I went to PvP for the daily quest...
1st room, everything sadly dies.
2nd room, everything sadly dies.
Final room, 2 Phantoms and a Bishop.
Both the Phantoms had Dispel + Holy Magic Shell and their general pattern goes like this:
Shell -> Dispel -> Attack -> Run -> Dispel -> Run -> Dispel -> Run -> Dispel -> Shell -> Repeat.
Summary: Their entire strategy is to run away while dispelling until their Holy Magic Shell is up. Dispel is used to keep you from chasing them since you're more inclined to rebuff than chase them after a full buff wipe. And guess what... Dispel's CD is 15 seconds (or 10... I forget which) so by the time you catch up to them, they'll Dispel you and run away again. And oh btw, Holy Magic Shell heals you for a good amount of HP so it doubles as a heal skill.
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The Bishop general pattern was like this :
Shell -> Dispel -> Attack -> Heal -> Run (while at full HP after their full Heal) -> Keep running -> Dispel -> Still running -> Dispel -> Even more running -> Shell -> Attack -> Heal and run and repeat it twice.
Summary: Their entire strategy is to run away while dispelling until their Holy Magic Shell is up + they're at full HP + their Heal is off cooldown. This gives them 10 hits of invulnerability, and 2 HP bars worth of punishment (which Bishops can take a stupid amount of) before they just run away until everything's back up. Dispel while running is the same with the Phantom's mentality: it's just a tool to deter you from chasing them. What's even worse is that because they have a summon, you can't even hope to chase them without getting spat on by Bahamut every time you get close. Since all summons in this game grossly outdamage their masters... you get the point.
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This just makes me not want to play even for the daily quests... and I'm not even raging that I did poorly (got a good ratio because Divine Shield keeps you alive better than Holy Magic Shell believe it or not + I'm funded)... it's just that it's not even fighting anymore.
Let me get this point across: none of them did anything wrong; they were completely within their right to abuse any abilities their class offers... it's just that looking at it from above... you can't help but feel that what's happening in PvP degenerated into a disgusting mess that I can't even call it PvP anymore.
1st room, everything sadly dies.
2nd room, everything sadly dies.
Final room, 2 Phantoms and a Bishop.
Both the Phantoms had Dispel + Holy Magic Shell and their general pattern goes like this:
Shell -> Dispel -> Attack -> Run -> Dispel -> Run -> Dispel -> Run -> Dispel -> Shell -> Repeat.
Summary: Their entire strategy is to run away while dispelling until their Holy Magic Shell is up. Dispel is used to keep you from chasing them since you're more inclined to rebuff than chase them after a full buff wipe. And guess what... Dispel's CD is 15 seconds (or 10... I forget which) so by the time you catch up to them, they'll Dispel you and run away again. And oh btw, Holy Magic Shell heals you for a good amount of HP so it doubles as a heal skill.
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The Bishop general pattern was like this :
Shell -> Dispel -> Attack -> Heal -> Run (while at full HP after their full Heal) -> Keep running -> Dispel -> Still running -> Dispel -> Even more running -> Shell -> Attack -> Heal and run and repeat it twice.
Summary: Their entire strategy is to run away while dispelling until their Holy Magic Shell is up + they're at full HP + their Heal is off cooldown. This gives them 10 hits of invulnerability, and 2 HP bars worth of punishment (which Bishops can take a stupid amount of) before they just run away until everything's back up. Dispel while running is the same with the Phantom's mentality: it's just a tool to deter you from chasing them. What's even worse is that because they have a summon, you can't even hope to chase them without getting spat on by Bahamut every time you get close. Since all summons in this game grossly outdamage their masters... you get the point.
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This just makes me not want to play even for the daily quests... and I'm not even raging that I did poorly (got a good ratio because Divine Shield keeps you alive better than Holy Magic Shell believe it or not + I'm funded)... it's just that it's not even fighting anymore.
Let me get this point across: none of them did anything wrong; they were completely within their right to abuse any abilities their class offers... it's just that looking at it from above... you can't help but feel that what's happening in PvP degenerated into a disgusting mess that I can't even call it PvP anymore.