New Classes

Hello everyone!
First of all let me tell you that THIS WILL BE AN HUGE POST and that I know what most of you guys think about new classes:
- There's a lot of necro threads about this
- It's not going to work
- There are enough classes already
- Stupid ideas everywhere!

But as we all agreed, the game is dieing fast and the PWI team has to do something great and innovating in order to "maintain" us in the game. Lets also clear some points:
- YES, I do agree that before adding classes or more content they have to fix the existent content. Dungeons are buggy and some of them are not used, prizes are stupid, farm is overextensive, visual and sound effects suck, there is no matchmaking system, the performance on an hyper machine is also very low when compared to other games (with better graphics) so it needs an engine change, and much much more.
- In order to add a class much thoughs are needed, what I am going to do is provide a mental sketch of what is NEW to this game, and like that i'm going to offer you guys another perspective of the game possibilities and gameplay changes.
- Last but not least I am aware that probably PWI ain't even going to look at this thread and consider it something "good", but anyway I can give you guys what came to my mind.

PLEASE: before posting any comments read the three previous points and do not repeat or criticize under what I just said. Feel free to criticize with something that I'm not aware and with things that are not implicit on the topic. Thank you.

So, let's start:

I was reading some old threads and I thought that some of the given ideas for new classes were thoroughly inexplored, so why not gather the best of all of those classes and give something NEW, something that was never seen in PWI but at the same time something that would be balanced and work well in terms of sinergy with all other classes? (I will try to be brief and complete)

Well, what is something new? I started by creating a table, dividing existent classes through it:

TANK
Barbarian , Seeker
HEALER
Cleric , Mystic
OFFTANK
All classes*
PHY. DD
Archer , Assassin
MAG. DD
Wizard , Psychic , Venomancer

*All classes can be offtanks, as they are geared to do so. Eg, Wizard can be a magic offtank and Venomancer has her pet. Also i put Venomancer as a MAG. DD although some people wouldn't consider it.

So, observing the previous table, we can see that we lack in both Tank and in Phy. DD (We lack aswell in healers, but since all magic classes can heal squad members - except Venomancer, which only has self heal - I do not think it would be balanced to insert another healer class). The next challenge after this conclusion is: What can we do to make things NEW? My thoughts were: So we need a Tank and a Phy. DD, but to balance things, one of them must be ranged and other has to be melee, and one of them needs Magic Damage and the other needs Physical Damage. It wasn't easy but I found a pretty good answer, so let's proceed without further holdbacks:

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, I'm glad to present to you the NEW RACE and CLASSES (xD):

RACE NAME: Tartarians
- Name explanation: Tartarus is the greek mythology realm that stands beneath the underworld, which means this class lives under the underworld lol As the game is Chinese, we can get a name suited for the Chinese mythology and I'm always open to sugestions.

RACE ELEMENTS: Fire and Earth

LORE (Needs development, as said before this is only a sketch): For the reason of *please insert reason*, Pan Gu had to burn the entire world's surface, killing all the devils and impure people in it, saving only those who were pure minded. The ones that wasn't chosen to survive managed to somehow find shelter in the underworld, remmaining in the shadows for thousands of years. When they gathered all the conditions to accept the sunlight they went to the worlds surface again, but molded by the underworld hardship... (Yeah, this lore sucks and I'm not in the mood to find a better one. That's not very important tho xD)

MAP AREA: Tartarians come from the underground, needless to say that their city will be builted into some kind of underworld. It has to look like a ******n huge cave and the entrance is around this place http://prntscr.com/4agp3g (represented as a red square).

CLASSES (please understand that this has nothing to do with what is known for PWI, making it a complete new content and playstyle):
- REAPER
This is a class that is both ranged and melee, and gives out physical damage. They wield two chained scythes (images on links: http://prntscr.com/4af7tw , http://prntscr.com/4af828) and they can change from melee to ranged and vice-versa using two different stances. They are a highly mobile class and focus on great bursts of damage. Because almost all their damage comes from their skills chains and bursts they become the most active class in the game, making it almost not viable to just let it auto-atack (this is a class that is focused on skill and game strategy, making it a both strong and weak character depending on who is playing it). Reaper's chained scythes have 18m range and have 0.85 atk speed. ATTENTION: Reaper has a different playstyle from all other characters, aside from having Phy. Damage he will play mostly based on his skills, making his auto atacks not so usefull. In order to create a balanced character I introduced the passive Earth Inspiration and the add-on in the skill Stance Shifter.

GENERAL SKILLS:
Stance Shifter: (When character is on melee mode) Kicks the target damaging it for *damage* and flies 18m back. The scythes grow chains on them, gaining 18m atack range and a magical aura that restores 15% of characters mana. (Has 10 seconds cooldown)
(When character is on range mode) Throws one scythe to the target and pulls himself to the target. The scythes loses their chains and character switches to melee.
Earth Guidance: Character gains 40% speed each second to a max of 13 m/s for 15 seconds. Cannot be stuned, slowed or sealed while skill is active (a debuff will take out the effect).
Chained Scythe Mastery: Increases all chained scythes weapon damage for 60%
Earth Birthmark: Auto atacks and Terra Call have 5% chance to mark the target with an Earth design. Alpha Stun, Underworld Trap, Battle Cry, Dust Smoke and Death Wish have their effects increased for 1.5 seconds when used on a target with this mark.
Earth Inspiration: Passively reduces the mana cost for all skills for 30%.
God's Forgiveness: Infuse Weapon with an Earth Blessing, giving a bonus 30% Earth damage for 15 min.

