Sli
09-14-2005, 06:19 PM
<DIV> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=3>I’ve always been open with my friends that I knew Berzerkers were an over powered class. <SPAN> </SPAN>I knew it would come to an end some day, and chose to enjoy the party while it lasted. <SPAN> </SPAN>Well, the party is over.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=3></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=3>I spent some time last night re-learning my class. <SPAN> </SPAN>While I was standing around figuring everything out I was listening to people who were providing their own little renditions of Chicken Little, well I assure you my friends the sky is not falling. <SPAN> </SPAN>What most people didn’t understand coming in to this update was that the game wasn’t working the way SOE had intended. <SPAN> </SPAN>Single mobs with no bars are solo encounters.<SPAN> </SPAN>Any solo mob below even con should be a walk in the park. <SPAN> </SPAN>White or even con mobs should be challenging but a win with good tactics. <SPAN> </SPAN>Yellow and above should be a roll of the dice, 50/50 or below. <SPAN> </SPAN>Heroic mobs (which are a little unbalanced right now) should be tough. <SPAN> </SPAN>Grey should be trivial, I agree with that.<SPAN> </SPAN>Green should be dicey but a possibility, anything above should hand you your you know what and send you on your merry way.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=3></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=3>After taking 45 minutes last night to respec my character (Too many choices at once, <SPAN> </SPAN>I felt overloaded) I set out to try my hand at the critters around me. <SPAN> </SPAN>Most solo encounters were pretty easy and good practice to figure things out. <SPAN> </SPAN>I did try a lvl 27 heroic ^^^ and it was touch and go.<SPAN> </SPAN>I was a little disappointed since they were grey the day before and I had no trouble with them.<SPAN> </SPAN>Overall, it was just as much fun as it was before.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=3></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#ffffff>The important thing to remember is they changed our entire fighting dynamic. <SPAN> </SPAN>We have a couple new stuns and some new attacks, worked properly they can give you a strong advantage in a fight. <SPAN> </SPAN>I consider myself pretty quick on the pickup, but this new system threw me for a loop. <SPAN> </SPAN>Heck I’m still trying to figure some things out.<SPAN> </SPAN>In the end though we’ll all learn it, and I think begin to like our new abilities. <SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=3></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=3>I do currently have a few small concerns that I’m addressing in feedback. <SPAN> </SPAN>A little background, I’m completely outfitted in legendary armor, I also have a good handful of adept 3’s. <SPAN> </SPAN>I’m concerned that if I have a moderately easy time with solo mobs, they must be a little over powering to someone with just standard armor and ability upgrades.<SPAN> </SPAN>My base avoidance of 19% is a little low but I can get it over 40% with my defensive stance and a tower shield. <SPAN> </SPAN>With a couple little tweaks I think we’ll still be a very playable class. <SPAN> </SPAN>I wouldn’t expect too much though since we’re pretty playable as it is.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=3></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=3>I would also like to add, I was one of the people going in to this update thinking we were going to get completely screwed. <SPAN> </SPAN>A week ago I settled myself and decided I would go in open minded. <SPAN> </SPAN>I’m glad I did, after the initial confusion I was still happy with what they left us and I know with a couple little adjustments we’ll be just fine.</FONT></P></DIV>