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Why being a druid is awesome.
Athelas
Cape Town South Africa
You say, "YOU!"
3998h, 3998m, 18890e, 18890w cexkdb-
You say, "SHAL NOT!"
3998h, 3998m, 18890e, 18890w cexkdb-
You say, "PASS!"
3998h, 3998m, 18890e, 18890w cexkdb-
You tap the quarterstaff on the ground and light begins to pour forth from its tip.
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I see what you're saying though. There seems a lot of potential for interesting RP for Magi/Sylvan, what with using staves and magic. Can they be customised, by chance?
ETA:
Evoke Flash > Tap Staff for the Gandalf rp
Damn... They've got a lot of awesome shit. When I started this post I didn't realize they had THAT much...
Magi better, especially with the lower WP cost on staffcast now. Reflections, flight, burrow, better portals, passive curing (as well as bloodboil), vibes OP, better burst damage with hailstorm. Tankier than druids even.
RP / support, sure they're decent. Everything else, lol not really.
I guess the rp is good? But I've never really seen roleplay as being something that should be defined by what class you are, only supplemented by it
Hunting/Group combat/Utility/Dueling, it's all-around a decent class. The forestal faction is pretty lucky when it comes to factional class choices
Being restricted to only one of the six cities in the game, and not an especially popular city at that, will obviously reduce the class's numbers a lot.
The bashing changes hurt druids quite a bit as well; they have the same DPS potential as most other classes, but in order to reach it they have to use reflexes, which is pretty draining. It's not like they were an amazing bashing class before the changes though, so that probably doesn't change the class's appeal that much.
Look I don't care what you say, the fact is that 1v1, Druids have nothing! Not even Hydra morph is any real threat, it's just too damn slow.
You want to know why there haven't been and real prominent 1v1 Druids in the realms lately, the answer is simple: "Because the class gets shafted with every change."
No one wants to be a druid because no one wants their ass handed to them in raids all day long. I'm stuck playing a Druid because I can't afford the credits to class hop like every one else did.
Even now, with the trade skill change. Think about it. Druids are last on the list to get an overhaul, meaning that Druids are effectively a skill down on every one else, until this happens, while also being stuck with a useless trade skill, because every player I've talked to has harvesting and concocting very high on the wish list of skills they are going to purchase.
So, we can't fight and the last thing that made it semi-reasonable to play a Druid, is now a thing of the past.
So thanks to all these wonderful changes, I'm probably only going to see any real PvP value in my character, some time in 2016, when the gods finally get around to maybe, perhaps, when they feel like it, see to the state of the Druid class. While also loosing a hell of a lot of RP potential, because my character's skills are not nearly as much in demand as they used to be.
In the mean time, I'll go play Dota. Call me when the gods have finished with this little joke.
Yes, I'm upset about this, because there f'all I can do about improving Athelas's worth to both his city and his house. I'm stuck mindlessly bashing in the hope that I'll one day reach Dragon and have something to show for all this effort.
You can now go ahead and push those disagree buttons as much as you like, but if you do, you'd better be playing an active Druid, that has not reached Dragon, or STFU.
Yes, other classes are getting a new skillset, but it only gives them more options, not necessarily direct buffs.
For example, if I wanted to be specific about the reasons Dual Blunt sucks in its current configuration, I'd point to the fact that I can't empower blunt weapons and I can't Expend on both hits of a combo. I can't envenom, I can't impale, and the only people who will die to me are either too squishy to survive or don't know that head prio > everything else.
You are just complaining without being specific.
Still feels a little disconcerting, though, I'll admit. Almost everyone else is getting all of these really, really cool things to discover and experiment with all at the same time, and we're left here just... twiddling our thumbs. Or something.
@Vesios Yes, both sylvans and sentinels are suffering the same problem, but both of them are already 1v1 feasible. A tri-trans Sentinel can actually face off against another class that is tri-trans. A tri-trans Druid doesn't stand a chance against another tri-trans class. This problem was supposed to be solved with the Hydra morph, that only Druids can access. But our best forestal fighters are all staying away from being Druid, because they know what I know... It's just to damn slow.
