Is the game Unfair?

Mothergoose - Sanctuary wrote: »

Fastest TT group: 1 barb, 1 cleric, 4 venos. Highest dps, fastest kill, no chance of pulling aggro.

In any case, RB gamma groups are always in need of wiz and archers. You're not wanted in TT, but always wanted in gammas, it balances out.

Thats a good point, I almost never see people looking for venos for RB but I always see people looking for Archers/mages.


In fact I think the only reason people would want a veno for RB is to make a bonus squad.

There's massive inbalance in class make up, clerics get every single buff worth having, leaving wizards with only self-buffs and frostblade, we have no unique squad ability.

Wizards get their 90 gear by either,

Marrying someone with the ability to farm it
Pumping stupid amounts of money into a game
Going with friends who WILL have to drop you when needed

Archers have nearly the same issue, but they have Sharptooth with helps the whole run go much faster.

This game does kinda require a class re-balance, the only reason Wizards have an easy time getting into RB squads is because 90% of people who play a wiz, quit early.

Only ability Wizards have to offer a TT squad is essential sutra+morning dew, morning dew uses more mp than zhenning, no one notices or appreciates it, and sutra has a long **** cooldown.

Bagoly_ - Sanctuary wrote: »

It's always nice to have wizzies and archers in a squad.
Less time spent on bosses => less repair cost for barbs, less mana consumption for clerics.

...and more fun. b:pleased

b:angryno freaking archersb:angry

Hey Whiteleo, I realized that too, i have a Cleric and a Veno and i noticed that ppl would help me more on my Cleric than on my Veno, so yeah that is kinda funny...

Wow, this thread make me want to create a cleric instead of blademaster >.> I guess dreams don't come true

Aww. Cheer up, OP. I love when I have wizards in the party. There's just something really awesome about seeing mobs drop like dominos. But, yes. This game does tend to favor certain people, and certain classes. Like the Veno problem. People think: Veno = Solo Class. So, unless a Veno has a Herc, not many squads are willing to party with them. Now, since I have a Herc, which can tank quite a bit, I like stacking my parties with DDs. I'll just be spamming Heal Pet during boss fights anyway. You know how old that gets, holding down a single key for 10 minutes? DDs FTW. Higher Damage = Less boss time = Less time I have to hold a button.

And for those Barbs out there thinking "Stupid Herc Veno..." Etc? I love you guys in parties too. I HATE tanking bosses with my pet. So if you're willing to do it. I'll be doing my favorite job, and be under the boss debuffing it beside my debuff pet. b:laugh

Well, to give the opinion of a pure-cleric person on these so-called "unneeded classes"...

I must say that I prefer barbs for taking on equally-levelled instances. The reasoning is that I can stack a ton of heals on them, and generally keep the group tanker alive. Also, the tank can usually take on a ton of mobs at a time without dropping dead in a second, which makes him very useful in areas with a high density of aggressive mobs.

But blademasters are absolutely lovely. 'Nuff said. Heavy armour, so everything that scares the living daylights out of little arcane-using clerics is something that the blademaster will throw themselves at - and whatever scares them is something that I can take a beating from. While I do prefer a barbarian for taking on bosses and other such hard-hitting creatures, the blademaster is my absolute favourite class to cooporate with.

In fact, I adore working with wizards as well. Self-healing power means that I don't have to run after them all the time; they have very nifty shields which protects them against a wide varity of damage and keeps them alive - plus they are a ranged class, which means that they usually stay near me. Ever seen a wizard+blademaster+cleric squad? It ceases being a squad and becomes a chainsaw. Yes, even in instances. Especially in instances.

The archer is also sweet. They point their arrows at something, and it dies. Doesn't matter if it's Increased Defence, or Increased Life or increased whatnot, it just dies. Heck, let an archer loose on an area, and everything will be dead before I can even get a lock on them for healing. The only problem is that their insanely high damage output means they steal aggro from almost anything - which isn't fun if said something is a giant boss with a physical AOE that goes rampaging through the group of squishy characters...

The venomancer is, in fact, my -least- favourite class to work together with as a cleric. For single targets, they are very efficient, but for groups...? No good. b:shocked I must prefer stacking up the group's barbarian, blademaster or even archer with a ton of heals and throw them at a bundle of mobs, as I'll at least have some feeling with how the situation would develop. Venomancers are unpredictable, and are entirely depending on a giant yellow blob/cute bear-cub/an effin' beagle... They are fine when in the role as debuffer/purger/chi-provider, but, seriously..? I tremble every time I see a venomancer try to pull a single mob out of a huge group of super-aggressive cretins..

