Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
Actually, Ifrit would only require a small change to stop LNC spam: Increase the range of Sear to LNC's maximum attack range. Or, y'know, remove Sear entirely, but the first option is much more likely. If LNC had to deal with Sear damage like everyone else, they wouldn't be nearly as favored.

That one aspect aside, I rather like the mechanics to Ifrit. . .
...but if they increased 'Sears' range well then people would whine that you MUST have 2-3 healers along...so people would still say 'X class is favored.'


That said, I know you're more on my side of the fence...it just made me giggle when I read it

To those that want all event mobs/hardcore stuff to be class balanced: Unless you want every Mob to do similar damage and be more or less the same this is pretty much impossible. I mean even when I go out soloing as a CNJ vs soloing as GLA, there are different mobs each class kills better/worse. It's part of playing a video game...any video game. Different abilities/jobs/classes work better in different situations. So yes, there is an 'ideal' party set-up for Darkhold and for Ifrit right now BUT it is also completely possible, and not SOOO much harder, to do it with a different setup. No one is really left in the dark....some classes just have to work harder than others in certain fights. Down the road there WILL be mobs that PGL will EAT up, BLM will nuke the crap out of, PLD will tank like the pro he is. Everyone will get there battles...we just only have a handful to do right now and that's what makes people frustrated.

Lastly, I wouldn't pick on the 'Elite' LS's like BG too much....they spend a lot of time/energy trying to get first kill etc. They post the first solution they get to the puzzle...and WE choose to follow their solution, this doesn't mean that they don't say in there shells: 'Hey guys, now that we beat this dude, lets see how fast we can do it....now lets see what happens if we all go this class or try going one less healer etc. Nor do they come down to pick on our LS's way of doing things (at least on my server, the Elite shells are usually polite and let other shells do their thing unless they are asked for help/advice etc.). My point is this, there is no law that says once Linkshell A beats this NM all others MUST do it their way....or we shave your lala!