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Unless that post was your way of sparking player discussion. In which case I will return to my popsicle.
So from my end dwhispers are a big hinder if you are trying to lock someone down. Because of this fact I have had to invest in a crown and +eq boosts from "Enhancements". This however means that to match up my weapon I also needed to purchase level 3 runes and augment like crazy to the point my weapon decays in 3 real days at a cost of 6k each time. Sadly even then my whispers are still 3.25 secs.
Breakdown to be able to just compete in mid-tier:
- Requires endgame 100+ to get the points - 850 credits for a crown - 800 credits for runesSadly there are people who could not afford that
If I could have both whispers and my weapon sit at 3secs flat I would be super happy, even if it meant my damage was reduced overall to compensate for it. IE from 900 to 700.
Just a thought is all and not trying to start a bitch fight! it is more so because I see people struggle due to the cost of being able to enter pk and I am a big softy >.<
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
It is my opinion that people focus entirely too much on how fast they afflict, or how sustainable they afflict, instead of staying alive long enough to KEEP afflicting. Bloodborn is and always has been a fairly attrition-based class, with the opportunity to strike at mana, health and provide afflictions all at the same time. Pair this with annihilate, and you have a class with a very solid basis, and the opportunity to chase kills using different routes.
Now, back to my main point, I've fought both Riluo and Zsadist more than just a few times. Your affliction rates are fairly impressive when we were fighting nearly daily, and since my little itty-bitty return, you both have gotten even more potent than I remember.
BUT!
I could log in right now, fight either of you, and very likely pinpoint the exact point where your curing fails. Zsadist himself will tell you he's still on an older, albeit manipulated, version of Tripwire, and that his curing is fairly lackluster. Riluo uses firstaid, and a handful of other basic additions, but there is still room for failure in both of those. (And I usually find it!)
I for one do not believe that your class needs any significant boosts in speed, because speed of affliction is not where you're failing in that regard. You're falling short in curing. I've compared both of your stacks, and analysed them quite a few times in the past, and last I saw there was nothing wrong with them. You stacked FAIRLY impressively. You're hindering was FAIRLY on point. You were making ground, and using the attrition-basis of the Bloodborn class. But needless to say, if you can't cure, you're offense won't be running long enough to stick the kill most of the time.
Also, comparing your affliction rate to that of Templar or Syssin or Sentinel or Indorani - it's a very failing argument. Your ability to push healthy amounts of damage and mana at the same time while also having a killstate attributed to that more than balances the class, in MY humble opinion at least.
Okay, back to my hole.
In terms of curing on my end sadly I am trying to compete with latency as I live in Australia meaning I am permanently 1.7secs behind on everything, which equates to several seconds in a fight I am falling behind before even firstaid can catch it. This I have accepted as it is the nature of the game and I will never heal fast enough. This is part of the reason I dodge syssin/Templar as it is impossible to compete.
But back on point I do agree that vamps are pretty solid at dishing out afflictions, but mentis is still a legacy class and to be frank requires little skill to cure against as the only real one you need to watch out for is impatience and reckless.
Perhaps instead of speed the class just requires mentis to get an update. What do you think?
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
Rituos vampires need it for their scythes.
Teradrim -probably- like them.
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
I'll start this with admitting that I have never fought as a Bloodborn for any long period of time. But I have fought against them for years now. When I look at mentis, I see abilities/afflictions that are perfect for what the class is designed to do. Attrition, yes? Can we all agree to that much? You have balance knocks, damage over time afflictions, a very large array of afflictions that mask those. You have more than one way to keep someone in the room with you, more if you count items outside of your own skillsets. You can pair these with further afflictions that tick damage, mask even more vital afflictions, until sooner or later you capitalize on all of those afflictions to send a surge of power that blows away their mana based on how many afflictions of a mentis-nature that they have, while stunning them to boot. I just can't look at Bloodborn at this time and think that it is a class that needs uprades or changes. Maybe some quality of life tweaks, but purely combative it just SEEMS so entirely well-rounded.
It is however a fantastic class to use on other mid-tier people or those without artifacts. I will never deny that because it is just fantastic for what it is. With that in mind I am not going to ask for anything for the class to be added or changed
in this round.apart from umbrage.EDIT: I think if it is fixed a lot of the issues will be resolved as it is a very bad skill currently and needs the bleed amount tweaked to make it viable. Otherwise the shielding problem is just going to be a problem for another 12 months.
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
You discern that you are standing in Three Widows.
but
Your surroundings reveal that you are standing in the Church of Corruption.
Any chance to change the second one to be like the first, since Mudbot isn't updated any more?
EDIT:
It's possible to open the imap file in notepad and move those rooms to a new area that's correctly named, but tons of work.
I've seen him online a few times now.
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
Also, are blue orbs supposed to only have a single charge use?? Ive used many from the chests and many from Mogrov, and they all have a single use. Is this intentional??