Test Server - Feedback on BLU spells

[tarolin]

Mortal ray would maybe be set if it had the following changes:
1: 30 second doom countdown on mob
2: single target nuke no gaze (asking a lot but hey why not =P) or even have gaze but small cone area effect.
3: mp down to 200 to cast
4: Lets say if you faced a mob same level with a magic gear and atmas maybe it could hit inleast 40% of the time
however i do agree nm's should be very low accuracy indeed.

Again asking a lot but if we dont ask then they wont make any changes.
Also SE please give us some multi hit Magic based Blu spells that hit good or give good stuff , Magic attacks for blu are hardly used and its a real shame.

[Prothscar]

NMs are currently immune to Mortal Ray, which is completely fine and within the bounds of reason.

[Mefuki]

Well, if all NM's are immune to doom (as it should be), then what's wrong with having it be a little more effective.

[Demonofhunger]

I've been trying to think of a situation to use Mortal Ray in. I mean, the number of monsters that I sleep/nuke is pretty small right now, so Mortal Ray's ability to kill things that are asleep seems to be of minimal use.

Maybe elementals, assuming some high-level non-NM ones will be added? Oozes? MNK or NIN or SMN mobs in Dynamis?

[Kwate]

surprised Mortal Ray is getting so much attention.....
I'm just going throw it in the "sh*t bin" along with 1000 needles, bad breath and other epic "Failed" spells.

seriously, while the gimmick of "Doom" is enticing and fun to talk about, who's gonna use it for anything serious?

60 sec countdown
267mp (lets assuming it takes 1-3 casts to land), that's alot of both time and mp wasted

....on the bright side we should be thankful SE isn't forcing us to proc with this.

[SpankWustler]

....on the bright side we should be thankful SE isn't forcing us to proc with this.

It's not a proc yet.

[Shiyo]

Won't it be a proc in voidwatch?

[Kwate]

Won't it be a proc in voidwatch?

^ just killed my buzz....

[Mefuki]

That's exactly the point, Kwate. If SE wants to take the time to make an ability or spell, we need to give them feedback about how to retool them in order to make them worth even adding. There shouldn't be any "fail" spells or "fail" abilities for that matter, every one should have a certain form and function that helps one of our many roles. Even if that function is a niche one. Even if we only have a single solitary reason or situation to cast it, that'd be sufficent. Not ideal but, sufficent.

So, the reason Mortal Ray got the most attention in this topic was because it seems that out of all our upcoming spells, Mortal Ray needs the most work and concideration for it to be worth using.

[Kwate]

That's exactly the point, Kwate. If SE wants to take the time to make an ability or spell, we need to give them feedback about how to retool them in order to make them worth even adding. There shouldn't be any "fail" spells or "fail" abilities for that matter, every one should have a certain form and function that helps one of our many roles. Even if that function is a niche one. Even if we only have a single solitary reason or situation to cast it, that'd be sufficent. Not ideal but, sufficent.

So, the reason Mortal Ray got the most attention in this topic was because it seems that out of all our upcoming spells, Mortal Ray needs the most work and concideration for it to be worth using.

I would like for SE to address the concerns that a number of BLU's expressed over this spell. If they can nerf the ACC on HS because of the perception of it being overpowered....well this spell is extremely "underpowered", "expensive", and very situational at best....

All we can ask for is consistency....this spell needs to be adjusted/modified.