WTF is this? Every single time Nightblades appear to be overtuned and dramatically ahead of the other classes, drones and drones of people swarm in to say, “Hey, NB’s are just perfect right now. They don’t need anything changed.” WTF? Why not Sorcs? Why not Templars and Wardens? Why not DK’s?
Sorcs were “perfect” when they had longer wards, and didn’t have a penalty on Bolt Escape. They were “perfect” when pets could hold aggro and taunt bosses, if the Sorc player was solo. But all that was changed, because it was viewed as “overperforming”. But Nightblades aren’t overperforming currently?
Templars were fine when they had their disorient and stun on their AoE spear, and when they had Major Mending. But no. That was viewed as “too strong”, and was striped away from them. They were fine when they could start using Radiant Destruction on targets below 50% health, but again. That was viewed as “too strong”. Yet Nightblades are fine and perfect, right?
And the F’ing DK’s. DK’s were fine when they could reflect Meteor. They were fine when their Fossilize has a larger range, and was capable of actually being front line soldiers. But again, all of that was viewed as far too much. And you cut them down patch after freaking patch. And again, Nightblades are fine. Right?
And then with the Wardens. Because people’s dodge roll monkey blades couldn’t cheese the damn birds, you go and give them a gut blow to their spammable. Because that was unfair to the vast majority of the player base (who just so happens to main NB’s). Am I right? And look at the state of magicka Wardens now. G freaking G.
But oh. Let alone mention anything about how much this game is plagued by the pestilence of Nightblades, and the waves of defenders come out of the bush like Charlie in ‘Nam. Literally ambushing the thread, and claiming how their precious class is “just perfect”. Yeah. I get it now. Just perfect at overperforming.
And you devs? You devs do nothing. You don’t do a damn thing about it. For years now you’ve done nothing about the Nightblade problem, but go and give them more and more tools to stand out and be the top class. Even streamers like
@FENGRUSH has said on numerous occasions about how bs the class is, and how strong the element of stealth is in PvP. And again, it falls on deaf ears. Why? Because it’s the dev’s favorite. It’s the class that the majority of the player base mains across all platforms, and therefore you devs take the coward route. You’d rather go and give the shaft to every other class, and buff the most overperforming class (even if indirectly). Rather than do what’s right, and bring things in line with each other. And it’s stupid. It’s literally stupid.
I have said it before, and I’ll keep saying it. You devs are EXACTLY like Blizzard when it comes to Genji. The Overwatch version of a Nightblade. And because it is the “assassin character”, you all refuse to do what is right in bringing the hero in line with everyone else. Or in this case, the class. So my question is this, to the Rich Lambert’s and Matt’s and Wrobels. When are you going to give Nightblades a katana-esque ultimate, and add in some random dragon effects? When are you going to let Nightblades throw shuriken, and wall climb? When are you going to let Nightblade skills on cooldown have a reset whenever they assist in killing someone? When are you going to give the class an overall more Japanese vibe? Because pretty much, that’s all that is needed to have the 2 fall in line with each other. You already have the majority of the player base playing the class for obvious reasons. You might as well just put the icing on the cake, and be done with it. /rant