To be fair… It used to be a pvp focused game in alpha. Then players didn’t like that and it has gone more and more pve since then. If this was pvp focused we wouldn’t have been waiting a month for OPR to be working. Where as pretty much all pve content is working.
The fact pvp is dead on most servers and is toggle and opt in makes this game no longer pvp focused. BDO is a pvp focused game, hit level 50 and you are pvp 24/7. This is a typical mmo with a hint of pvp.
I don’t think it’s shoehorning at all. Right now the difference between light/heavy armour is quite large, but there isn’t a penalty for it at all, or any incentive to pick any specific armour type except for dodges and resistance. The PTR patch includes a minor healing change that won’t really result in too much difference as they’ve not touched heavy armour.
I like the idea we don’t have classes, but instead gear and weapons defining our roles that are very flexible. I just want to see some more differentiation between the armours that incentivize specific styles of play. I’d love to see a blessed equivalent perk on some armours, and the mana regen one, and some others as well. Give heavy more perks around defence/resist/stamina, give medium a mix or something between those that lets it be more flexible.
If people want to build a glass cannon mage or max healer, they’d want light armour perks that benefit that, if they want to play a paladin then they can go heavy armour for the defensive perks, hell they could mix parts and end up medium overall if they wanted to gain some heal/mana/etc boosts but some defensive stuff as well.
That probably explains why the player base is shrinking
Still just a game at the end of the day. Play and enjoy. If you don’t like it, move on to something else
A hint of PVP and a terrible PVE if you ask me…
Can I have all your stuff?
Changes to life staff are hilariously low. I’m not quiting it. People do Lazarus and genesis with 500hps on hots and in opr/elite farms I’ve seen many sacred grounds healing for only 600 and without the perk. Even with the nerf if I stay in heavy I will heal more than most healers I’ve met. Hope all the whining LS users finally quit the weapon
Auto target healing. Anyone can heal.
after 2 games (1w with HA / 1l with LA) of outpost rush, I am chaning my stats to only have 78 focus based on my current gear and 150 dex for extra dodge, 119 str and 100 con and heavy armor.
I think I will be more useful as a fake healer / dps.
Too hate to healer class lol…
None of that is accurate.
I made a post about a really important issue that no one has really brought up after this patch, I don’t even think the nerfs are the problem, and I would have been totally fine even if it was nerfed.
Please spread this issue as it’s not being talked about and in itself is a major nerf to lifestaff that wasn’t addressed.
So basically every mmorpg game or mostly all of them
Lol no only the non competitive ones.
I would have not swap classes if the people doesn’t hate healers too much. It’s aggrivating being harrassed as an exploiter when you’re healing yourself.
People expect healers to faceroll on the ground whenever their attack reach them. As if we don’t have the brains to think of a build to not die.
Only DPS are allowed to be skilled in this game, so I changedy class to GA/WH build so people will finally stop pissing and whining that I’m a brain dead healer. Now I am an uber chad 250 IQ dps. Live with it.
Can you list a few?
Ultima Online, Darkfall, Darkfall Unholy Wars
I should have said not one game has ever been tab target and free targeting except New World and in my opinion it’s a terrible system.
Why wouldn’t you just make everything aim or everything tab? What’s with this auto target for healers and aim assist for melee and absolutely nothing for range?
I’m noticing a trend with specific types of players and it’s entertaining honestly.
I agree range has it the worst of the bunch. However, in most successful titles healing has been tab targeting or mods enabled clicking on raid bars.
I’ve seen a lot more “LF1 Healer” in recruitment and I’m getting insta-invites to run expeditions with random people
I think a lot definitely swapped out and yeah the nerfs suck too tbh
It would be nice to see the build the guy has. Because probably it is a 200+ CON who can´t help team neither kill anything… Their purpose is to get damage…
It´s a tank not a healer. Also when he runs out of mana should die.
No con, all focus. Can heal through the entire lazerus laser with just his aoe healing.