PVP class balancing from HELL

[Morningstar1337]

You have clearly never played a BLM in PvP. AoE does not shine with incredibly long cast times and 100% interrupts. The closest thing you have is AoE sleep > LB.

There's also Flare but that's more kill a single target.

[Najara]

why even roll a melee?

Why roll anything other than a melee right now? They have a 30% self heal, stun/bind/heavy immunity/stuns/gap closers/can interrupt casting/removing buffs/lower INT/lower spellspeed, there is nothing they can't do right now. Casters are in a bad place.

So your saying Casters should be limted to running away and casting sleep ? is that what you are saying, this is fair. Get outta here

FINALLY. Someone who gets it.
This is actually what I feel people are trying to say in a recent thread I started,
I'm skill-less and Melee are meant to be better.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...nd-unnecessary

[Lux_Rayna]

Why should a caster be able to beat a melee in melee range? What you are asking for makes no sense. Why should a caster be able to infinitely kite everyone to death? Casters in most pvp games are OP. We have gotten so used to it that its normal.

What BLMs need is the ability to escape, or CC to slow melees down. If you lose range it *should* be your loss. Thats called balance.

[Najara]

Why should a caster be able to beat a melee in melee range? What you are asking for makes no sense. Why should a caster be able to infinitely kite everyone to death? Casters in most pvp games are OP. We have gotten so used to it that its normal.

What BLMs need is the ability to escape, or CC to slow melees down. If you lose range it *should* be your loss. Thats called balance.

Why are they NOT allowed? We're given Equinox for a reason and Right now there is Zero chance in victory in a fair one on one.
and
Even if you try to run, Weapon Throw has a 40% chance of stopping you

[Tagihi]

well i face alot ninja on my drg i take them down before they even able cast there first jutsu, Ofc they might strong against caster but against other dps they soo squeeshy

[Ultimatecalibur]

well i face alot ninja on my drg i take them down before they even able cast there first jutsu, Ofc they might strong against caster but against other dps they soo squeeshy

I play Paladin and kind of laugh when a solo ninja tries to gank me when I'm guarding the OP flag. I don't chase them when they run after I've beaten them within an inch of death, but I think of it as a net gain of 17+ in preventing the other GCs from taking our flag.

[TheotherMarky]

well i face alot ninja on my drg i take them down before they even able cast there first jutsu, Ofc they might strong against caster but against other dps they soo squeeshy

This is what i am saying, SE has basically made in impossible for casters but have stacked melee chances too high.

[Asierid]

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You mean Sprint away while still able to cast instant spells without having to worry about TP management?

Working as intended.

[TheotherMarky]

So your saying Casters should be limted to running away and casting sleep ? is that what you are saying, this is fair. Get outta here

[Lemuria]

You mean Sprint away while still able to cast instant spells without having to worry about TP management?

Yay! We can cast pathetically weak spells while we run for our measly lives! Or didn't you realize that those spells are not buffed by Astral/Umbral, and we're still going to have to cast Blizzard to get our MP back? Also, Summoner DoT's are easily Esuna'd or Leeched, so that kind of sucks too.

There's also Flare but that's more kill a single target.

No one is going to use Flare on a single target any more. Ever. At least not a good or sane player. It was made pathetically weak in the last update, considerably weaker than even casting a single target fire spell (130 potency versus 170 potency). Remember, it's now reduced by 50% in PvP, bringing that 260 potency down.

Working as intended folks! I think it's clear at this point that SE just hates casters. The interruption makes them completely unplayable in PvP, and the Frontlines queues only prove that. It's 80% melee DPS and 20% mages... my guess is the mages didn't get the memo since they're almost always in the lower end of the score spectrum.