Then stop playing RO? RO was never balanced and it never will be. They aren't really tanks anymore considering how powerful DB is to the point where everyone has to wear fire armor to not die. Mechanics seem to be more supportive now, if you take a good look at their skills. Rangers were always given the short end of the stick and are only really annoying. Warlocks stopped killing once Ele armors became common and turned into crowd control. I don't really understand what nerfing Clashing or Gloomy will even do. So they'll DB more and then what? They only have those TWO skills in their arsenal and Clashing can be avoided in numerous ways. WoE is a team effort. There's no reason to get the GMs to take the time to nerf it for some reason and send in stuff to their devs and get permission and such. It's a waste of time.You have a really narrow concept about what is fair in this game that is neither logical nor reasonable.
Show me another game where a tank can 1 shot people, while with the same conditions (e.g., lex, deep sleep), a pure offensive class with lower hp/def/etc cannot 1 shot (e.g., mechanic, ranger, warlock), and I will show you a game that is as crummy and unbalanced as RO.
You also seem to be conveniently forgetting pvp/pvm/mvp.
Also, I'm glad you say how I'm illogical and unreasonable, but don't really state why. You have this warped concept that this game was ever fair. It wasn't. You just learn to adapt or quit. It's been that way since it started.
Btw, if you need all that to be one shotted by a skill (Gloomy buff + Lex + maybe DSL) then it's not really the skill that's OP, but a good combination of debuffs/buffs. If everyone were lexed 24/7 then everything becomes OP. Also, with the WoE nerf Clashing is 100% no longer an issue and doesn't one shot. It's like you missed me saying that it doesn't one shot anymore, because everyone mostly has really high HP.
PvP is PvP. I kill people with RAINSTORM in PvP. Come on. PvM... you care? I mean it'd be nice if Arrow Vulcan was buffed to be closer to CS, but if you're leveling by killing one at a time, the exp is going to be slow as hell. Plus, they need to drag around a Gloomy slave which is no fun, considering the buff is only 2 and a half minutes. MvP... CS out MVPs Genetics and Suras? Not that it matters, MVPing has its own problems since they're so debuffed that it's all about first hit now.
I can't believe I have to explain any of this.
Edit: If the RK can get Gloomy and get you lexed before killing you (I'm guessing this has happened?) why can't you get an AB or Sura to Pneuma to counter it? Anything? Seriously. You can also Siren / DSL / SoD and all of these will wreck the RK. Use your skills and work together. That is how WoE should be. Things do need to be changed about WoE, but CS definitely should not be on the list. There are so many ways to block it, it's not even funny.
Edited by Sapphic, 14 February 2011 - 01:21 AM.