RANGED SKILLS:
Alpha Stun: Throw both scythes simultaneously at the target's head, having a chance of *insert %* to confuse them for 3.5 seconds and damaging for *damage*.
Underworld Trap: Throw both scythes in a descending action to put a trap under the target's feet, making it unable to move for 2 seconds. Has *insert %* to hit.
Battle Cry: Throws both scythes into the air, shouting loudly and making enemies within a 18m range slowed for *insert %* and also damaging for *damage*. Costs *insert* Chi
Healing Waves: Throws both scythes to the target, creating waves with the chains and hitting the enemies for 10 times. Each hit heals character for 1% of it's current health and damages for *damage*. (The 10 hits take 2.5 seconds only)
Area Control: Spins sideways with the scythes at max range, knocking back their target and damaging for *damage*. Costs *insert* Chi.
Death Wish: Sacrifices 80% of his current HP to gain 50% Atack Speed and 200% Weapon Damage for 9s. Cannot be healed while the effect is active, but instead he will recharge 15% of his HP each second for 6s. Costs 2 Sparks.

MELEE SKILLS:
Counter Position: Instantly moves behind the target and parries/blocks the next atack. Costs *insert* Chi.
Terra Call: Jumps into the air and slams the ground with all his might, damaging all targets around him for *damage*. This skill procs with Earth Birthmark.
Dust Smoke: Focus for 1 second to swirl his chains and hit everyone in a 12m radius and damaging for *damage*, lowering movement speed for *insert %* during 4s. Bonus *damage* damage if Earth Birthmark is active.
Blast Sacrifice: Calls the Tartarian spirit to infuse him with a shield that lasts for 15 seconds and absorbs 40% of character's current HP. When the shield breaks (when all damage is absorbed or when 15 seconds pass) it damages all enemies in an 8m radius for *damage*.
Tartarian Recall: Invokes the Tartarian spirits to create a wall of spikes around the character. Monsters and players inside the wall cannot leave and it remains active for 3 seconds, hitting everyone inside for *damage* phy. damage and 300% weapon damage (It's Phy. Damage so it can miss). If the players uses Stance Shifter while the wall is up, targets become stunned for 2 seconds and Earth Birthmark is activated to all targets. Costs 2 Sparks.

I didn't put any debuffs or DOT skills, but like all classes, Reapers will have them, such has Bleed, Poison and Defense Reduction, for example.
If this is aproved I'll be glad to put up some more ideas.

GEAR AND POINTS: Reaper will use Light Armor as all Phy. DD's and his damage will be based on Dexterity. Critics will be their main source of damage, and he will be based on skills to survive and maintain mobility. For this reason I justify the 15% mana restoration bonus on Stance Shifter and the passive Earth Inspiration's 30% mana cost reduction. Note that they use Light Armor and like that they wont have much mana. As an example I made this NOT OVERPOWERED pwcalc. I used an archer for build purposes and all gear I chose it's just an example (I didn't pick top tier gear due to some unbalance between characters):
http://pwcalc.com/bbe7f568bd90cd63
You can see that 15% of 2353 Mana Points is only 353 MP, so the skill add-on is not overpowered. Full Dex is the recommended build for this character, maximizing damage and power burst.

HOW IT WILL AFFECT OTHER CLASSES: As you can see, Reaper will follow the normal pattern for Phy. DD, and it aproaches a lot to Archer. It has a tremendous good Skill Kit, with gap closers, escapes, AoE's and Crowd Control Effects. They have a good amount of HP when their gear has good refines and it's top tier, and their damage will be something between Archer and Assassin (Since it has more mobility than Assassin it can't be based on APS, so we put the atack speed for chained scythes as 0.85 so that can't happen. Also, Archers are famous for being the top hiters in the game, and they have a lot of AoE damage aswell, so Reaper would have less damage than archer on hit, but the mobility, number of debuff's and AoE's would balance these classes). As all classes, they are countered by some classes and can counter other classes. They will be extremely good against melee characters. With their Kit and mobility, Reapers can kite easily and provide the players with the Hit and Run playstyle. As for casters, they will have to be based on their CC skills as well as player skill!
In a squad, reapers will distinguish themselves for the AoE power and versatility of Range and Melee.

