by 13 » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:19 pm
I have to say I pretty much totally disagree Heck. Thieves are a leather class and always have been, they are quickly in and out, as you well know. AC actually doesn't benefit them much at all compared to putting the dmg in the spots where ac goes. They don't have rescue, and there is _no_ prime thief "ac eq" in game. Monks are closely related, just ask splork. I lobbied for a long time for more ac for monks, shoulderguards..something. He said unequivocally that monks are not made to have good ac, hence the bamboo leggings. Bard's, however, come right out of the box with the 2nd most NC natural hps, the rescue skill, the protect skill, and their prime class autoquest item is tank EQ. Bards have 1.7 leggings. The only other class that has that is Warrior (we're leaving out the carbos since they aren't specifically class restricted other than avatar iirc). I realize that you don't have a Bard prime or a character with bard that would be counting on -11 and taking hits for people as a 'job' so this may not be as personal to you as it is to me. Blackula is the first of his kind, the all new_class tank. Bard Monk Druid Necro. I have hps, some dmg reduction, fluidity, counter, ogham's and used to be ac. I was going to have a hard enough time trying to open people's eyes and have them try something different, not it's impossible and I just had a 3x40 restroactively wasted for me. I would like an imm's response to this please, if possible. Ex post facto nerfs like this are the single most frustrating aspect of this game.
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