Shocked at the reduction in mage damage, quadruple mp cost, and lowered resources

[Chezen]

Classes are for solo or small party content though, which means...

...OH NO.

Finally someone brings this up. I was about to go find the quote from Yoshi-P.

Conjurer getting a nerf is fine, but it shoud still be solo friendly, as Yoshi-P himself stated that this is what the classes would be geared for. Jobs are meant for parties. Although for my own part, I'm not as concerned about soloing an NM. Just regular monsters are fine with me. But I want it to be tough because they are always on the verge of killing me, not because I'm running out of mp at a rediculous speed.

Mages and healers already have to deal with a very low defense, and their melee might as well be a breeze blowing. Why should we have to worry about running out of firepower and/or healing power in a few casts? You don't see melee running out of hits. What makes a game fun is being able to use your skills, not sitting.

Now, there might be some items or such in the works that have not been released yet to balance this out, but it would be nice to hear about it so everyone could settle down if that be the case.

[kukurumei]

Mages and healers already have to deal with a very low defense, and their melee might as well be a breeze blowing. Why should we have to worry about running out of firepower and/or healing power in a few casts? You don't see melee running out of hits. What makes a game fun is being able to use your skills, not sitting.

Wait wait wait... you mean mages had low defense? the same mages that solo-tanked NMs? The same mages that magic darted so much? The same mages that could mana burn everything, the same mages that aoe distinction was a simple cast time annoyance?

I much be living in an unbalanced world....no wonder it was 90% quit rate.

[Chezen]

Wait wait wait... you mean mages had low defense? the same mages that solo-tanked NMs? The same mages that magic darted so much? The same mages that could mana burn everything, the same mages that aoe distinction was a simple cast time annoyance?

I much be living in an unbalanced world....no wonder it was 90% quit rate.

Solo "tanking" a mage is not tanking, it's a combo of heals and attacks. Yes, I solo conjurer. A real tank can take dmg much better.

However, the defense was off, I'll give you that. I should have been getting hit harder.

Edit: You might also note, I did not say you should be able to do that with an NM. That was the OP. I consider NMs to be party content, so I wouldn't think you should be able to solo them easily in any class.