2011-11-29, 01:43 PM
Worthyness Wrote:Double of crap is still not amazing. Just saying.
Also, our playstyle is pretty much the same as post-BB, except for the fact that we don't have to turn around anymore to double rush. Now it's just rush--> rush 2--> spam DS/laser. Rinse and repeat. It's just we don't get to mix in energy blast anymore cause it's slow and the laser does everything better than anything else. we can't stay 100% invincible anymore and we use significantly more potions than ever before. I remember back when I would use 150 pots in 2 weeks and literally 0 MP potions. This won't happen anymore.
Just by seeing the animations from the video, you can tell that barrage isn't the same, so we lose our job at bosses there. You can tell there aren't that many invincibility frames anymore beyond the actual initial rushes like warriors. Our party skills aren't worth much nowadays considering boss runs usually end within the hour and won't necessarily need time leap. SI can't break the cap and is therefore useless to pretty much every class except marksmen, some warriors, and maybe the corsair and ourselves. There is no "try it yourselves before you judge!" because we actually can't unless we have access to a KMST account or KMS account and even then, by the time we do have access to it, it will be too late for them to change anything and will already have been set in stone.
i guess we just have different playstyles.
I have no idea why you think barrage is "essential at bosses"
my squad doesn't need barrage at any of the bosses i've gone too. (which is just short of cygnus at the moment)
eg: i am horrible at van leon, my first solo attempt brought him down to 10% before running out of time, each time i died i lost my super transformation. a czak solo is nigh impossible since every seduce that kills you means you are without super transformation.
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so far, barrage as it is , is currently pointless at any boss I've been too, corkscrew blow is far more effective.
at present, for me, the only reason to use barrage is out of super transformation, where barrage+dragonstrike macro does deal more damage than a pure dragonstrike combo (at least the last time i tested it pre bigbang),
yes. timeleap is pretty much unnecessary now since the pb/cht runs i am in doesn't even bother with bishops/ress and are down in 30 mins or less,
the task for vipers at least in my world is strictly damage dealing. thus doubling dps will certainly make (at least where I am concerned) vipers more effective.
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in otherwords, I am very pleased with the changes to vipers, other than the fact i will miss using snatch at pvp. if only they made energy blast have the effect of snatch at pvp. it would be wonderful. (yes, it should be made into a tractor beam)