Hi.
Apologizing, but I will not use multicolor fonts and 10500 screenshots.
Short story:
Actually, I was never interested in killing Avatar so much, since you have nerfed many things in 1005 and, especially in 1006 (in previous versions it can be killed different ways and pretty easy, so before I didn’t pay much attention). For now, no class combination (except 1)* can do it (google search showed me thread in your forum where cagey** Chinese user showed his build. Never mind, small improvements helped me to ‘finish the plan’.
* I do not remember exactly where I’ve seen some words like: “It can be killed, but needs special preparations”. Like fun. Builds with 94% lightning resistance; 500K+ crit dmg; 54% melee & 75% ranged dodge ability; 200K + retaliation dmg with 2.5 DA and up to 3K armor… nothing was useful. Yes, I understand the game mechanic + the way how to kill it with other player classes, but very narrow range of possibilities do not allow it.
** video of Mog’s killing differs from build description for some reasons
Motivation of starting this thread:
So building an ‘Avatar-killer’ for 1006 (repeat: NP at all in 1004 and less problems with it in 1005), not in theory, but in practice, I’ve founded that many things must be improved (always must be a choice, write it now only in this aspect). I will give you only 1 example: if you compare % offensive ability (items + materia + augments + devotions) and the same % defensive ability, what will you discover? And if also to pay attention for items you need (according to “Set bonus” but not the different separate items) the answer is rhetorical… The same ‘calamity’ with items bonuses for players class abilities. No chance of any normal choice…
My thoughts:
- I do not ask to nerf Avatar, other mobs and so on, I ask to give all player-classes equal possibilities, because sometimes I have strong conviction that devs like only 3 player classes: Occultist, Shaman & Soldier (f.e.: +139 Extra skill points with really needed item bonuses for DMGR build Soldier + Occultist… hmm a little bit differs from retaliation build Shaman + Night blade with !wow! + 2 extra points in summary).
- Want to ask you create/invent more items, materia, augments. Or, please, at least, make ‘random-crafting rules’ (where it will be 1 mandatory skill bonus and 2nd/3rd… random, my subtle brains will not survive with ‘+2 to Maiven’s Sphere of Protection & +1 to All Skills in Arcanist’ in ‘Will of the Living’ creating build without smallest allusion for Arcanist player-class/skills.
- Some ‘bestiary’ (kind of beast encyclopedia with detailed characteristics) will be highly appreciated.
- Instead of nerfing devotions/items/skills better buff the enemies. Nonsense, remaking one of my build and instead of previous “battle”-constellations I took “Tree of life” and “Benemoth” - I didn’t feel practically any difference with previous build, mmmde… Am I doing something wrong? Or Menhir’s Bulwark + Blood of Dreeg + items % health regen make these actually perfect constellations not more important than, sorry, piece of sh*t?
Well, I’ve started to play this game several month’s before, because as it seemed to me, it has perfect mechanic and many ways to reach desirable result and now I see the bounds. Very visible bounds and fondling(s).
Anyway I thank all developers and participators for this game!
Kind regards.
PS Avatar of Mogdrogen execution.
Well, some people think, that ‘this mob was created to check the game balance’. I can also guess, that possible reason can be: somebody’s ego satisfaction (as developers, same players). Or both reasons. Anyway, I truly believe (sorry devs) every time player kill Mog, somebody has the butеhurt, like:
Hehe.
One last thing: my practice of playing with ‘Pet’s owner’ before this fight was near 5 hours and timer, I think, can be 4-5 minutes (it is not important for me in this case). Also, most of Materia in this build for this fight is useless (I wrote about ‘choice’ above). Hope you’ll enjoy back-ground vocal =)
Part 1: Fight
Part 2: Build
