Animist Potential 1.88b
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:59 pm
I was checking up on later patch notes to see if Rangers were getting any love, as I was becoming frustrated at the lack of damage they were incurring on casters ( once a worthwhile target for bowmen ), when I came across the changes to Animists.
In 1.88b, Animists will only be allowed 5 active FnF turrets. I nearly choked.
Although they are given 50% hp increase, I cant see the use of turrets being viable anymore. This made me wonder why it had been nerfed again and if I'm missing something on the strength of said turrets. In my experience in RvR, other than scare tactics, they dont seem to be much use or that overpowered, as compared to theurg or bd pets. Could someone enlighten me.
I use my Animist as my farmer, to obtain a bit of beer money, but may now have to relook at another class. If you need at least 2 rooting turrets for inc mobs, I cant see 3 DD turrets doing much in the way of causing the mobs much problems once they arrive.
Do the people who "balance" the game actually play the toons they alter, or do they just listen the Whiners? I'm not so sure, as I use to be.
In 1.88b, Animists will only be allowed 5 active FnF turrets. I nearly choked.
Although they are given 50% hp increase, I cant see the use of turrets being viable anymore. This made me wonder why it had been nerfed again and if I'm missing something on the strength of said turrets. In my experience in RvR, other than scare tactics, they dont seem to be much use or that overpowered, as compared to theurg or bd pets. Could someone enlighten me.
I use my Animist as my farmer, to obtain a bit of beer money, but may now have to relook at another class. If you need at least 2 rooting turrets for inc mobs, I cant see 3 DD turrets doing much in the way of causing the mobs much problems once they arrive.
Do the people who "balance" the game actually play the toons they alter, or do they just listen the Whiners? I'm not so sure, as I use to be.
The other problem is that when you have hoardes of shrooms outside a keep it's near impossible for other realms to take it with a normal force because no one wants to run forward and lead the charge and be guaranteed death then miss out on the kills/keep take itself, even those that were brave enough were few and far between and would never be followed by anyone else so just ended up basically committing suicide. Arguably the biggest problem therefore overall was that shrooms would always target the same target, so that means if only one target is in range it was insta-kill. An alternative, perhaps more fair solution all round would be to change it so that someone can only be attacked by a maximum of say, 3 shrooms at once - it's the insta-kill that was the problem.
