Casters in velious

[Colgate]

the only main hand upgrades in velious for a rogue are the vulak dagger and the tunare dagger, both of which are 15 damage

[beta]

Would be nice if necro spec pet was more like live and not nerfed like it is here

[Tassador]

Necro pets sucked in love unless fear kiting

[beta]

Spec pet was a beast on live... thank you~

[Buhbuh]

ya hit rate's pretty retarded

[Kergan]

All classes get more HP, AC and resists - a lot more. However, melee damage gets drastically improved through both skill upgrades (a lot of melee/hybrid melee get offensive skill increases) and weapon upgrades. Spell damage stays a constant, and while there are a few nice things in there like ice spear by and large casters take it in the rear end.

Rogues probably see the least damage increase due to the 15 damage cap, although some of the procs are pretty good on those weapons and they will see the defensive upgrades and + hp. The biggest "winner" in Velious is easily the monk, gaining access to high AC and + hp items to go along with their inherently superior avoidance. And to make sure they are OP'd as shit, they get triple attack and access to an inventory clicky 3 slot dispel and a fungus tunic with 10 resist all and +100 hp which are debatably the 2 best items of the xpac.

So yeah, roll your monk now.

[Bokke]

Casters were viable during Velious on live. You could do very well with them.

With how melee seem to be on r99 though I'm pretty sure casters are going to be shredded. R99 mechanics are very different from live.

[Kergan]

I think with the way things are now casters will be in trouble in Velious. The only possible benefit is if resist curves are changed as was previously stated so it will require a lot more resists compared to now. Velious zones are however bigger in general giving ranged classes a distinct advantage.

[Zalaerian]

Originally Posted by Colgate [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the only main hand upgrades in velious for a rogue are the vulak dagger and the tunare dagger, both of which are 15 damage

And in PVP, most will favor the 14 dmg dragonspine rapier.

[iruinedyourday]

Originally Posted by Syft-X [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well the 66% dmg nerf to dots and nukes did go into effect in Kunark, but on live melee's hit about 30-40% lower and hit rates were much less. That added to the 4 years of kunark and the average resist gear and we see a huge problem in caster vs melee balance.

Then add in Line of sight being broken here, on live you didn't require los to cast just a target in this era. Which forces casters into the perfect killing zone of a melee. Casters spells easily being able to be ranged as a melee jousts in and out of spell range.

Then you clearly see a problem that is growing bigger as it is left unaddressed.

Im just curious what do you base your math out of? Youve been so extremely wrong when you talk about eq before. Is there evidence of the melee hitting 30-40% lower? Im curious.