range needs either more skills or a buff, but a NERF to the reforges that buff it. Also when was range 5 years dominant? Warrior was best for a majority of the game, due to windmill, unless you mean pvp the unbalanced gametype.

  
  
  And that's why nobody played Giants ever despite them being overpowered years solely because they couldn't get ranged. SOLELY. I mean, sure there's fashion but there are lots of non-fashion players who never picked up giants despite them being about 20% stronger in melee and then fighter. Range was THAT broken for so long that 810% multiplier smashes and Giant Full Swing wasn't enough to make them popular.
  
  Range was broken before reforges, broken after reforges, and the only reason melee is stronger is because of how silly piercing is atm as well as all the free STR its getting.
• Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-09-11 21:41

  Quote from ironwoman;1246617:

  You're missing the point. We're saying this because it is useless in all situations, just like how useless play dead and shadow cloak is.
  
  Yes, it's essentially a get out of jail free card, but not a one that is needed since there is not much applicable use for it, just like nao stones, since you won't die. It's a useless skill, which will mainly be used for stat growth.
  
  Compared to the amount of stats some skills give and the potential damage, this skill is nowhere near broken, and to consider it so is laughable.

  
  
  ... Who's side are you on?
• ironwoman wrote on 2014-09-12 01:36

  Quote from Darkboy132;1246668:

  ... Who's side are you on?

  
  
  No one's. I'm saying that the skill's useless.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2014-09-12 02:27

  Quote from ironwoman;1246712:

  No one's. I'm saying that the skill's useless.

  
  
  Pretty much this, don't care about sides, i care about the blatant truth of it.
• Zekkii wrote on 2014-09-12 07:58
  Crisis escape and shadow cloak can only be considered useless if the game is so pathetically easy that there is no need for them. In the same way defense and counter attack are useless, and rain casting is useless. The ability to drop aggro is OP and useless at the same time; if there ever were to be a challenge, it's likely to going to be shunted by these skills.
• Kaeporo wrote on 2014-09-12 08:02

  Quote from Zekkii;1246760:

  Crisis escape and shadow cloak can only be considered useless if the game is so pathetically easy that there is no need for them. In the same way defense and counter attack are useless, and rain casting is useless. The ability to drop aggro is OP and useless at the same time; if there ever were to be a challenge, it's likely to going to be shunted by these skills.

  
  
  Pretty much.
  
  Ghosts Spawn > Crash Shot > Ice Storm > Devil's Dash > Crash Shot > Ice Storm > Spawn Cleared > OH NO! GHASTS!
  
  Crisis Escape > Hide > Rain Casting > Hydra Transmutation
  
  It has amazing synergy with Elf Hide and provides yet another method of shunting agro while largely outclassing play dead and shadow assault.
• Kaeporo wrote on 2014-09-12 08:02

  Quote from Zekkii;1246760:

  Crisis escape and shadow cloak can only be considered useless if the game is so pathetically easy that there is no need for them. In the same way defense and counter attack are useless, and rain casting is useless. The ability to drop aggro is OP and useless at the same time; if there ever were to be a challenge, it's likely to going to be shunted by these skills.

  
  
  Pretty much.
  
  Ghosts Spawn > Crash Shot > Ice Storm > Devil's Dash > Crash Shot > Ice Storm > Spawn Cleared > OH NO! GHASTS!
  
  Crisis Escape > Hide > Rain Casting > Hydra Transmutation
  
  It has amazing synergy with Elf Hide and provides yet another method of shunting agro while largely outclassing play dead and shadow assault.
• Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-09-12 09:15

  Quote from Aubog007;1246719:

  Pretty much this, don't care about sides, i care about the blatant truth of it.

  
  
  I don't get you. You sounded pretty sarcastic as if you were saying Crisis Escape was fine.
• Kaeporo wrote on 2014-09-12 13:48
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  Windmill Changes:

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  Human/Giant Damage
  Dual-wield: 200% x2
  One/Two-Handed: 250%
  Lance: 200%
  
  Elf Damage:
  All: 200%
  
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  Archery Changes:

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  Elf Ranged Attack is now capped at 300% aim speed.
  Mirage Missile shock damage raised by (magic attack x 5).
  Final Shot load time reduced to 0 seconds.
  Max Aim Speed distance increased to 500.
  
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  New ACE Talent:

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  Talent Title: Nomad
  Mascot: Rath
  Base Stat Bonus:
  +10 Dexterity
  +10 Strength
  +5 Stamina
  Level Stat Bonus:
  +.5 Dexterity
  +.25 Strength
  +.25 Stamina
  Aging Stat Bonus:
  +2 Dexterity
  +1 Strength
  +1 Stamina
  Classic Talents Affected: Archery, Lance Combat, Holy Arts
  Awarded Skills: Piercing Shot, Focus, Mount Mastery
  
  Piercing Shot:
  Required AP: 275
  Damage: 90~185% x pierce count
  Pierce Count: 0~6
  Radius: 50~100 x pierce count
  Cooldown: 30~15 seconds
  Max Aim Duration: 8 seconds
  
  Fires a magical arrow-wave that pierces through enemies, gaining additional damage and radius as it travels through targets.
  
