Quote from SlurpTASTY;1182385:
Ego revamp and elf range revamp. Hopefully getting piercing on all bows and magnum starting at 50% or at least 25% for elves (much like arrow revolvers first shot). Also spider laxative skill that gives around 20 dex and helps make spiders in an AoE poop out more webs, for those who haven't finished weaving and for those who just love dex and life skills. Windmill should be calculated using half of your character screen max while using a bow. Balance is no longer a priority in Mabinogi so I don't see why not. I am just finally starting to get reforges on my elf with a solid foundation (900 dex) and can still only do 5k crash shot/15k magnum shots, which is pathetic compared to if I were to invest the same amount of time/money into another skillset.
Elves are completely outclassed by giants to the point where you cannot even compare the two. Why would anyone go elf when they can do way more with half the work by going giant. Character progression is extremely fast and giants can reach the point where they one hit everything much much faster. Not to mention giants basically never die while still doing massive amounts of damage thanks to the absurd amount of defense granted by the new masteries and strength while I'm busting my ass off with my 30 defense trying to make sure nothing hits me (which is always a gamble with those 90% shots missing, yay range).
Oh, and hopefully they remove the dreaded .5 second cooldown on elf range.
For ego revamp I think them being allowed to be special upgraded and enchanted would make them good enough to compete with almost every other weapon we have atm.
Sorry, ranting.
I wouldn't say outclassed...
Granted, the most experienced elf players in Alexina have quit a while ago, but KR servers are examples of why Elves aren't outclassed. Which is probably why the Elves don't seem that great in Alexina, simply because the more experienced Giants are still playing, while most of the Elves aren't.
I agree, Elves have terrible early game, and only shine brightly late game in current meta.
Elves will still have higher dps, but in NA server, Elves' dps is a bit lower thanks to lag unlike KR.
Giants have high smash but it's plagued by other things, like the fact that you can't spam smash as fast, and Giants don't have a thing called range. At least Elves have some kind of melee.
I do agree with elf range revamp though, I think it's more necessary for NA servers since they lag more than KR.
Not sure about piercing part for bows, since that'll make other egos outclassed.
As for ego revamp, that's an interesting idea. Hopefully this tweak to the egos won't use same upgrade stones, otherwise it'd be too easy to get tweaked egos.