Warrior v Warrior combat is insanely different from Warrior v Robe class combat. I already know that, but other people just happen to make my class look bad

Also, I switched to Orclach because I wanted to be tankier. I was sick of bashing as an Aslaran and getting WTFPWNED by stuff other guys my level were breezing through. But my 8 Int now makes me mana-drain kill fodder. It makes me cry to see my mana when surged





And all of those people you mentioned were PK metagaming .

Hey, I can't kill demi warriors at all.

Didnt thoros used to kill you by quickening and double aeon most of the time or using quicken aeon till demon hit then going from there?

Forren had a demesne to heal and cure him while delaying enemy (almost like a demon but not quite).

Narsrim tends to starleaper then inqui soulless most doesnt he..? or vapors soulless if they have sacraments? Bard I remember him dying to shikha.. but knights he slew? Hmm..

You may have a point I just want to note some of the things they do or could do that I cant or dont. I can choose to quicken aeon every second if you prefer though... some people would be rather pissy though.

Last I checked, Anisu had some too. Yay arties making surviving a little easier.

Yes, but balancing Druids around having arties to survive and be viable is going to turn us into warriors. Which is either already where we're at or something slightly worse off. Point is, I'd rather not have to pump 2k credits into arties to be able to play my class decently (Hey, warriors again), but that's a really big beaten-senseless tangent.

..What was I getting at, again? Oh, right, they're very fortunate to have that advantage. I'm not. I'd rather not have my eventual (Read: 10 years off) regen from Demi/VA be worthless because they decided to balance it around Druids with arties. Or something like that. It's 3 in the morning, damnit.

Being a viable warrior is like getting arties anyway.

Err..I'm not trying to generalize something though, but Anisu herself. Also, I know that it'd be hard for folk to attempt to hold a throne as a druid, but I guess I'm sorry for trying to remain optimistic as opposed to just saying that no, you absolutely have no chance at all at holding a crown-level throne?

But anyway, having deviated enough for the thread, I'd still really appreciate knowing where exactly I should be shoving that bardic change into, but so far, I'm guessing it'll have to wait for another month and another slot to be used up on an envoy report, I guess.

Try mazing the changes.

-.-

See, just for that, now I'll actually try to maze you consistently on my own account rather than doing it for the group.

I'll use my awesome spitting powers on you. *spit*

-lolhax maze-

But anyway, I still really do want to know the answer to that proposition of mine for bards in general in light of these racial changes. Because if I don't know, I'll be rescinding my maze nerf to put this in appropriately so that bards aren't actually shafted completely and make them happy and viable rather than everyone else happy and unviable.

I am still hoping for a change to monk PvP. The racechoices are pretty neat and fixed, now we just need to actually need to use our main spec with some kata instead of nearly all kata and a little spec.

That may be happening, but if it is it'll be on the monk committee. Talk to, I don't know, Desitrus or Kaervas or someone.

This is the essence of warrior racial problems- very good assessment.

The current distribution doesn't reward almost at all for having very high str (Rika's numbers serve as a tragic example..). The stronger races have disadvantages based on the false assumption that high str has a significant impact, whereas much less str and no balance penalty (or balance advantage) is grossly superior in all aspects.

Dumbed down a bit:
CAUSE: They fixed the warriors who could obtain obscene str (21++) by reducing the effectiveness of high strength and made the low-mid str more impacting
EFFECT1: All high str races are in utter ruin
EFFECT2: Speed races dominate, especially with buffs/titan/demi/etc

There's only one thing I don't get: Sipbonus was nerfed because of Tae'dae...who then got theirs taken away? O.o

Also for aslaran.

Who then got their penalty taken away too...

So. Remove the radical negative scaling of stats past 12? Give faster races a few more points in their relevant stats to make them viable without making them ridiculous (due to speed now being nerfed)?

You guys are so annoying with your lack of posting the announcements that you are talking about!


