(Un)Official Arcanist/Summmoner Feedback Thread

[Spellbinder]

＠Tertatos

Just to be clear, this was not a nerf. Bane spreading to three targets has always been the design, but the description did not state as such.

@Ryans

I have to agree with Tertatos. No one is complaining that Black Mage has superior AOE damage. The problem is every ranged DPS class a reliable area attack that hits all targets except summoner.

Black Mage - Blizzard II, Fire II, Flare
Bard - Quick Knock (although its a cone), Rain of Death, Wide Volley
Summoner - .....

If they're so concerned with us "doing more damage" by hitting all enemies in an area, like every other ranged DPS, why not simply change the effect of Bane?

Example:

Bane - Infects all nearby enemies with "plague" status effect.
Plague: Deals unaspected damage over time.
Potency: 110
Duration: 15 seconds
* Can only be applied to targets with X status effect.

Comparing with Black Mage as an example, consider that Black Mage's Fire II has a potency of 100 (increased by Umbral Fire, Blizzard II has a potency of 100, and they both have a casting time of roughly 2.5 seconds, meaning their damage can be applied faster than the every 3 seconds that DoTs tick based on the system's timer. There's also the occasional Flare with a potency of 260.
(Edit: Corrected the potency of Fire II)

Does a skill such as this seem so unreasonable?