Poster: Behavior at 5/8/2006 7:12:49 AM PDT
Subject: Obviously. |
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Since mages will never be the true DPS class that they were designed to be, they will hereby be the true Aoe dps class. therefor making them almost useless in pvp and end-game instances.
but by-goly they will be fun to lvl....aoe grind ftw!!
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Poster: Tseric at 5/8/2006 7:20:10 AM PDT
Subject: Re: Obviously. |
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And here is the real crux of the matter when it comes to some mage's discontent. I pretty much expect someone to cite the original description of the mage class from the manual any time now.
Since Beta, mages have been laboring under the impression that they should unequivocably be the greatest damage dealers in the game, in any situation, all the time.
This is not a perception that has fit into the design scheme of this game for quite a while. To hang on to a version of print as it gets outdated through the gradual growth and design of this game is to live forever with fantasies not being mirrored by reality. That is painful and will continue to be so, until people come to terms with the fact that damage should be competitive and that a mages role overlaps areas and will not be constrained to pure damage.
That you would say that this makes them useless in PvP and PvE only goes to show that you will never achieve anything to those ends, not that it can't be done.
Repo man's got all night, every night!
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Poster: Tseric at 5/8/2006 7:26:07 AM PDT
Subject: Re: Obviously. |
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Q u o t e:
Lots of empty, meaningful-sounding words there Tseric. You didn't actually say anything of any use. What is a mage's role?
To provide direct damage and AoE from multiple schools (more than anyone else) and to provide support and utility in PvE and to use escape tactics and crowd control in PvP to provide continued ranged attacks.
Repo man's got all night, every night!
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