Ok.. quick question.. DO ANY OF THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING PVP?
Whats that? Only a quarter? Hrmm... go figure. Shit happens. Things change. Mages DO have to change their templates. Theres not a single mage on the shard whos template is invincible and has never been changed. NO ONE on the shard has a 10 MR suit with 70s. NO ONE on the shard has a suit with 180 int and 70s. Hell, if im not mistaken, the best mage suit on the shard (In possession of shake) is only like +32 mana, total, including the +int from the hat of magi. Even BEFORE this patch, no one had more than 160 INT because there arent items LIKE the jackals that give +15 int, and there are few FC/FCR jewels WITH +int in a decent amount.
So.. lemme get this straight. All of your pvp skill relys on ONE weapon ability? Pathetic. You talk about owning people, and all you can do is AI? Learn some strategy... try... MORTAL WOUND (WTF I CANT HEAL) or... CONCUSSION BLOW (bye bye mage with low mana), or maybe even DOUBLESTRIKE (did you know that my ninja has 70 mana, no tactics, and uses axe of the heavens and STILL manages to pull off 60 dmg hits with double strike?) Or you know that one attack that those ninjas have... focus strike? Yeah, that works. Or death strike. (This ability aggravates me too even more than the AI whores, but there is no cap on that.. soo....) Now if every person complaining here wasnt already a ninja, I'd end there. BUT. Almost everyone here IS a ninja, so ill continue:
Necromancy - Yeah, this skill exists. With the fact that your 200 dex is useless, ditch some of those ubar itamz and get some +int items instead. Yeah, good idea huh? Thats sorta how my ninja has 70 mana. OR... DROP YOUR DEX, AND RAISE YOUR INT. Had 200 dex before? Drop your REAL dex (before equipment) by 50, and raise int by 50. HOLY HELL YOU HAVE 80 INTELLIGENCE AND CAN NOW USE MORE THAN AI. Here's a tactic that only 2/10000 warriors know: Strangle, bleed, AI, painspike. IT WORKS.
Bushido - I havent seen a person who uses this skill for more than confidence and lightning strike, and thats just wrong. Did anyone besides me read the definitions for the other abilities you get with this skill? If not, i'll clarify what i mean... EVASION CAN PARRY SPELLS. Yea.. you know those "evil" explos/ebolt combos? PARRY IT. Wow, go figure. Any other skills worth using? Hell yeah! So you're fighting another warrior. You lack your AIs and 1.25 sec swing speed... COUNTER. ATTACK. Thats kinda obvious.
Or you can get creative... Just because there is a cap on DIRECT damage (armor ignore/lightning strike specifically) does not mean there is a cap on damage period. So your 120 tactics/120 anatomy chars are still useful. How you might ask? DISARM. When you disarm someone, they are left with wrestling as a defensive skill.. with your oh-so-leet 120 weaponskill vs their 0 weapon skill, you hit every blow. If you're one of the ones with 120 tact/anat/100 DI, you can probably do MORE damage without AI than with it, so shaddap.
Or mix your templates together:
Archer/Mage: Sure, might seem like it wont work.. but just because you cant do 60 dmg AIs doesnt mean you shouldnt try a 35 DMG AI coupled with spells. Oh, by the way, mages have been able to do this for a long time anyways, so deal with it.
Samurai/Ninja/Archer: Yeah, strange, ill admit, but now you dont NEED all of the tactics to be massively effective. bushido/ninjitsu/archery/anatomy/healing/MEDorFOCUS/parry... it isnt hard to see the implications.
Whatever, im tired of typing this