Test Build Suggestions for PL Re-Balance
A request...
At this point we do not have the facilities to offer a 'test' server where you can see the latest game balance changes and provide real-time feedback. This will come in time.
In the meantime, in anticipation of the upcoming combat re-balance, I would like some help from you for our internal testing.
Please reply to this thread with any BUILD that you think we should be testing here in-house before releasing the re-balance. I am looking for the most effective BUILDS for any and all character classes. If you can provide details of a preferred BUILD plus ideal GEAR - that would also be fantastic. :)
I have done several of my own preferred builds and I have equipped the *very best* weapons and armor in the game... and the *very worst* to get an idea of where we stand. So far so good. But your knowledge of the game and items will help me a lot.
Thank you in advance,
- Cinco
Feedback on INT Mage and STR Bear L30-38
for now i tried various set up on my 2 characters thanks to the free re-spec option, they are a L 37 mage and L 37 bear. By the way since i haven't take the road to Alien Oasis yet, what i'm saying concern only L30 - 38 characters, and levels.
Here's my feedback:
About the INT Mage class:
To me mage is pretty strong, i was surprised, after reading all the complains about thats mages are squishy and under-powered.
The reduced buff make the class much funnier to play, i can cast as many spells as i want, they are strong and can kill most of the mobs arrounds my spell area after 3 cast. (Ice / Fire / thunder, with buffs ON.)
Also i can heal myself much faster.
In practise. I can complete the Mardi Growl map with a little strategy all by myself, without dying once, and without using any pots.
I Also proven its efficiency in PVP, wining a match against 2 players (2 tanks.)
My specs without and with gear on:
400 Hp 656 Ma / 400 Hp 670 Ma
STR: 1 / 1
DEX: 77 / 77
INT 112 / 140
Hit%: 89 / 103
health reg 2/ 8
mana reg3 / 13
DMG: 28-34 / 97-113
DPS: 13 / 44
armor: 3 / 50
Gears: Dreamer's Elven Helmet / Dreamer's Dark Wand / Brain-freeeze Yeti Shaman Cloth / Brain-Freeze Magic Yeti Eyeball ( all purchased via the Consignment Store)
Maxed Skills: Heal / Lighting / Firestorm / Magic Shield / Blessing Of Might.
Vitality: L4
Icestorm: L3
Drain Life L2
Frostbite: L1
Res: L1
for the level, it's a pretty decent set i think, i have lot of fun playing, alone, and with mates. i can kill load of mobs fast, and never use pots anymore.
Now the STR Bear:
It was my first character, and at that time it was pretty cool, now i feel him really under-powered, pots dependent and other classes dependent, that's unfair!
i cannot finish Mardi growl on my own, it take way too much time to kill mobs and bosses, and need lot of pots mana and heal. It's not fun and i have to beg mages friends to join ( then i fell so useless)
With a 2 handed weap:(Frozen Long sword of the bear (Purp)) i get 154-189 DMG and 54 DPS, Nice on paper but a nightmare in quest.
sometimes i spend 15 sec to kill a single mob, even if (maxed) stomp and Beckon help,
it's way to slow compared to a mage of the same level.
i have low mana regen (2 thanks to my 65 INT) so i can't cast much spells, and weak armor, DPS is just too low. Pots are my friends, but saddly i can't get rich fast, killing 1 mob at a time.
With a one handed sword and shield:
(Iceberg Blizz Zword - Iceberg Frozen Shield) i get 63- 64 DMG 42 DPS
But a nice 6 mana regen, and 14 health regen.
i can survive with that, but it takes hours to kill. DMG skills are low, kills are slows.. i give up, frustrated after being a mobs punching-ball for 15 min. I simply don't have the motivation to start a quest alone.
After that i tried to turn my STR bear to a DEX Bear,
it was a bit better, after beckon-Stomp, i don't have to walk to each mob to finish 'em,
It make the gameplay fun again. But a bear wearing a cap with a feather, a wing shield and a Talon... Thats looks weird and sad.
well. I did not tried yet the Archer Class. So i can't comment on that, but seeing others players, they look pretty independant too
SO: good job on mage, increase DPS and DMG for bears.
By the way thanks again to listening actively the player community, :)