Asura.Karbuncle said:
These are my biggest concerns. That we'll return to what it was at 75. our Damage will be low and our uses limited.
You underrate what THF was capable of back then, but my concern is that we will be taking another step back in addition.
Previously a complete THF had a 3-5% haste advantage on most jobs due to the somewhat rare ability to equip a haste body. We don't have that anymore given how overpowered AF3 is and how accessible it is to even mediocre WARs and DRKs and SAMs
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Really, It surprised me to say you were in a good Einherjar LS with equal players and parsed so high even without a Relic, Its something I didn't expect. Its almost baffling.
Einherjar is a high buff situation (4 songs or 2/2 songs and rolls) which equalizes the playing field quite a bit.
Also Bravura was, and will continue to be until a Metatron overhaul, a gigantic waste of currency.
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I think the problem for THF isn't trash mobs, Its HNM-level Enemies, where their DEF greatly outclasses our attack, and our numbers fall baddly.
Previously a trade-off existed where 2H weapons excelled in high defense mobs where we fell off, but the extra dmg and attack didn't do much on easier fare. Then they imbalanced it because of whining and now 2H weapons rape on everything.
Post August 07 Hasso/2H patch, you could still do "okay" on many mobs, but you could only really match the designed imbalance with Mandau. The leap between Mandau and the next best dagger was gigantic compared to other relics and the next best, and that is what allowed us to catch up.
Mandau's ability to bootstrap us up is probably compromised now with how imba Ukkon and Verethragna are respective to their second best options.
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Maybe (and this is a big maybe) I'm overreacting a little but i do feel the job is very weak in comparison to any other DD out there. I'm not asking for WAR-Level Strength, Just enough power behind us we're not doomed to TH *** by the community.
75 cap was hard, but it was definitely possible to be competitive or even the top with Mandau.
The problem was stigma associated with gimps. A gimp WAR can get carried by the sheer imbalance of the class. THF cannot.
With how the game has evolved we need to be rescaled more than other jobs. Beforehand relics were rarities, but it's a fair assumption now that a top tier play has AT LEAST an Empyrean, we need an overhaul of SA/TA, reworking of DW/1H damage formulas, innate dual wield over T1 (seriously why does DNC get T4?), and stances similar to Hasso (or just the ability to use Innin).