MAGE STRIKE

[Neptune]

-Did you level Thaumaturge or Conjurer to cap to find out your role is now reversed?
-Are you thrilled with the idea of casting Sacrifice 3 five separate times to get the effect you used to get from 1 cast?
-Are you pissed that healing magic now costs 130 MP while your broken nukes still cost 20-30 MP?
-Does it make sense that DoW have auto attack at their range but you don't have it at your range?
-Does it make sense that DoW can use their abilities on recast timers but healing magic can only be used a very small amount of times per fight?

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-Are you upset about 10 second recast on your normal attack?
-Are you upset about 30 second recast on your normal aoe attack
-Are you upset that now you have no practical alternative to being a main healer?
-Are you looking forward to sitting out of fights while you regen MP, while the rest of your party keeps playing?
-Did you level Thaumaturge or Conjurer to cap to be a debuffer or nuker and now find that you are nothing more than a WHITE MAGE playing whack-a-mole?
-Is it fair to have to sit on the sidelines, whereas before you could be using abilities, debuffing, buffing, or causing damage over time?
-Is it fair that you can't generate mana but your allies can generate TP?

I ASK YOU! Are you tired of having your playstyle dictated to you by changing rules?

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Then MAGE STRIKE is here. Send a message to the dev team that you expect a quality of play on parity with other classes, that you don't want to be locked into White Mage, either by the job system or by high MP costs that make your healing spells take top priority in MP management. Send a message that you want an ACTIVE playstyle, limited only by yourself, not frivolous restrictions. Demand CUSTOMER SERVICE, not "we will look into it".

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And if you want to condemn the voices of others, ask yourself if you would like to sit outside combat in passive mode regenerating TP before you could take action in the fight.. let he who would regenerate TP outside of combat cast the first stone.

[AarosLunos]

MAGE STRIKE

Yea good luck with that.

[Neptune]

MAGE STRIKE

Yea good luck with that.

Good luck main healing your party, GLADIATOR!

[AarosLunos]

Good luck main healing your party, GLADIATOR!

I have no problem with that because my LS has competent Conjurers and Thaums.

[Lujan]

I have no problem with that because my LS has competent Conjurers and Thaums.

Ditto this patch will just be a ture test of players now and the smaller ls say 30 40 members will win hands down, Core group better than masses of people.

[Dragonlord]

I have no problem with that because my LS has competent Conjurers and Thaums.

Competent as your LS mages may be. That doesnt help with MP management. They will still run out regardless how well they are at the class. I personally play both mage classes, and the revisions to the spells imo was very overwhelming. I embrace a good challenge, and think MP management is very important, however the limited mp pool is a issue due to the very high mp consumption now. I suppose if we get (RDM) as a job, and that comes with the abilty of refresh, then i think the game balance will be more visiable. Right now the game is even worse than it was pre-patch. I do recall SE saying this will be the rawest version of auto-attack, and battle refinements. I will wait and play extremly casualy until the game reachs the level of considerable satisfaction. Right now the game is slowly getting on its legs, but i can see us losing more people due to the limitations, and mp consumption. We need a stronger player base, and not keep losing (Future paying customers). All and all the game has much to improve on, and this patch imo wasnt a good direction for the game. Hopefully things will get better. I am assuming patch 1.20 when we get jobs the game will start to come alive, and people will see what directon Yoshi has in store for us, and ffxiv. /Cheers

[AarosLunos]

Competent as your LS mages may be. That doesnt help with MP management. They will still run out regardless how well they are at the class. I personally play both mage classes, and the revisions to the spells imo was very overwhelming. I embrace a good challenge, and think MP management is very important, however the limited mp pool is a issue due to the very high mp consumption now. I suppose if we get (RDM) as a job, and that comes with the abilty of refresh, then i think the game balance will be more visiable. Right now the game is even worse than it was pre-patch. I do recall SE saying this will be the rawest version of auto-attack, and battle refinements. I will wait and play extremly casualy until the game reachs the level of considerable satisfaction. Right now the game is slowly getting on its legs, but i can see us losing more people due to the limitations, and mp consumption. We need a stronger player base, and not keep losing (Future paying customers). All and all the game has much to improve on, and this patch imo wasnt a good direction for the game. Hopefully things will get better. I am assuming patch 1.20 when we get jobs the game will start to come alive, and people will see what directon Yoshi has in store for us, and ffxiv. /Cheers

It does help with MP management significantly. pre-1.18 there was no need for MP management at all and quite frankly it spoiled a ton of mages and they all became complacent. Luckily the mages in my LS knew how to conserve MP and play their classes correctly before this patch. Is this a significant change? Absolutely. But many saw it coming and those that did have had no problems adjusting their play style.

But so many people here act like this is the end-all-be-all final class adjustment EVAR for mages. Those who act that way are blind fools.

[Ventus]

I see your anger Neptune and I've seen your posts around the forums lately, maybe you just need a break from this game dude.

You're getting very pent up over things and it's not healthy, heck, I know how you feel cause I'm kind of there too.

I agree, mages are messed up and stupid and this patch is an incomplete mess but don't let it get to you. It's better to maybe give it a couple more days to see how it really is for you or just watch from a distance and don't torture yourself.

Just my opinion =(

[Neptune]

I see your anger Neptune and I've seen your posts around the forums lately, maybe you just need a break from this game dude.

You're getting very pent up over things and it's not healthy, heck, I know how you feel cause I'm kind of there too.

I agree, mages are messed up and stupid and this patch is an incomplete mess but don't let it get to you. It's better to maybe give it a couple more days to see how it really is for you or just watch from a distance and don't torture yourself.

Just my opinion =(

lol.. yes it is true. As someone else said, my favorite toy is broken. On the other hand, the things I could do if I sold my gaming rig.. *thinks of cash piling up*

[Shai]

lol.. yes it is true. As someone else said, my favorite toy is broken. On the other hand, the things I could do if I sold my gaming rig.. *thinks of cash piling up*

I think that was me?

And I'm in. Mage Strike 2011.

Actually ealier I was in a dungeon raid and their solution to MP was to bring 5 mages. So I basically tagged along and didn't pull my wand out once. I just watched and every now and then did something as shit hit the fan, but basically leached. Yep. That's me. GIANT DOUCHE. 5 mages, though? Really?

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