They are coming soon...

A friend of mine mains BaM, and he gave me his opinion:

"This is deeply flawed.
That's the only word I can use to describe it. It has its good parts, but the bad is so overwhelming, it's just awful.

Snip.

1) True, can't deny that. Fast 5 actually, fast 4 with Yellow on. I'm pretty sure the Korean community isn't happy about it either.

2&3) Good base concept, bad execution if you ask me. If the problem is with Auras stacking and parties, they could add additional effects such as: (Not realistic numbers, but the idea is there.)

• Dark Aura
  • Passive Effect (Self) - Damage increased by 30%
    
  • Passive Effect (Party members excluding yourself)- Damage increased by 10%
    
  • Active effect (All) - Additional 50% effectiveness.
    
  
  

With this setup, you get the 30% passive increase, the party gets 10% increase a la Beast Tamer cat buffs when Dark Aura active is off. While Dark Aura is on, you receive 45%(30% passive + 15% active), and your party members receive 15% (10% passive + 5% active).

5) Animations are long overdue. They still retain their "dark" theme much more than almost any significant "arcanepunk" theme. The scraped BaM revamp had nice animations, but were too metallic and modern IMO. When I think steampunk/arcanepunk, I see mechanical with somewhat of a brown haze on gears and metals. Mechanic would be a good example of this thematic color probably.