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I'd agree if it weren't for a single BM mechanic: slow prepping. There's nothing badass about poking someone, running away, and repeating, until you can walk into a room and explode them.
If/when that goes away, it'll be the blade-slinging badassness that it was meant to be from the start.
I changed the post because there's no point in getting personal in a conversation about class design. I'm also well aware that who is right or wrong about something has nothing to do with who is going to win a "debate" on the forums between me and any member of the Ashtan/forum division.
I'm done, I stated which class I think is badass. Sorry for causing a derail (with an on-topic post).
I'd probably bet on Jhui on a fight vs Ernam too (although we broke even dueling as monks). Shecks has comparable artefacts, but no icon, TFs, or staff of nicator (but that's fine). I'll be sure to bring this conversation up when multiclass comes out (at which point Shecks will immediately be going back to serpent).
I don't have a beef with Jhui, and unlike @Aegoth's comment suggested, I have never stated that he is "bad" or even anything less than "awesome" at combat. That's the second time today I've had someone manufacture a quotation of mine that never occurred, just so they could point out the flaws in the thing I never said.
Jhui's awesome, I just got miffed when he (and others) trivialized serpent combat, considering that he attempted it, was awful at it, and easily loses to it (but is relatively safe behind his DPS, because how good your offense is is meaningless if you only have about 5-8 seconds to use it before you're dead). If anybody thinks I'm insulting him by "accusing" him of having an obscene DPS, then that misinterpretation is on you.
Even people like Aegoth who should literally not be talking about combat at all come in and take pot shots at him.
I disagreed with Ernam saying that Serpent is a high difficulty class, but that was that. I could go on and explain why I think that, as could he in defending his own opinion. You bait Ernam into overextending into arguments you feel like (and in some cases, know that) you can win just so you can treat him like he's stupid. The whole "I wish I could LOL at this post" and "Lol, you should have seen what he said earlier...". If you want to debate as to why you think Serpent is one of the best duelling classes while also only being mid difficulty, then just say so. You don't even need to refer to Ernam.
Serpent abilities would probably be quite cliche in a movie because the moves aren't things that come across as original by any stretch of the imagination.
That's my one serious post for the week.
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
This is why pretty much everyone despises you Ernam. You will sometimes have valid points and then drizzle in lies, accusations, or over-exaggerations to completely ruin anything you were going for.
Magi for most badass class 2015. Shiny crystals, fireballs and lightning, and a giant crystalline golem to do my bidding? Yes please.
Ernam gets the reactions he gets from certain people because he regularly lies about those people. Perhaps you don't mind, since you are never implicated, but some of us would prefer he just shut up about us. And when he talks the same way about others, we will react just the same because we've had it happen numerous times to ourselves.
When you are uninvolved, you don't necessarily know what is a lie and what isn't, so I suppose you may buy into Ernam's "innocence" act. But alas, many of us see right through it.
Also, magi are pretty cool with that damn golem. Only found out about it today.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.