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Lyrveil wrote on 2012-12-11 20:18
Funny because I never really heard a Lann main-er on nation complain about him. Now I never played with any of you but I'd assume those who main Lann here are at least decent at it since they never or rarely complain about him.
I did run with a Lann in a Glas raid a few days ago and he was pretty damn good. Rarely got hit and did the most damage so yeah people can be good at Lann.
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Fracture wrote on 2012-12-11 23:59
I actually find Lann the most fun to play, and can handle everything pretty well on him. Fiona I tend to find is VERY lacking in DPS. I can survive really well when I use her, but good gods boss battles take forever. I love using Fury Infusion to rip bosses to shreds, surviving with 1HP by very careful dodging and running away. The only thing that bothers me about Spear Lann is that it feels like I spend a lot of time spamming LR and hoping I get to Gliding/Lightning to wreck everything, as that always feels like my highest possible DPS aside from DKFURYSLASHINGHIGHSPIN2WIN.
Kai is fun, and does some pretty good damage, but I struggle sometimes soloing bosses that insist on staying right in my face. This is an issue in S2 since boss mobs have a tendency to constantly close range, which combined with the often tight corridors and obstacle-ridden terrain make my Kai mincemeat. Thankfully the new level of HP potion restores my lv25 Kai almost to full HP lol.
Karok is second to Lann for fun, imho. There's a lot of tumbling about and shrugging off damage like a total beast, and his move set with the Cestus is powerful but faster than the pillar moves, which I like. Pillar in itself is fun too, but the lower speed and less potential for ignoring damage is making me inclined to ditch pillars for cestus altogether.
Evie is... I dunno. She doesn't appeal to me too much. Her Staff moves are kinda like Kai in that I struggle with in-your-face monsters, but without the mobility and decent close-range potential that Kai has. Scythe is strong and kinda cool, but feels kinda clunky sometimes. Also have some trouble getting decent +STR armour with Evie's abysmal weight limitations.
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Kitkat wrote on 2012-12-12 00:36
Quote from Fracture;996698:
Evie is... I dunno. She doesn't appeal to me too much. Her Staff moves are kinda like Kai in that I struggle with in-your-face monsters, but without the mobility and decent close-range potential that Kai has. Scythe is strong and kinda cool, but feels kinda clunky sometimes. Also have some trouble getting decent +STR armour with Evie's abysmal weight limitations.
Evies are screwed over by their stats. Especially ScyEvie. It's not necessarily getting +str up,it's because Evies are not meant to wear equipment that give any decent amount of str/ physical attack. Their normal attacks use physical attack, and only half of their smashes use magical attack. (Fingersnaps do, thank goodness.)
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RealityBreak wrote on 2012-12-12 03:58
Lanns seriously need some more surviveability, whether it comes in the form of armor, mobility, invincibility frames, self healing, whatever. It's goddam hard to survive as a spear lann (haven't played for a year though; I heard spear lanns have invincibility frames on the roll now). We also need newer animations. Spin2win is getting way too old.
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Darkboy132 wrote on 2012-12-12 05:16
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haven't played for a year though; I heard spear lanns have invincibility frames on the roll now. We also need newer animations. Spin2win is getting way too old.
They do, but its only 0.3 seconds and occurs somewhere later in the animation. The roll itself is pretty long, so something like Glas' 2-hit combo can't be dodged by just rolling. I have yet to see a Spear Lann perfect the roll and survive without drinking a single potion.
And yes, we need more than just spin2win.
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Darkboy132 wrote on 2012-12-14 04:32
Let Karok's Boss Bash work on stuff Kai's Prey Drive can do. Kai shooting the enemy's neck isn't fun to watch anymore.
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Darkboy132 wrote on 2012-12-25 06:54
Reduce Cyclone's animation to the last hit in 24-man raids. That's seriously unfair to Evies, if not, everyone else.