So how bad does SMN get nerfed?

[Neela]

to it's intended DMG potency than it is to buff every other job to compensate for SMN unintended potency.

if we talk about intended potency they should fix the broken pot-numbers of the egi/fairy skills at first - due to there mechanic the are calculated differently than players pot but were given a "round about" bs pot in there descriptions.

@topic:
was it clearly said that they talk about akh morn/deathflare at all?... or can it even be tri-disaster and painflare adjustments like the loss of M2?

Either ways... its funny at first to lose an aoe (m2), getting a nerfed deathflare on multi-targets just to notice that was bad and dmg was hard to hold on a decent level with those changes -> "well lets buff dots pot (for banes sake höhö (they surely forget that we nerfed that as well with 4.0)) and give them a major buff for that dead skill... what was it called?.. ah Tri-bind yeah... but just in trance and with decent long cast time so they have to waste their roleskill swift for it – this will work for sure huehue" – honestly they are still, if not even more, clueless how to handle this cls in the future than ever before...

I mean whats the deal in nerfing aoes on a cls which is based on aoes ever since? It's like exchanging Fire with Wind on Blm just because fresh air u know? This cls loses more and more identity... we aren't pet groomer cause our pets are clunky and haven't got any love since game implementation (whats sad on its own), we aren't "good" summoners cause our only real summon is frightening, shy and never brave enough to spare some inches between him and his master... now we lost our ground-aoe dot with 4.0 as well as the option to spam/replace shadowflare - so no "DoT master" anymore to claim... all those changes left us "aoe king" status... which will be nerfed next week... I can't wait for all the upcoming threads in here... not just for smns but blms as well ^^'

Actually SE should just rename SMN to Ruin-Mage and all problems are solved...

[Griffey]

It may indeed just be an Akh Morn and possibly Deathflare nerf, possibly done by increasing the dropoff off those abilities

This is what I think is gong to happen. I just hope they don't add drop-offs for pain flare and DWT tri-bind...

[Neela]

This is what I think is gong to happen. I just hope they don't add drop-offs for pain flare and DWT tri-bind...

PF and TB would have a way heavier impact tho... I hope they won't touch them as well... q.q

[zuzu-bq]

I can see them adding a dropoff on Painflare. Though that would be a bit unfair over curren dropoff from Bane. They can also lower the increased potency of DWT TriB. 100 potency for it is a bit ridiculous at the moment.

[EmmaVirgin]

nerfs nerfs nerfs -.-

at least we have only one way to get out of mana now. the dead way.