Yuna_Reme
08-19-2005, 08:26 AM
<DIV>Hey Guys Xiaoyu Linghua here</DIV> <DIV>Gonna say after reading like 15 topics and a few hundred posts / replies on these combat changes <BR>I think its about time someone took a less violent way to explain it.. to many people are getting <BR>very vocal and very mean to each other about these changes and alot of tension within the monk<BR>forum has resulted of it.</DIV> <DIV><BR>heres my logic on the new changes coming up...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Ugly....<BR> A) yes you all are right noone should pay to beta test a game<BR> B) yes noone should have to play 50 levels of 1 way invest their time and coin<BR> gearing to that purpose just to have it 180'd a year later.<BR> C) yes the devs should have just not released the game till it was ready</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Bad....<BR> A) All of us that were mostly dps geared monks will need to relearn our class<BR> B) Most of us will rebuy a WHOLE lot of items to respec to be a tank class<BR> C) You guys had to know somewhere in the back of your mind that your dps was<BR> WAY WAY too high for being a fighter class... I knew it was gonna change <BR> eventually when i was tanking a heroic mob solo while dishing out 2-300+ dps<BR> as much as I didnt want it to end I couldnt lie to myself and thats why I am<BR> not upset with SOE for these changes..<BR> D) As of right now I think finding a group might get kinda hard not just for a <BR> monk but for ANY fighter class.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Good....<BR> A) This is the way it was intended and it will "fix" the game<BR> B) This "nerf" doesnt only affect monks ALL fighters are getting their dps reduced<BR> C) I think from the looks of the system str will play a huge roll in dmg as will agi<BR> in avoidance so Im guessing if you still wish to be hardcore dps you can easily<BR> go crazy str on your gear and pull it off or if you wish to tank you can focus<BR> heavily on agi / sta /shrug not sure tho<BR> D) And in the End the "dumbing down" of the game some people have stated even if it <BR> slow down the game is that really a bad thing? i saw that ALL mobs are getting <BR> hp / pwr totals reduced so its a universal change if any of you played eq1 you<BR> know how insane a game can get when the high end tanks have 20k hp and you need<BR> 400 AA's to be competitive... maybe its not such a bad thing to slow thigns down<BR> a tad bit.<BR> E) and truly our class was supposed to be a tank and the majority of us chose it knowing<BR> that sony stated that in the beginning we learned to "deal" with this situation and in<BR> some cases (like myself) ended up enjoying it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR>All in all I dont think it is fair to bash a system you have yet to try. So do just that try it<BR>and form YOUR opinion from YOUR experiences. and remember seriously this is just a game and try <BR>not to get sad / depressed / angry over this for real if you dont like the way your class ends up<BR>reroll a new class and try it enjoy it play for fun who knows ya might like it more than kung-fu =)</DIV>