  Focus:
  Required AP: 109
  Ranged Critical Damage Bonus: +25~150%
  Distance Bonus: +0~300
  Aim Speed Penalty: 150~50%
  Stamina Consumption [sec]: 1~3
  
  Enters a mental state enhancing ones ability to identify the weaknesses of your opponent and spot distant enemies. Unfortunately reduces ones reaction time.
  
  Mount Mastery
  Required AP: 80
  Mounted Damage Bonus: +1~10%
  Mounted Casting Speed: +1~20%
  Mount Movement Speed: +10%
  Human Aim speed penalty: 200~100%
  
  Lance Counter unlocked at Rank C
  Magic Shields unlocked at Rank A
  Healing unlocked at Rank 9
  Party Healing unlocked at Rank 5
  Human archery unlocked at Rank 5
  Fusion Bolt unlocked at Rank 1 (unfused bolts backfire)
  
  Long have warriors practiced the art of combating foes while atop their trusty steed. Master nomadic offensive and defensive skills to control the battlefield.
• Murasaki wrote on 2014-09-12 16:32
  I got it for the dexterity, but I have found a use for it.
  
  Namely, fast, multi-aggro rooms when crash shot decides it doesn't want to hit at 90%. I am a very squishy elf right now, and while I can survive a few hits, multi-aggro for me is kind of a problem. Maybe later down the line I won't be using it, but for now, on this newish character, it's handy enough.
• ttinchung111 wrote on 2014-09-12 17:20

  Quote from koishi-sempai;1246651:

  And that's why nobody played Giants ever despite them being overpowered years solely because they couldn't get ranged. SOLELY. I mean, sure there's fashion but there are lots of non-fashion players who never picked up giants despite them being about 20% stronger in melee and then fighter. Range was THAT broken for so long that 810% multiplier smashes and Giant Full Swing wasn't enough to make them popular.
  
  Range was broken before reforges, broken after reforges, and the only reason melee is stronger is because of how silly piercing is atm as well as all the free STR its getting.

  
  
  I'd argue that its because they didnt have any ranged moveset whatsoever, its not because range was broken, its because being melee ONLY really sucked and they have nerfed magic too. Not until the gun update did giants get any really substantial ranged skills they could really use that wasn't magic which was only really good post enlightenment. that and because you're usually told to go human to begin with, and humans get it all while giants get no range and elves are .. well elves. There are various reasons why people are mainly human, but I'd argue it wasn't because range was op, its because giants didnt get any range at all (throwing attack hahahahahaha), while humans were slightly worse but got range (an entire skillset).
• Jake wrote on 2014-09-13 03:35

  Quote from Aubog007;1246508:

  . The only way i see crisis escape even being marginally useful is in Ghast rooms. Oh wait, reading the link suggests a short load time in which you can still get attacked. Oh boy!
  

  
  
  Figured I'd comment on this part since it got released in our version. Once you tap the skill, aggro drops. You don't need to wait any amount of time to drop aggro after that. You can press escape immediately after beginning to transform to cancel the skill with no repercussions.
• Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-09-13 06:20
  -Relics uncovered via L-Rod Exploration are now channel-wide rather than server-wide.
  -Artifact prop cutscene for hitting it is removed.
  -Exploration Mastery:
  --Experience bonus now affects monster kills, artifacts given to Voight / sold to NPCs, fossils given to Belita, and Hot-Air Ballooning.
  --Rank 6's minimap artifact revealing is now permanently active. It's pretty damn pointless to make them limited considering that they can be mapped out (which has already been done A LONG time ago).
  --Rank 6 can now find Treasure Dungeons.
• Tropa wrote on 2014-09-13 07:25
  Artifact Investigation Tweaks
  

  
  
  • The user will now be oped to a Fossil-like mini game when Restoring a apprised Artifact.
    
  • Depending how well the user does in the mini-game will effect the item's value.
    
  • The additional reward bonus from this skill now effects Fossils.
    
  • Cooldown will be lowered to 1 minute after Restoration.
    
• Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-09-13 07:33

  Quote from Tropa;1246995:

  Artifact Investigation Tweaks
  

  
  
  • The additional reward bonus from this skill now effects Fossils.
    

  
  
  It has a reward bonus...? I thought it was some sort of chance to find a rare relic or something...? At least according to the KR tester thread.