Tudd
09-09-2005, 09:40 PM
Alright, loaded up my Lvl30 Berserker, and had a go of the new changes on Test. Toon has mostly pristine carbonite vanguard, with a couple of treasured here and there. Mostly App1's but some Adepts and Master II's thrown in here and there. In offensive stance, with shield and one hander, is 866 Mitigation and 34.4% avoidance. In defensive stance, 1046 Mitigation and 41.7% avoidance. 2015hp. Did a number of different mobs just to get a feel for what was going on. First thing I noticed is mobs are hitting for a lot more. By the same token, I am also hitting for a lot more damage. The following fights were done with shield equipped and in defensive position. Fought 3 Lvl21 one-down arrow mobs. Mobs went down very quick, but they got me down to 70% hp. Single Lvl25 green no-arrow mob. Went down somewhat quickly, got me down to 87% hp. Single Lvl25 green one-up arrow mob. Went down without much problem, got me down to 65% hp. Single Lvl22 heroic non-named mob. Took a decent amount of time to take down, got me down to 35% hp. Single Lvl25 heroic non-named mob. Absolutely mauled me. Had to break combat about 10 seconds in. Three Lvl25 green one-down arrow mobs at same time. Went down fairly fast, got me down to 35% hp. Single Lvl30 one-down arrow mob. Got me to around 50% hp. Took a decent amount of time to kill. Single Lvl31 one-down arrow mob. Got me to around 35% hp. Took a decent amount of time to kill. Three Lvl30 two-down arrow mobs (linked solo encounter). Catapult operators in Zek. Managed to kill one, had to flee with only 20% hp. It's hard to draw conclusions from this testing. Obviously he's not geared that great, but overall, I had the feeling that both mobs and PC's were doing too much damage. Since the previous patches it was too far the other way, I can only conclude that SOE is testing out the extremes to find a good middle ground. I don't think the current combat system should go to Live as is. It needs to be tweaked down some. A Lvl22 mob, regardless of heroic or not, should barely be able to hit me, let alone take me down to 35%. Three Lvl21 mobs one-down arrow mobs shouldn't even hardly register as a scratch, let alone take off a 3rd of my hp.<div></div>