Grog Wrote:I've been thinking about this. I always used to bash on Nexon for having the most unbalanced classes I've ever seen in an MMO, but now that I've thought about it, they're not unbalanced at all. Corsairs and NLs are the two hardest-hitting classes, but just look at them; they take hits like little girls and have no variety in their arsenal of attacks.
Seems balanced to me. When Aran is released that'll all change. ;~;
Corsairs have about as much variety in our attacks as Shadowers. NLs I agree with.
Combattente Wrote:I'll just say this:
lolmarksmen.
The game's gotten a lot more balanced since when 4th job first came out. MMs are pretty much just as good as BMs these days. All you lose is a little DPS and the ability to pin a boss or two.
- SE has become more important with all the new classes with base crits. People want you for SE regardless of which class you are.
- SI makes Strafe a lot stronger; doesn't affect Hurricane.
- Pierce went from being a glorified IA that you couldn't move for 2 seconds while using (sounds like Street Fighter) to one of the strongest mob skills in the game.
- Snipe adds a good chunk of damage and isn't useless now that it has a 5 (or 7) sec cooldown.
- GMS has gotten stronger overall. Even though this is still the land of the Onyx Apples, bosses like Zakum and HT are easy enough now that many groups cut back on the amount of Apples they use to save money. Some people don't use them at all. Without Apples MMs are right near the top in terms of 1v1 DPS.
The game is still really unbalanced, but at least the number of classes that are actually considered "valuable" has increased over time. Right now it's probably like this:
"Good/Valuable" classes
Heroes
DrKs
BMs
MMs
Bishops
NLs
Corsairs
which is over half of the 12 existing classes at least :/
"Decent" classes
Shadowers
Buccaneers
they're weaker than the above classes in just about every way and they aren't Bishops but they still provide very useful party buffs and are pretty hard to kill.
Then you have the classes that really need balancing.
Archmages
Paladins
It's a long way from when the only useful classes were Hermits, DKs, and Priests.