Reduce the stat stick given by stances. It's actually crazy how half the server has armed, regardless of whether they're an actual swordsman or not. The stances give stats on top of your weapon, the spells have good scaling with your massive pow and on top of that it's usable with every tree. There are no prerequisite trees for the three basic stances and there's an intermediate hidden for every tree that exists.
It basically converts all elemental pow into pow allowing for easy AP stacking with shit that gives ele pow. AP exists in so many sources and scales harder the more you get. The 10% AP on a stance is anywhere from 25-50 power while giving you access to options like pstrikes, double, galeforce, dash and sweeping cleave.
Holy armed right now is literally just, "I take less damage and output way more than you." They win match ups just from stats alone. Then there's the problem of pairing it with shit like energy and cosmic and just skyrocketing your power.
At least lock armed to swords or something. Afaik, physical is a worthless stat and a sword would be considered a slight drawback when compared to a staff. If it isn't, it should be made so that the physical portion of its power doesn't convert to magic damage. It's stupid how I can see someone wearing a staff, activating an armed stance and not knowing whether they're going to play a close-ranged fighter or an aoe/kite mage.
Also, with the base stances being nonrefundable and I think a requirement to the intermediate ones? (I heard that if you don't have one you have to pay 10 RPP instead of 5, either way same shit) you'll have garuda as a secondary stance. You get the option of swapping it out when dealing with slows.
TL DR A 10% AP toggle for any tree while giving access to viable, versatile hard-hitting spells is stupid and promotes power build AP stacking bull shit.
It basically converts all elemental pow into pow allowing for easy AP stacking with shit that gives ele pow. AP exists in so many sources and scales harder the more you get. The 10% AP on a stance is anywhere from 25-50 power while giving you access to options like pstrikes, double, galeforce, dash and sweeping cleave.
Holy armed right now is literally just, "I take less damage and output way more than you." They win match ups just from stats alone. Then there's the problem of pairing it with shit like energy and cosmic and just skyrocketing your power.
At least lock armed to swords or something. Afaik, physical is a worthless stat and a sword would be considered a slight drawback when compared to a staff. If it isn't, it should be made so that the physical portion of its power doesn't convert to magic damage. It's stupid how I can see someone wearing a staff, activating an armed stance and not knowing whether they're going to play a close-ranged fighter or an aoe/kite mage.
Also, with the base stances being nonrefundable and I think a requirement to the intermediate ones? (I heard that if you don't have one you have to pay 10 RPP instead of 5, either way same shit) you'll have garuda as a secondary stance. You get the option of swapping it out when dealing with slows.
TL DR A 10% AP toggle for any tree while giving access to viable, versatile hard-hitting spells is stupid and promotes power build AP stacking bull shit.