… Why would they buff mages for pve but not pvp. They fall pretty flat compared to other weapons there as well.
Broo I just saw bert 1vX with mage on youtube get good
1v 5 bots. I’m an average mage but could sometimes do that on OPR. Faced with a much better Dex player there is no chance a similar skill level FS/IG user can beat.
Bert videos are great. lots of skill: aim, movement, stamina management.
Im not taking anything from him, but you barely see bow/musket fights.
Bert should help the cause and make a video of him being 1 shot by a musketeer group. Feels good to just disappear having no idea who hit you or where it came from (light user, 200 con, 625 gs, 20% thrust protection 10% all others, x5 elemental aversion, x5 resi).
Ive been 1 shot by an archer duo, 1 pen shot each.
feels noice
Bro a super good player killing bots is nothing.
I would also like to mention that he is a youtuber trying to make himself look good. Using videos of absolutely destroying bots will be the best way to get the views.
Takes like this are absolutely trash.
I was joking btw
Lol fair. Guess I’ve seen to many trolls saying exactly that and acting like bert wouldn’t absolutely demolish those bots with kuch more ease woth literally any of the meta builds.
Topping scoreboards in opr is one thing, but do that in a tryhard server in wars is another. Wars is the issue here. Not oprs.
Not OPRs are an issue to. Mages only look “good” because of how the scoring systems work.
Ig/VG is support for melee to do burst…
Name another game in which the only viable mage build is support. Better yet, name a game that includes mages as support…. Lofl gf
One spell on VG(oblivion) and one spell on ice(shower) is the entire reason to run the build.
Great counter point.
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Not really they just do their job … anyway I vote for instead buffing FS/IG, first nerf other builds… damage burst in this game is def. too high. Same with healing … if you have good healer and teammate with keyboard you cant lose fight even being undergeared…
VG/IG on void blade in OPR arenas 1v1, pve looks fine, against bruisers we cant even call it as fight it is war crime commiting by VG … in wars is bad I know you dont have to write it… but we cant have good builds for everything…
So they made a game in which you need to change archetype to do different content? Seems kinda bad.
Thats why you cant change build by few clicks I never understand people who have problem with changing build but ok its offtopic… About FS/IG build yea their numbers dropped hard. But buffing imo is not a solution, you will get only another annoying weapon like bow/musket is now after it people will again demand nerfs because too OP, better go to direction where you take away something from other weapon and add it to FS, increasing its utility for everyone, like exhausted, rend, slows, staggers.
Uhh some things are meant to have burst damage… Like mages who currently don’t have burst damage.
Why are u saying mages are weak? i get destroyed by good mages in arena all time. Firestaff and ice pylon is one of the most annoying thigns to deal with
get 13k-15k life and do ur combat rotations and ur enemy will be dead
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Just pick up a hatchet/hammer/greataxe for mutations. Whatever melee/or dex build you want for PvP. Bruiser if you want to war.
The amount of mage resistances in Brimstone is ridiculous and mages aren’t really most desired in mutations. Play bruiser if you’re going to solo the Brimstone quests, if you haven’t already.
Imagine if there was as much slash resistance in the game as there is mage resistances. 
Quit playing mage and maybe it’ll get some attention.
I only play medium support mage in war. Dropped FS altogether.
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I dont have a solution. All I know is, it feels like dookie to play a FS/IG in NW right now.
I’d say I’m a decent mage, so let me say this. As a mage I have to play absolutely perfect and make zero mistakes. When I play my Bow/spear build I’m able to make mistakes; recover and then still win the fight. I’m also able to actually kill healers as a dex player. Yet Int builds have a super low chance of ever killing healers.
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I mean does it take skills to spam light attacks with s/s or gs while having constant grit, a slow on mage, cc to always stop any ability from going off and the mobility to always catch up or get away? I mean every melee user complains about flame thrower but its honestly one of the only things we have. What’s the difference in melee auto tracking than actually holding out a flame thrower you still have to aim?
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