* I have seen people mention shields barely last enough then I seen people say they can never get through shields. What are you experiences is this matter?
* I have seen people mention Sorc has the best mobility, but many people don't like it and say swift is or even running is out doing it. What are your experiences in this matter?
* You use heavy or light amour on your Sorc? Is one better than the other you think for defense?
Sorcs need sustain & a better CC choice (ideally old frag)
- With the delay to wards reaction to good players is a huge issue
- with wards critting we now all have to run impen, lowering our damage or ability to roll dodge. It also pigeon holes us further
- healing ward heal was our only instant heal even tho its small
They can't change all those things. It's a very stale direction basing balance around Pro Sorc players capability OR complaints from new players
Ps all my feedback is PvP i don't see the changes a big issue for PvE at all.
* I have seen people mention shields barely last enough then I seen people say they can never get through shields. What are you experiences is this matter?
* I have seen people mention Sorc has the best mobility, but many people don't like it and say swift is or even running is out doing it. What are your experiences in this matter?
* You use heavy or light amour on your Sorc? Is one better than the other you think for defense?
I think this may be largely a matter of perspective. The shield user will be spamming shields like mad to keep them up, but the attacker can't see that happening because it's not rendered on their rig, so to the attacker it just seems like shields are up all the time.* I have seen people mention shields barely last enough then I seen people say they can never get through shields. What are you experiences is this matter?
No, not the best. Only Streak is better than other classes, and only for fleeing battle. Don't use Streak on my sorc, not enough slots. When I'm on one of my NB's and Sorcs streak away from me I usually just let them go, but that's the only time sorc mobility comes into play.* I have seen people mention Sorc has the best mobility, but many people don't like it and say swift is or even running is out doing it. What are your experiences in this matter?
[/quote]* You use heavy or light amour on your Sorc? Is one better than the other you think for defense?
1) I have seen people mention shields barely last enough then I seen people say they can never get through shields. What are you experiences is this matter?
2 I have seen people mention Sorc has the best mobility, but many people don't like it and say swift is or even running is out doing it. What are your experiences in this matter?
3 You use heavy or light amour on your Sorc? Is one better than the other you think for defense?
* I have seen people mention shields barely last enough then I seen people say they can never get through shields. What are you experiences is this matter?
* I have seen people mention Sorc has the best mobility, but many people don't like it and say swift is or even running is out doing it. What are your experiences in this matter?
* You use heavy or light amour on your Sorc? Is one better than the other you think for defense?
DarkJester1 wrote: »Try fortified brass light. No, seriously, try it!
* I have seen people mention shields barely last enough then I seen people say they can never get through shields. What are you experiences is this matter?
* I have seen people mention Sorc has the best mobility, but many people don't like it and say swift is or even running is out doing it. What are your experiences in this matter?
* You use heavy or light amour on your Sorc? Is one better than the other you think for defense?
Typical response of a sorc. Once you are on our level, you'll understand the need for actual defensive stats, which fortified brass gives a lot of. Your survivability will go way up, and it's worth it over whichever one of the two dps sets you were using before.oxygen_thief wrote: »DarkJester1 wrote: »Try fortified brass light. No, seriously, try it!
what for? to become a running doll for dps test?
DarkJester1 wrote: »Typical response of a sorc. Once you are on our level, you'll understand the need for actual defensive stats, which fortified brass gives a lot of. Your survivability will go way up, and it's worth it over whichever one of the two dps sets you were using before.oxygen_thief wrote: »DarkJester1 wrote: »Try fortified brass light. No, seriously, try it!
what for? to become a running doll for dps test?
Oh don't, and enjoy the dirtnaps, because you'll have a lot of them.
One thing I'm doing right now on my templar dps build in no-CP is wearing 1 Pirate skelly and 1 Chudan to double down on the resistance buffs both sets give for 1 piece. This allows me to run 5-1-1 light (or 5-2 light-heavy if you don't have undaunted maxed) so I still get the penetration buff and use two offensive sets. With major ward/resolve active this puts both resistances in the 20-23k range.- right now if our wards drop we dead. Sure it can take playstyle to get then down. AFTER patch We will have impen, and many run heavy. Thus we will be harder to kill not easier if we are forced into the meta (sure if we stay infused/well fitted & light we gunna be dead)
- i run light as without it you don't have the Pen to zap people.
* Shields are an odd defensive mechanic. They are very extreme in their effectiveness. Against low-damage builds, they allow to absorp pretty much all damage, easy.
But once you meet a high-damage, high-pressure build, they melt so easily. And worst, as they need to be casted actively, you're struggling to get on the offense again. Mag NBs and mag DKs are hell to fight.
But even without high pressure, a stun before shields expire, followed by a burst, easily spells doom. Or bringing a second attacker, as there's no scaling. Shields being proactive and non-scaling is such an Achilles heel, but... every other alternative is too weak on sorc.
* Sorcs have the best OUT-OF-COMBAT-mobility. Streak+Conversion is an awesome way to cover ground. Being able to streak across gaps onto ledges is super handy. Use this to relocate EARLY, and you can do some work.
But. All that crumbles once you committed to a fight. All of a sudden, the stacking cost of Streak plus the cast time of Conversion become a deciding disadvantage. Streaking into a wall or accidentally down from one can spell doom. The absolutely broken behaviour of Streak on slopes (and there's a slope EVERYWHERE in Cyro) makes you wanna cry in frustration. Can't streak around corners, good luck chasing a stam build around a tower.
And then bite into your screen seeing how helpless you are to snares and roots (facing the wrong direction). Sorc mobility was stunted before Swift, but since now you can't even cover ground as fast and efficient as sprinters, who then also gapclose you 24/7, sorc mobility is effectively not given IN COMBAT.
* Speaking from light armor magsorc perspective. Heavy armor is just NO. Nada. Nein. Need damage, sustain, shield and sets from light armor. And the heavy passives just don't synergize well.
On a personal note, heavy armor is not a magician thing. Come on, wizards don't wear knight armor and sneak through bushes with a greataxe. I can endure some ridiculous builds for the sake of competitiveness, but there's a line after which a class loses identity, immersion, credibility and therefore, FUN. Heavy armor fits a mag DK, but for mag sorcs, no righteous RPG designer would consider heavy armor a solution. For jack-of-all-trades-PvP. It's somewhat okay for specific PvE sorc tanks - if they are a thing.
DarkJester1 wrote: »Typical response of a sorc. Once you are on our level, you'll understand the need for actual defensive stats, which fortified brass gives a lot of. Your survivability will go way up, and it's worth it over whichever one of the two dps sets you were using before.oxygen_thief wrote: »DarkJester1 wrote: »Try fortified brass light. No, seriously, try it!
what for? to become a running doll for dps test?
Oh don't, and enjoy the dirtnaps, because you'll have a lot of them.
DarkJester1 wrote: »Typical response of a sorc. Once you are on our level, you'll understand the need for actual defensive stats, which fortified brass gives a lot of. Your survivability will go way up, and it's worth it over whichever one of the two dps sets you were using before.oxygen_thief wrote: »DarkJester1 wrote: »Try fortified brass light. No, seriously, try it!
what for? to become a running doll for dps test?
Oh don't, and enjoy the dirtnaps, because you'll have a lot of them.
* I have seen people mention shields barely last enough then I seen people say they can never get through shields. What are you experiences is this matter?
* I have seen people mention Sorc has the best mobility, but many people don't like it and say swift is or even running is out doing it. What are your experiences in this matter?
* You use heavy or light amour on your Sorc? Is one better than the other you think for defense?