3.2 PvP: Feast Game Mode Discussion Thread.

[NoelNoel]

That's actually worse of a nerf to SMN than what they got now, I'm not sure on your intentions.

In all regards it would be better. The SMN burst is basically tri > fester > painflare > ED > deathflare, now that 3 of the skills in the combo have been significantly nerfed, how can you fail to see that restoring the potency and simply having the burst take a few more seconds to fully execute (and thus a few more sceonds for the enemy to react, since people complained about not being able to react fast enough against a SMN burst) would be better for dps...? That's not even counting on the fact Focalization negates another chunk of that burst. The only issue I see with my suggestion is that it also gives more time to a MNK to stop said burst. If the possible MNK actually wants to attack a SMN with def buff. If I had to play SMN again curently I would probably skip ED and try to simply deal a more steady damage amount because the old burst won't work so well anymore.

Tri-bind is was a very powerful lockdown and no one would realistically waste purify on it

You just assume that as ranged. As melee I purify a 12 sec bind if I see my healer can't help me simply because the next one will only be 6 sec and that SMNs hardly spend their time doing a bind lock.

The bolded statement really has no meaning when you're talking class balance. And even then, in the hands of a capable SMN can still be just as powerful, if not moreso than those job's because of the AoE damage (which is an utter nightmare for nocturnal AST)

That I won't deny, but the noct AST VS SMN is another issue. Let's not forget most of them never even bother using Focalization or Collective Unconscious. Hell, most of them think they can just spam Aspected Benefic and save a whole party with just that.

More accurately, it was a lot of damage relative to what was needed behind it and the weaknesses behind it. For BRd/MCH, they were cast times as well as a ranged penalty. For melee, it's the equviliant of sticking their hands in a blender. For BLM, they have no burst on the go. SMN has none of this, on top of a lower effective cooldown.

Never felt like I was putting my hands in a blender when attacking a SMN as melee... Hell, as DRG even if the SMN has def buff and focuses on me I have enough time to wreck them (if they don't get healed of course). The only issue was/is when a SMN and someone else focuses on you, but that can be said of any DPS duo who does that. SMN needs little skill to perform well DPS wise, what I'm saying is that the changes they got were mostly inadequate, imo.