Hi all,
As one of your VCRs, I have to do a bit of weekly -_--work and write a report. I can work long hours sometimes, so something like the Priest google docs sheet wont be up for a bit. Rest assured, the main points will be addressed in the report - hit rate, SP issues, and other issues related to the utility of our skills.
But first and foremost, before any talk of skills are mentioned, it would be useful to find out what everyone considers the nature of the Sorcerer class to be. Here is an excerpt from my weekly report:
The sorcerer class, as it has been played in SEA and NA servers is seen to be about two things – damage output and (AoE) healing. Sorcerers do not possess DoT skills, CC skills, and lack quick self defence skills (Shadow Armour or Ice Wall for instance). Because of this, the ability of a Sorcerer to one-shot an opponent through PvP was always balanced as there were many avenues for Sorcerers to be disabled before landing a critically damaging hit. Add to this the fact that Sorcerers can be interrupted mid-cast when opponents move behind the Sorcerer.
I am not of the view that Sorcerers should have access to the above listed sorts of skills, but our main tenets – damage output and healing should be enhanced. Overall, Sorcerers ARE NOT overpowered and were never as overpowered as people have complained. People dislike being one-shot’ed, which is the main basis for such baseless complaints. Further, given sufficient defence, Sorcerers are not able to one-shot tankier classes such as Warriors.
Overwhelmingly, Sorcerers feel they have been nerfed, in comparison to other classes. The fact of the matter is that there has been practically no improvement in the Sorcerer class with the AoV expansion. In comparison, other classes have had their skills improved dramatically. This is equivalent to a heavy nerf, particularly when SP issues are considered.
I will note that views other than mine, may be quite compatible still, as I believe it is the wish of most Sorcerers that there should be more than one playstyle for Sorcs (in contrast to the standard hybrid pre-AoV),
Please put down your opinions, and also your IGN. Please refrain from commenting unless you play Sorcerer as your main class. If you want to complain about sorcs, use the balance thread, where I will tear down your illogical argument that SORC ARE OP NERF. Reasoned arguments are welcome.
fyi all reports will be in standard Australian English.