Enina - Heavens Tear wrote: »

The venomancer is, in fact, my -least- favourite class to work together with as a cleric. For single targets, they are very efficient, but for groups...? No good. b:shocked I must prefer stacking up the group's barbarian, blademaster or even archer with a ton of heals and throw them at a bundle of mobs, as I'll at least have some feeling with how the situation would develop. Venomancers are unpredictable, and are entirely depending on a giant yellow blob/cute bear-cub/an effin' beagle... They are fine when in the role as debuffer/purger/chi-provider, but, seriously..? I tremble every time I see a venomancer try to pull a single mob out of a huge group of super-aggressive cretins..

Not that I argue with you in any way, since I have met some really, really dumb Venos in my time playing this... But some of us are actually quite capable without that blob, beagle, etc. I've actually started noticing a lot more Veno hate than I ever thought possible. Are so many Venos really that sucky? I've lost count of the times I have a party go WTF when I use one of my main Fox Skills, and when I ask them why, they tell me that all they ever see is Venos sending a pet, healing it, and tossing a few spells. They've never actually seen one get into a real fight before.

My latest Gamma run, some of the party told me they usually hate Venos in squads, because most of them are just useless. How hard can gamma be for a Veno? It seems like the simplest job in the world. You farm chests, send your pet at the mobs, pick up the beans it drops, heal your pet, grab another chest... And then when that's done, come back out to the squad. Even then your job is simple... Keep an eye on the Barb near the waves. When you see him use Invoke, toss a Spark at him, aim at the center most mob, and when they get close, fire Nox, Nova, Nox, and then pick off the survivors... And then you just debuff the boss, and fire spells at it... The only annoying part is the Wood Immune mobs, and then all you have to do is switch to Fox and start spamming those AoEs instead...

Are so many Venos so bad at that simple task that parties actually would rather avoid them entirely? Stop giving good Venos a bad name, dammit. Your job is much, much more than Send Pet, Heal Pet. You've got over 20 different skills to use. Stop making parties think we're only good for 1.

Deceptistar - Sanctuary wrote: »

how the hell are they gonna lvl mr. genious. If the DD are lower lvl than me im gonna make them pay for my MP charm for taking them 10min to kill a mob

exactly... and btw, i would never do anything with just me and a barb, i wouldnt sit there a spam a barb trying to kill a boss for an hour... thats what DD is for. also, bms and venos and sometimes wizards are used for tanking, but if any class is tanking (barb or anything else) im not going to waste my mp on them if they are a fail, id prefer a decent bm over a fail barb.

Nakhimov - Lost City wrote: »

Step 1: Do Rebirth
Step 2: sell g8 shards
Step 3: Buy HH gear
Step 4: ???
Step 5: PROFIT!

If you're talking about the life of a Wizzie, it's more useful like this.

Step 1: Do Rebirth(L)
Step 2: sell shards
Step 3: Buy TT gear
Step 4: GOTO Step 1: Until level 105
Step 5: PROFIT!

Where L is the level of Rebirth.

Kamikiri - Lost City wrote: »

You ruined a meme >:O

I know. But why should there be a ??? when you already know the answer? :P Now, before the hoards of angry /b/tards come after me, I think it's time for me to do a barrel roll.

Nakhimov - Lost City wrote: »

I'm taking issue with your GOTO command, actually. You need an exception from 86 to 90

Oh. Sorry. I'd fix that, but the damage is done... I also should have put it in a loop with an incrementing value variable named level. GOTO is dead, and here I am promoting spaghetti code...

Nakhimov - Lost City wrote: »

I like my programming languages with semicolons, thank you very much.

also +1 nerd respect.

C Programmer? Nice language. My favorite will always be DarkBasic. There's just something about your first, you know? Well, first for programming games, anyway. My first was COBOL...

Isala - Sanctuary wrote: »

C Programmer? Nice language. My favorite will always be DarkBasic. There's just something about your first, you know? Well, first for programming games, anyway. My first was COBOL...

C# primarily, I have such fond memories of TI-BASIC