[DEV1064] Tachi: Shoha

[Frost]

ITT someone takes a screenshot of someone's maximum damage in Abyssea and takes it to be the norm...

How quickly recent history becomes all of history...

You do realize since the day sam was added to the game and up to the 2-handed buff, sam was a complete joke right? It's melee hits were weaker than a mnks, and a mnk can dish out those hits nearly 4x as fast? You realize War was in much the same boat at about the same time right? People think the 2handed buff was there since the game's inception.. So your cute little "Shit, game's going back to 2003" (paraphrased) comment is a little trite..

The only thing "2003" about SE is it's current thirst to nerf everything...

If you want this game to be better, don't cry for more nerfs.

SE follows that logic that if they can nerf everything into oblivion we'll be happy somehow; and you're feeding that. Instead, keep trying, politely, to get more buffs for weaker jobs.

I don't think Tachi: Merit should be nerfed. I think that all melee jobs should have access to a weaponskill that does about the same damage, balancing those jobs through the utility of the weaponskill.

For instance:

Thieves should get a weaponskill with "Critical Damage Bonus" to be enhanced by their SA and TA.

War should get a Crit-Hit WS with a lower hit count so be enhanced by their bonuses (Double Attack Critical Attack bonus)

Drk should get a decent elemental weaponskill (think Wildfire, not infernal Scythe...) to work better on physically resistant monsters, never miss, and is easy to mob with relatively easy to attain gear.


People scream for homogeneity and they don't even realize they're doing it.

Saying "I don't like pasta" without giving a better vision of what you'd like results in nothing.

Saying "They don't deserve steaks" without giving a better reason why doesn't do anything either.

[Finuve]

Drk should get a decent elemental weaponskill (think Wildfire, not infernal Scythe...) to work better on physically resistant monsters, never miss, and is easy to mob with relatively easy to attain gear.

NOOOO FFS NO NO NO NO NO NO

[Siiri]

I support reducing the damage output of Tachi: Shoha. It seems very overpowered, and as Theytak described it, it is a huge outlier compared to the other merit weaponskills.

[svengalis]

Lower the damage of a weapon skill? Seriously? Please tell me I'm posting in a troll thread; I have to be.

I am just as baffled as you are. It wouldn't be the first time though that players asked for a job to be nerfed, look at what they did to rangers.

[Frost]

I am just as baffled as you are. It wouldn't be the first time though that players asked for a job to be nerfed, look at what they did to rangers.

What's a Ranger?

[FrankReynolds]

This thread has taken a turn back towards constructive. I must be in the wrong forum.

[Taint2]

That's pre-nerf though :x

The nerf will hurt averages but not by enough to pull it down to Shoha levels and WAR has a superior WS rate as well. (In VW)

Prenerf UF wars were parsing 50-80% above a Shoha SAM. It wont be much different after the nerf. 30-50%?

[Theytak]

NERF ONE INCH PUNCH, IT'S TOO STRONG.

[Quetzacoatl]

NERF ONE INCH PUNCH, IT'S TOO STRONG.

NERF GUILLOTINE WHILE WE'RE AT IT TOO! We don't want to use it anymore anyways!

[Theytak]

NERF GUILLOTINE WHILE WE'RE AT IT TOO! We don't want to use it anymore anyways!

why would you use guillotine, noob? Vorpal Scythe Crits, and only Crit ws are good.