ANNOUNCE NEWS #1069
Date: 4/27/2008 at 0:50
From: Estarra, the Eternal
To : Everyone
Subj: Live Race Testing!

Because of the limitations with testing races on the test server, we
have decided to live test the racial updates. What this means is that
everyone gets a free reincarnation; however, for the next week, you can
use your free reincarnation endlessly. This means you will be free to
keep reincarnating and trying out different races in the "real" world.
Please post your comments and observations on the forums
(http://forums.lusternia.com), especially if you find something very
unbalanced.

We will be running live testing for one week (at least), after which you
will be able to use your free reincarnate for one last time to
permanently settle upon a race.

The following changes are in effect (these changes aren't yet shown on
the help files for the races):

o Global: DOWNGRADE effectiveness of balance and equilibrium
advantage/disadvantage (lvls 1/2/3)
o Global: DOWNGRADE effectiveness of elixer advantage/disadvantage (lvls
1/2/3)
o Titan: DOWNGRADE to +1 on stats.
o Titan: DOWNGRADE to lvl 1 regen on other planes
o Demigod: DOWNGRADE to +2 on stats.
o Demigod: DOWNGRADE to lvl 1 regen on all planes
o Dwarf: INCREASE Strength to 15
o Dwarf: NEW: ALCOHOL TOLERANCE LVL 3: Reduce effect of alcohol. The
more drunk you are, the more you absorb damage.
o Dwarf: REMOVE Have slower balance, level 1.
o Dracnari: NEW: ALCOHOL TOLERANCE LVL 1: Reduce effect of alcohol. The
more drunk you are, the more you absorb damage.
o Igasho: INCREASE: Are susceptible to fire, level 2.
o Igasho: NEW: Add scaling as natural ability.
o Trill: INCREASE: Charisma : 15
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o Trill: NEW: Seduction Influencing, lvl 2
o Brood Viscanti: CHANGE: -2 Intelligence, +3 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2
Constitution and +2 Size
o Viscanti: INCREASE: Resistance to blunt damage, level 2.
o Viscanti: INCREASE: Resistance to cutting damage, level 2.
o Viscanti: NEW: Resistance to magic damage, level 2.
o Viscanti: NEW: Intimidation Influencing, lvl 1
o Viscanti: NEW: Village Influencing, lvl 2
o Male Kephera: UPGRADE: Constitution : 14
o Male Kephera: UPGRADE: Strength : 12
o Female Kephera: UPGRADE: Intelligence 15
o Female Kephera: UPGRADE: Charisma : 14
o Kephera: NEW: Are susceptible to poison, level 2.
o Kephera: NEW: Are susceptible to fire, level 1.
o Kephera: NEW: Are susceptible to cold, level 1.
o Illithoid: UPGRADE: Dexterity : 17
o Illithoid: UPGRADE: Constitution : 16
o Illithoid: UPGRADE: Intelligence : 14
o Illithoid: NEW: Are resistant to poison, level 1.
o Illithoid: NEW: Intimidation Influencing, lvl 3
o Illithoid: NEW: Paranoia Influencing, lvl 3
o Illithoid: NEW: Village Influencing, lvl 3
o Aslaran: REMOVE: Heal more slowly from elixirs, level 1.
o Mugwump: DECREASE: Are susceptible to fire, level 2.
o Tae'dae: REMOVE: Heal faster from elixirs, level 3.
o Tae'dae: NEW: Are susceptible to fire, level 2.
o Faeling: INCREASE: Heal faster from elixirs, level 3.

Penned by My hand on the 6th of Kiani, in the year 205 CE.

You're wondering whether drinking this much was truly such a good idea.


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A floating urn flies quickly towards you and crashes into your head, sending you
stumbling backwards.
You twist aside, deflecting part of the attack.
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One of a floating urn's cold metallic tentacles reaches for you, shocking you
with a strong electric current.
You twist aside, deflecting part of the attack.
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Doesn't look like the dwarven resistances are as insane as people made them out to be.