Manifesto for cor

[Siviard]

Pirates vs. Ninjas!

http://www.werbopbop.com/episodes/bop0015.php

[Seha]

Dark dealing dmg would be very good, also for Leaden's boost. Only problem I see with Light dealing damage..."I'm charmed, sleep me! *bang* I said sleep, not kill!"

[Seha]

You don't always have a whm. Was just describing a scenario.

[Frost]

So....

Why respond to a thread about extending the amount of Quickshots.. and not address the issue?

Seems kinda lame.

Player: "Hey can you tell me if this car comes as only automatic? Or if I could get it manual?"

SE: "GLAD YOU ASKED! This car will get 40 miles to the gallon, AND has 4 doors! The suspension has been improved to offer you more control!"

Player: "But does it come in manual?"

SE: "It comes in 6 cylinder and 8 cylinder!"

Player: "..."

[Karbuncle]

I'm assuming the reps can only respond to what they've been given answers too from the Devs...

And They probably have answers to some questions, and waiting on responses to some more, but since they didn't want to make some people wait (a lot of people whine about no responses), they came and gave us what answers they had.

[Malamasala]

I always thought the light and dark shots should have done damage while debuffing. And of course Thunder shot should have had stun.

[Greatguardian]

Ignore Malamasala. They post in pretty much every single thread in the entire forum whining about Summoner and Spirits. Their ridiculous call for Pup merit nerfs has absolutely no bearing on or support from the COR community.

As for Abyssea, Corsair suffers from the same issue a lot of other DD and Buff jobs suffer from in Abyssea: Lack of necessity. Can Corsair do awesome damage with and without Wildfire? Definitely. Leaden Salute is a pretty consistent 3k with the right atmas, and COR builds TP very quickly. But people generally don't need that extra damage, if anything they're slowing damage down to get full procs. At the same time, players generally don't "need" the buffs that COR brings to the table in Abyssea.

However, I'm not particularly concerned with job necessity in Abyssea. The game is moving on, and any adjustments that could impact Cor's desirability in Abyssea would be unlikely to transfer over properly into overworld content where the balancing and needs of the job are very different.

Outside Abyssea, I would definitely like some more utility with Quick Draw. Perhaps shots could reduce Magic Evasion to the Shot element? This would make Fire Shot doubly important for Wildfire (as we're already using it for AF3+2 feet bonus), as the Emp WS's biggest drawback outside Abyssea is crippling Magic Accuracy values on anything of value.

Obviously, a roll that added JA Haste would be extremely powerful and would put the support spotlight on Corsair without challenging Bard's position in the buff totem. However, I'm not sure how much I really want this in the end because, frankly, 95% of Corsairs I see are godawful at the job. Full NQ Af3 with a trump gun and bronze bullets, really? Light staff fulltime? Considering how rare it is to see a Corsair that actually respects their pirate roots and gives a crap about being more than a crappy Bard lookalike, I'd hate to see what would happen if COR was given a reason to become mainstream/bandwagon.

Personally, I'd most appreciate updates that further strengthen the gap between skilled Corsairs, and Bard wannabes who show up naked and roll/AFK. I don't want the job to become so naturally powerful that everyone will flock to it, but I do want the job to be powerful enough to warrant real use by the playerbase in the hands of someone who cares.

Perhaps even "Daze" effects with 30-45 second durations that would be inflicted by our Quick Draw shots? Example: Wind Shot inflicts Wind Daze, granting all players who strike the given monster +5% JA Haste in a manner similar to Dnc's Sambas. Furthermore, perhaps these Daze effects can scale based on the damage dealt by the initial Quick Draw shot?

Yar har fiddle de-dee, shoot the gun or off the plank with thee!