J_McSkill Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) It really never ceases to amaze me how out of touch the devs can be with this game. PT's ranged counter part, mercs, having better face tank dcds makes absolutely no sense. On SS and SF, you can go days or weeks playing ranked without seeing a single AP PT among all the mercs, maras and snipers. At least you still see the other non fotm classes pop up every couple of games but not PT's... AP is literally the only spec in the game that can be straight up tunneled thru all of their dcd's without any sort of coordinated strategy, i.e. diversion, double hard stun on a sniper. Yes, every class in the game will eventually die if focused but they at least require some attention from the players on them to to no burst into certain dcds (reflect, sorc bubble). I keep getting fooled into false hope but Oh well... Edited April 6, 2018 by J_McSkill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadecounty Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 They should just bring back the old DR on kolto plus cooldown reduction when attacked. It was OP at one point because they were also the best burst spec in game and super easy to play and other classes didn't have great oh **** cd's. But now they are only a very good burst spec, and the 30 meter abilities got nerfed to 10 meters making them require more damage to be taken to deal damage, and every other class has amazing cd's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mournblood Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) While I agree that (AP) PTs have the weakest DCDs in the game currently, they also have some of the best front-loaded burst in the game. I believe BW could give them a slight buff to one of their DCDs, either Kolto Overload or Energy Shield, but they would have to be very careful not to over buff them otherwise PTs would become unstoppable. That said, rather than rant about it here where no one of importance is going to care or be in a position to address your concerns, I'd recommend sending Eric a PM with a well articulated message about why you think AP PTs should get a buff, and what suggestion(s) you might offer toward that end. That would be a far more productive endeavor than posting about it here, and who knows, if enough players PM him about it, they may reconsider buffing AP PT DCDs in some measurable way. Edited April 6, 2018 by Mournblood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KendraP Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 You guys want to cry about PT lol even the tanks are less survivable than mercs. And their damage is being gimped to boot. Bye bye PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benmas Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 (edited) They might as well delete PT from the game at this point. Edited April 7, 2018 by benmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahavery Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 PT's had 1 viable pvp spec running skank tank. Now they will have zero viable pvp specs. I am done playing mine for the foreseeable future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhancelot Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 They might as well delete PT from the game at this point. If that's the case they might as well delete ling sorcs too, and about 3-4 other sub-classes that are basically useless in PVP and under-performing. They just need to give some slight buffs to some classes and that would make them all fairly even. I am not for heavy handed nerfs though, all that does it ruin the fun of a class. Sorcs are an example of that, so many extreme buffs then extreme nerfs have really made them not nearly as fun as they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_McSkill Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 If that's the case they might as well delete ling sorcs too, and about 3-4 other sub-classes that are basically useless in PVP and under-performing. They just need to give some slight buffs to some classes and that would make them all fairly even. I am not for heavy handed nerfs though, all that does it ruin the fun of a class. Sorcs are an example of that, so many extreme buffs then extreme nerfs have really made them not nearly as fun as they should be. Sorcs are ranged and therefore have the built in defensive ability to kite while doing damage, they bring bring the utility of being able to off heal not only themselves but the team as well, on top of that they have two "oh SH*T" buttons in bubble and phase walk. I've seen lightning sorcs pull over 6k dps in arenas, I've also seen sorcs kite the hell out of an entire team while off healing and doing damage using line of sight and smart phasewalks. They are harder to play than mercs or maras but they are viable. The bottom line is there will always be the easy to play fotm classes and some that are under performing, the problem is that PT's are the only class that bring nothing to the table and can easily be killed thru any of their defensive abilities. Heck, I'd even be happy with the devs simply giving PT's back their 30m railshots, this would at least make kiting a viable option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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