Straight from the horses mouth so to speak...

[old.Emma]

All quotes are from the Devs when 30 people from Percival (US) visited Mythics HQ.

"He said he wants to make changes to classes in small steps...so I asked about the 40% reduction to left axe damage. He said that was done poorly...the intent was to nerf berzerkers mainly...shadowblades just got screwed. Oh...and that he wasn't responsible for it. He made sure to point that out. He did seem to acklowdge that shadowblades are weak now, he said something along the lines of wanting to find that one thing that shadowblades really need to make them on the same playing field as infils and NS's. "

"Mackey did say they've learned a great deal about the game since release. For instance, if they had to do it all again, not all hib casters would have baseline stun. "

""Matt also stated they they currently are debating wiping clean the entire RA slate and redoing them for Frontiers. He admitted that it was poorly done, and they regret implementing it in the way that they did."

Seems Mythic actually know SB`s are bad off currently but it seems there is hope for us after all. \o/

Here`s the thread with the entire interview (that has been posted atleast)

http://vnboards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=58249949&replies=28

 

[salamurhaaja]

There's still hope for us kobie SBs

 

[pudzy]

Wasn't that they dodn't know.. was more they didn't care

 

[klavrynd]

screenshot it before the mods from hell kill the thread

 

[Naveh]

Murder them! The filthy scum! <swings his balled fist in the air>

xD

 

[klavrynd]

some thoughts

"The goal of DAoC is to be an army on army game. That doesn't mean it's always 100 on 100. But we do want it to be multi-groups vs multi-groups. And there's going to be a lot of changes coming up with what we' doing with MLA's and Frontiers expansion that will address exactly that." They're trying to make it so that it's not just biggest zerg wins or most uber 8v8 group wins.

and up a bit mackey says he focuses on player feedback (aka vnboards alb whine)

why bother to nerf classes if the most uber 8v8 group shouldnt win?

Mythic is aware of the MP crafted thrown weapon stacked all becoming MP's. But it's not a high priority issue in the grand scheme of things. When groups of 8 thrown spec warriors start pwning people, they'll start worrying about that issue.

heh, bit weird it's a mid class again?

Mackey has a L50 in all three realms.

so? does that mean he can play the class? does that mean he can play the game? does that mean he gets "uber" groups? who cares about mister nerf-mid doing /level 50 and making quick decisions ?

He gave the example of the changes to Savages, how they could have taken away Advanced Evade, which would have been a popular move (among nonSavages), but that he felt that the changes that were made were more targetted to the specific problem at hand.

but since that would be a nerf too heavy they just fucked over the damage, making another "i evade once every blue moon and do as much damage as a cliff beetle" class in mid

Mackey made a joke about how the list-caster format of spells really helps his buffbots

and

The response was Mackey wants to reward people who are specced Aug/Enhance/Nurture, and reward groups for having a real player in the group instead of back at the PK

...

 

[Danya]

According to Mackey, Savages got off easy. Mackey wanted to nerf them much harder. "They need more nerfing."

 

[Damon_D]

Ofcourse savages need more nerfing FFS..atm they actualy able to kill stuff..that aint alloved as a mid..nope I foresee them getting nerfed as bad as Zerkers and SB's, prob in the same patch as infil's get 3x spec points and IP back.....

 

[aveh]

Damon, now you're just taking the piss dude..

OFC Savages need a nerf - and a hard one. Whenever I'm grouped with more than one its pointless following the assist train because the target is dead before I can get my axe out..

 

[old.Hardbein]

Originally posted by aveh
Damon, now you're just taking the piss dude..

OFC Savages need a nerf - and a hard one. Whenever I'm grouped with more than one its pointless following the assist train because the target is dead before I can get my axe out..

Guess u never fought Albs with BoF/SoS-combo and high RR uber Clerics healing ur target.

:wall:

 

[old.Sko]

Originally posted by old.Hardbein
Guess u never fought Albs with BoF/SoS-combo and high RR uber Clerics healing ur target.

:wall:

Savage

- A bug in Savage's chances to triple or quad has been fixed. Savages should now triple more frequently than before, and quad less frequently than before. Due to this, overall savage damage should decrease.

- Savage buffs have been halved in duration, and had their health cost halved.

- The Savage "Irreverent Gesture" line has been changed from a shout to a four second cast time.

- Savage buffs now subtract a percent of your maximum health, not your estimated health. Since estimated health was lower, this is an increase from what it used to be.

- We've toned down the damage that Savages do while wielding any weapon other than a Hand to Hand weapon.

case closed imo.