I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO EAT MY WORDS. IF ANYONE IS WILLING TO PROVE ME WRONG BY ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATING 1V1 DRUID COMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Addama See my statement above!
Everyone I've ever spoken too are always ooing and aaaing about Druid utility and how beautifully it stacks with artefacts, but if you are one of those people who can not afford to drop $$$ on artefacts, you are better off playing something that isn't a Druid.
But no one, not a single person, has ever been able to help me with anything resembling a workable 1v1 combat solution for Druids.
AGAIN! IF YOU HAVE A SOLUTION OR KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T OR HAVE INSIGHT THAT I DO NOT.... PLEASE SHARE!!!
I'm desperate enough to listen to anyone.
While Druid becomes a massive powerhouse with arties, Hydra is the -least- affected morph by artifacts, and is still reliably potent. Now, do you get to just use your base skills like a blademaster? no. You'll need to invest in some weaponry for sure. Will arties help? yeah, a diadem is your best friend.
But let's talk about the huge buff. freezepound is an instakill right?
Back in my day... I had to let people tank freezepounds and then get frustrated.
Look, you have one of the fastest limb preps in game. Without a doubt, the best parry bypass in game. Hydra clamp is a FREE BALANCE. Do you have any idea how many tactics you can use with that? and hydra strips caloric first now? jeesh, talk about a good day. Get some dustbombs, use the staff more.
Hydra never got owned in raids, what are you talking about? Incinerate? Barrier? vigour? vitality? overgrowth? fly? how you can die in a raid as a druid is beyond me. plus, they can give most of these defences to their allies. Damaged person? vigour them. Locked person? heal them. Dying person? Barrier/hoist them. SO MANY THINGS TO DO
Will you win at the highest upper tier combat levels, most likely not, but keep in mind you can attack limbs while prone. No other class can do that to my knowledge. Keep an arm damaged. If they prone you, just hit that arm one more time. Bam, broken arm? no more attacks/finishers till your standing again.
TL:DR
Learn more skills
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LoL>Dota
Comparing all classes on a single parameter and then using that parameter to judge a class's worth is frankly stupid. The game heavily focuses on combat, yes, but that doesn't mean you should discount everything else as if it doesn't matter.
And we're slated to get a new class skill that will almost definitely be combat-focused. Have you seen the replacement skills? They're amazing! Honestly, if we get something on par with any of that it may give Druids the push they've always somewhat needed to do 1v1, and it'll only boost its already awesome group combat. I don't know about you, but I'm going to wait for those changes before I opinionate anymore.
@Vesios As I said, some time in 2016
The only thing that has seriously impacted druid's popularity was being restricted from joining cities. If anything, the fact that there's a new skill on the way is going to be a massive boost to the class; if they weren't limited to Eleusis, I expect these changes would have made druid easily the most popular class in the game for a while.
Propaganda aside, Druid -is- awesome and I've been waiting to play one since April 14th. Bring on the 'Renaissance'!
Not sure what you mean about Druids being "shafted with every change" since they have received nothing but buffs across many consecutive classlead rounds.
Put yourself out there and practice practice practice, Athelas! You mentioned Dota so I'll use it as an example, in Dota you start off as a newbie and you don't understand half of what you see on your screen. You run around and focus on small tasks but you aren't seeing the big picture, your map awareness sucks, your skill and item builds are suboptimal, you react to threats slowly, you have no idea what the enemy heroes can do, and you're probably not focusing on the correct objective. All of those inadequacies translate to Achaea as well, and are solved the same way in both games, and that's through playing the game a LOT. I've seen you practice fighting some, and have seen you participate in defenses too and that's awesome, but not nearly enough to back up the sort of balance claims you're making here man. Get out there and fight people you're better than, fight people your size, and fight people you don't think you could ever beat. Half of them have something to say to help, and all of them provide you with a log to read through.
Come join the Achaea discord!
I'm already seeing people that used to come to me for elixirs and salves, harvesting and concocting for themselves, now I don't quite understand how that promotes character interaction while demoting independence. Which is supposed to be reasoning behind the trade skill migration.
So ... again ... if you know something I don't, or I lack understanding/knowledge. Stop the criticism and start informing me.
I would really like to enjoy this change as much as everyone else seems to be.
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