PoP Two handed weapons broken/badly itemized, details - Page 4

Immortalis · 01-10-2003, 09:10 AM

"Plankton Laced Greatsword - 75/65 2 hander "

Yeah slashing for 506 is fun and all... but id like to swing more than 3 times per fight. Its a bitch holding agro with this thing.

Xamlauk-retired · 01-10-2003, 09:13 AM

good for dueling =() remember when we ran all the way to the arena after a POF raid and dueled immy that was fun.

Seredin_EMarr · 01-10-2003, 09:19 AM

Seems pretty obvious to me this whole expansion was designed with reducing the power of melees relative to casters in mind.

Problem is, like everything they do, they fucked it up.

Frelance · 01-10-2003, 11:36 AM

*Reducing* melee power? By providing every melee the means to reach +atk cap with their class elemental armor? By making Ferocity and all the 2h damage aa's? Or do you mean by making level 65 spells out of reach of the average joe? 50/44 droppable 2h? Most of the melee I know have done pretty darn well from PoP. Those at the top end of SoL gear are still waiting for their bonanza, but that's the way it was with people in top of the line SoV gear, too, a year ago.

Graal the Dorf · 01-10-2003, 08:01 PM

Just a quick comment on weapon skill mods....apparently just about everything in the client got changed to a DWORD with the last patch. This includes skills, from what I heard. Don't know if they mean to implement skill mod items taking a PC above 252, but they could do it now.

Hurk · 01-10-2003, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Seredin_EMarr
Seems pretty obvious to me this whole expansion was designed with reducing the power of melees relative to casters in mind.

Problem is, like everything they do, they fucked it up.

no, your just wrong, trust someone that plays with a full group of casters.

Aside from a few broken spells like charms, the rest of the stuff casters got (and have to get still) is utter shit. Remember, they balance us assuming we have all spells and new focuses, so until every caster does, guess what? they are fucked. least you can keep using your old sword, and not have it be less effciant than your new sword cause you havent found a fucking bracer yet.

PoP added some efficiantcy, it did little for actual DPS. In some cases it traded efficaintcy away for added DPS, hardly a welcome outcome on longer targets, where you still switch back to slow, but more efficaint spells. Least -some- of the AA is redeming.

01-10-2003, 11:36 AM	#49 (permalink)
Frelance Smartguy Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 156 -1 Internets	Reducing melee power? By providing every melee the means to reach +atk cap with their class elemental armor? By making Ferocity and all the 2h damage aa's? Or do you mean by making level 65 spells out of reach of the average joe? 50/44 droppable 2h? Most of the melee I know have done pretty darn well from PoP. Those at the top end of SoL gear are still waiting for their bonanza, but that's the way it was with people in top of the line SoV gear, too, a year ago. __________________ Frelance Brohg

01-10-2003, 08:01 PM	#50 (permalink)
Graal the Dorf Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 4 +0 Internets	Just a quick comment on weapon skill mods....apparently just about everything in the client got changed to a DWORD with the last patch. This includes skills, from what I heard. Don't know if they mean to implement skill mod items taking a PC above 252, but they could do it now. __________________ Grall McBladefury Crusader of Brell The Rathe

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01-10-2003, 09:10 AM	#46 (permalink)
Immortalis Dark Elven Prophet Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 67 -1 Internets	"Plankton Laced Greatsword - 75/65 2 hander " Yeah slashing for 506 is fun and all... but id like to swing more than 3 times per fight. Its a bitch holding agro with this thing.

01-10-2003, 09:13 AM	#47 (permalink)
Xamlauk-retired Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: blah Posts: 2 -1 Internets	good for dueling =() remember when we ran all the way to the arena after a POF raid and dueled immy that was fun.

01-10-2003, 09:19 AM	#48 (permalink)
Seredin_EMarr Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 6 -1 Internets	Seems pretty obvious to me this whole expansion was designed with reducing the power of melees relative to casters in mind. Problem is, like everything they do, they fucked it up.