- VAMPIRE
Now, the best is always saved for last. Some of you will LOVE this idea, some of you might hate it. Personaly I think it's the best gameplay change that we will ever see in this game. Remember when earlier I said that we needed a Tank and Phy. DD? And remember when I said that to maintain balance there had to be a Magic and a Physical class each? Well if the Reapers are Phy. DD's, how the hell will we make a Magic Tank? Here's the answer:
Vampire is a MAGIC class that uses a Magic Sword, and like Reaper, has two stances. In one of the stances, Vampires are normal Magic DD's, but when they change the stance, they become ultra good tanks. Let's see some skills:
GENERAL SKILLS:
Magic Sword Mastery: Increases Magic Sword weapon damage for 60%.
Fire Mastery: Increases all Fire damage for 20%.
Earth Mastery: Increases all Earth damage for 20%.
Blood Immersion: (When used on Human stance) Character transforms into a wolf. HP changes values with MP and Phy. Defense changes values with Mag. Defense. Addicionally increases 120% of Max HP and Phy. Defense and reduces MP for 65% as well as restoring your damage to 100% weapon damage.
(Imagine that you have as normal stats
5 000 HP
12 000 MP
4 000 Phy. Defense
12 000 Mag. Defense.
When you use this skill, you will transform into a wolf and your stats will be:
12 000 + 120% HP = 26 400 HP
5 000 - 65% MP = 1750 MP
12 000 + 120% Phy. Defense = 26 400 Phy. Defense
4 000 Mag. Defense)
(When used whille on Wolf stance) Restores the base stats and wins 10% magic damage on skills that uses his own Blood.
Death Scent: Everytime a squad member dies, leaves a death odor improving your atack damage for 10% during 30s.
WOLF SKILLS:
Blackhole of the Damned: Creates a Blackhole that stops him from moving, but drags small amount of aggro and reduces all damage taken for 80% for 20s. Despite not being able to move, can still cast skills on spot.
Mind Leak: Breaks through all monsters mind within a 12 meter range, making them ignore all their surroundings except the character, making them atack him. Additionaly deal *damage* to all targets within 5m range.
Individual Meteor: Dashes 40m forward, damaging for *damage* all enemies in the line it hits. Costs *insert %* Chi.
Rage Vacinity: Slams the ground with his pawns, decreasing phy. and mag. resistances of everyone it hits for 15% during 8s in a range of 8m. Gain 20 chi for each squad member hit with the skill.
Vampire Shutdown: Lock a single target under your control. You are now draining and absobing your target's HP and restoring 5 chi per second. Deals *damage* damage per second and can only be active for 30s. Has 85s cooldown.
Arcane Bloodfusion: Doesn't deal damage, but restores 5 chi for each enemy hit within an 8 m radius. Has 70s cooldown.
HUMAN SKILLS:
Death Suply: Buffs all ranged classes (Casters, Archers and Reapers) in squad. Everytime a character with this buff atacks a monster, it will absorb 0.0075% of the damage dealt as HP.
Everytime a character with this buff atacks a Player,it will absorb 2% of the damage dealt as HP. The buff lasts for 3 minutes and has a cooldown of 10 minutes.
Blood Aura: By draining a single target's HP, converts the drained blood into Chi and distributes it for all members in squad, restoring 20 chi per second for all members within the range of 12m for the next 8 seconds. Does not restore own chi and requires 150 chi to activate.
Blood Laugh: Send his own blood infected with a poison, loosing 3% of his current HP. Target takes *damage* damage per second for the next 9s. Blood Mark is applied.
Underworld Beings: Invokes bats from the Underworld to damage everything in the range of 8m of his target. Has 45% to apply Blood Mark on the targets hit. Costs *insert* chi.
Gathering Onslaught: All targets within 12m of you with Blood Mark casted will regenerate 0.5% your max HP. You deal no damage whatsoever and cast time depends on your current HP. The less HP you have, the faster the skill is.

These are just some examples I manage to think of. If this is aproved I'll be glad to put up some more ideas.

GEAR AND POINTS: Vampires are a magic class, but they won't focus their gameplay on Magic DD. They are much more of a suport class when they are in human form and their stats are great in wolf form to be able to tank almost anything. As they are a magic weapon users, they will need to use Arcane gear (also to give the higher proc with the MP and HP change values) and they can only equip Magic Swords. Points will be distributed preferably as FULL MAGIC build, to proc the MP and HP values.

HOW IT WILL AFFECT OTHER CLASSES: About PvP, this class doesn't show any kind of role model as an example. Ofc it would have a lot of good skills and survivability once well mastered, because it would have both HP and Physical Resistance in Wolf Stance and it would have Damage and Magic Resistance in Human Stance, making it a tricky class to surpass. But the Kit I presented is not even similar to Psychic or Wizard, which are the top Magic duelists. It shows more of a support role, so would be extremely helpfull to have a Vampire in squad. On PvE we can all see that this Kit is perfect for the support and tank roles... A good player can manage to do extremely beautiful combos with him, for example, use Blackhole of the Damned + Blood Immersion + Blood Aura (note that you have the 10% bonus damage from Blood Immersion being used on Blood Aura while providing chi to your entire squad to provide cool combos).


So this is it, I will try to give you a more detailed thread as the time passes. I will put more skills and fix the existing ones, because they might not be balanced. Leave your opinion and please, try not to be rude about it, this gave me a hell of an headache. Criticism needs to have a counter opinion and explain why you think something is wrong.

Regards