Blast still glitched?

**Gaunab** · 02-05-2012, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Apollo

Just wondering, doesn't cruel blast accomplish the same effect? I mean, that's how I used to do it when I PvPed on Apollo. There is more than ample time to pull that combo off...

Well, good luck trying to get the scream and combo in... if your opponents aren't completely asleep you will be dead by the time you rush into them. :/
Dexbirds are not blessed by armor like the int or str sets provide, i gotta kite, root eventually and getting into a 8m range can get get very dangerous.

**Zeus** · 02-05-2012, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by Gaunab

Well, good luck trying to get the scream and combo in... if your opponents aren't completely asleep you will be dead by the time you rush into them. :/
Dexbirds are not blessed by armor like the int or str sets provide, i gotta kite, root eventually and getting into a 8m range can get get very dangerous.

That's why you wait until they target lock on somebody else, then you come in and do that combo. I tested it out on Apollo the other night, wasn't that bad or maybe I was just against some pretty sucky players.

**Gaunab** · 02-05-2012, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by Apollo

That's why you wait until they target lock on somebody else, then you come in and do that combo. I tested it out on Apollo the other night, wasn't that bad or maybe I was just against some pretty sucky players.

Propably :P And in a 2-1 situation this combo is also effectively useless as you might tell...
And I'm not saying that I can't kill anymore, I still perform at a good Ratio with a decent tank, but IMO a skilled mage does more damage output and can go straight forward because of the high armor/shield/heals. I have to kite and run like crazy if there is no support, just to take out one enemy with a combo...
Against unexperienced players I can still take a bit more but, well, not against someone who knows his class.

**Riccits** · 02-06-2012, 04:33 AM

Originally Posted by Gaunab

I have to kite and run like crazy if there is no support

ya, some noob mages having fun calling birds runners and hiders..
it very hard, 2 hits from a mage are enough to die.. the hits are always critted.
in ctf they hide behind wall, and when ur near enough they buff and shield, and nuke u. U cant do anything.

**GELLIO77** · 02-06-2012, 12:03 PM

its annoying ik.. and they call you a noob runner etc.. but they dont realise that we dont have that same edge as before and yes the fact we cant even hit blast shot OUR most POWERFUL move without it being absorbed against a mage means we are at a very large disadvantage, a few days ago i was in ctf and i was with 2 dewbears, and i constantly had to hide behind them when i would have loved to be on the front line where i think a bird belongs

also wand mages at 51 pvp will not die.. i fight them and their drain sucks out 300-350 of my health, either nerf drain or buff up blast... and this is coming from someone who has been a mage their entire life in pl

**Walkhardd** · 02-06-2012, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by GELLIO77:561752

its annoying ik.. and they call you a noob runner etc..

Only noobs call ppl a noob runner

**1337arded** · 02-06-2012, 03:12 PM

Birds had their hayday long ago when everyone wore cybersets.... things change people....then came pally... remember when ur mage got one hit in ao3 pve rendering them unplayable? How about when bowbears ruled the roads or people were multi-touching pre gcd..... things change people adapt...

**Arsenal** · 02-19-2012, 10:13 AM

Ultimately i think this is stupid. Implement double blast back in or fix the sets. How many dex mages or bow bears have you seen around lvl 66 cap? Not many.

Edit: and im now saying this after taking over 1200 damage from a crafted non vanity bonus mage in a one v one battle before me, a crafted longbow set vanity bonus bird could break his shield? Yeah thats single target damage for you. Please humania, help birds.