Magic Renovation Development Announcement

• Kaeporo wrote on 2015-01-24 07:21

  Quote from Darkboy132;1262756:

  I mostly want spirit weapons to be blessable, because good god durability issues. But then there's an *ahem* pay2win option...
  
  The weapons themselves and Spirit Weapon Awakening definitely needs a massive buff though. I wouldn't mind if Special Upgrades could be applied to the weapon (a fail to rank 6 could cause a full derank back to 0 instead of destroying the weapon).

  
  
  Here's my current stance on spirit weapons. If someone can make a good argument, i'll consider switching sides.
  
  Remove spirit weapons? No. They can't be "bought" and you can only have "one".
  
  Buff Spirit Awakening? Yes. It scales horribly and affords no utility.
  - The cooldown or energy manifestation should be removed but not both.
  -- Physical variants should obtain the bulk of their damage from a skill multiplier.
  -- Magical variants need a more creative solution.
  
  Buff spirit weapons? Variable. All sans V1 wands and possibly the tower/EQ cylinder should probably see some sort of buff.
  - Critical damage may be viable. I wouldn't go beyond the equivalent of special upgrade bonuses.
  - Piercing should not be added. That shit is broken as hell and should be nerfed down to 3~4%, if anything.
  
  Spirit weapons wouldn't be in a horrible position (end-game) if they matched special upgrade bonuses.
  
  Spirit Weapon Mastery? DevCat's go-to solution for balance issues. I can't see it working out here.
  
  

  Quote from Darkboy132;1262756:

  I ran a small test and Hidden Shield Stats (Physical Defense/Protection) are still factored into Mana Shield. JP Wiki mentions that MS still factors Magic Defense.

  
  
  I know that auto-defense and hidden shield stats still factor into Mana Shield. I stand by my position that Mana Shield is perfectly fine where it's at.
• Kapra wrote on 2015-01-25 11:10
  People, such as Twin, didn't really understand what I was saying about the Spirit Weapons. So, I talked to a lot of people, over a dozen, and one by one asked them their concerns about spirit weapons, what they thought, what can be improved, then only afterwards did I tell them of my ideas. I collaborated with them. And I got an almost unanimous agreement on what needs to be done to spirit weapons. Check out this post if you want to hear our thoughts:
  http://mabination.com/threads/53737-New-weapon-skills-items-and-tweaks-you-d-like-to-see!?p=1262914#post1262914
  
  This however does not address Spirit Weapon Awakening. Keep in mind you can only have your one Spirit Weapon at a time.
• Iazroa wrote on 2015-02-02 02:48
  Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait
  
  ........Lightning Magic?!
  
  I'm so happy....
  
  Im gonna cry...
• Tyskiyomy wrote on 2015-02-02 17:02

  Quote from Iazroa;1263767:

  Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait
  
  ........Lightning Magic?!
  
  Im gonna cry...

  
  
  I imagined this:
  

  [Image: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8vN1H5ZGhzc/UP8G0JebZjI/AAAAAAAAGuI/i_Uk3Db4Olo/s1600/asian-crying.gif]
• Iazroa wrote on 2015-02-03 11:31

  Quote from Tyskiyomy;1263825:

  I imagined this:
  

  [Image: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8vN1H5ZGhzc/UP8G0JebZjI/AAAAAAAAGuI/i_Uk3Db4Olo/s1600/asian-crying.gif]

  
  
  My tears of joy will flood a small village