Opey wrote:
Ok, but how is 2 rounding a GM warrior in one of the most militaristic groups balanced?
When said GM warrior is an MR barb and you're using enchanted purely physical claymores. Had Zonin been a normal barbarian with SA and sanc it would have been impossible to kill him before 2 holy words got dropped in that scenario.
Baldric wrote:
In what 1v1 match-ups in neutral territory does a necromancer actually have a disadvantage? Remember that defenders are supposed to have an advantage, all else being equal.
1v1 matchups in neutral territory are a very specific ground to do battle. As well, you also worded that "when does a necromancer actually have a disadvantage" which is very specific. Sorcs don't have a disadvantage 1v1 either, but no one is complaining about them, because no one is stupid enough to fight a sorc 1v1 so that they can eventually get petrified. No, not everyone can engage a necro 1v1 in neutral territory and come out on top... but why would you ever bother anyway?
However, to answer your question: Harlie ranged is one, druid ranged is another, hammer anything, bards, any paladin ever. No, they will probably not land the kill, but that's true for anyone who goes against a caster 1v1 in neutral territory, so I see no point there.
Necros have absolutely huge, glaring weaknesses. They are personally the weakest class in the entire game, next to sorcerers. Necros have access to no skills that can keep a target locked in place except bash, and that has now been limited to controls. Everything a necro can control can be BoGed, and holy worded for double damage. You may claim that necros still have the tools to defeat groups of 3+ newbs, as if no other class can do that, but I think that a recent log by Mundy clearly indicates otherwise.
Necros are not good. Necros used to be passable if your enemies didn't know how to handle you. Now, necros are bad. They're too frail to spend any of their time in combat doing anything besides casting fear or making orders, because if the fight lasts more than 5 combat rounds, the necro's animates and controls will all be dead or near it.
I've played every class in SK except shaman, and necros are by far the easiest to screw up and die with, and now the potential damage you trade that for is laughable at best, and the only way you can take full advantage of it is to spend an entire fight ordering.
Baldric wrote:
Necromancers are still good, and you are overreacting.
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You dart west.
An East-West Tunnel in the Sewers
A glossy coating can be seen reflecting against the walls due to a faint
light source coming from both the east and west. The air grows increasingly
thick and clammy as the tunnel winds onward to the east and starts to
saturate your skin with an unpleasant stickiness. The reek here is nearly
unbearable and causes your eyes to water and almost makes you regret taking
your next breath of air. Muffled scraping sounds along with the unsettling
of the pool below you can be heard echoing off the walls of the sewers all
around you.
Obvious exits: e w rift
The corpse of a Peacekeeper soldier is lying here.
The severed finger of a Peacekeeper soldier is here.
A throwing spear has been left here.
A magical rift is glowing violently in the mid-air.
A hideous dark wraith floats near its master.
A hideous dark wraith floats near its master.
A hideous dark wraith floats near its master.
A hideous dark wraith floats near its master.
A wolf-like creature stands here, snarling and spitting in rage.
A hideous dark wraith floats near its master.
A hideous dark wraith floats near its master.
A hideous dark wraith floats near its master.
A hideous dark wraith floats near its master.
A strange-looking woman is here.
A nervous male human is here.
A repugnant male sprite is flying here.
A repugnant male sprite is flying here.
A repugnant male sprite is flying here.
A repugnant male sprite is flying here.
A repugnant male sprite is flying here.
A repugnant male sprite is flying here.
You see a large cockroach, clinging to the walls.
You see a large cockroach, clinging to the walls.
A black bat is flying overhead.
You see a large cockroach, clinging to the walls.
A black bat is flying overhead.
Officer Chirk walks in from the east.
A fastidious female sprite darts in from the east.
[HP:100%] [ME: 94%] [PE: 99%]
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A fastidious female sprite utters the words, 'parl xafe'.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath MANGLES a black bat!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath DEMOLISHES a large cockroach!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath DEMOLISHES a black bat!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath *** OBLITERATES *** a large cockroach!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath DEMOLISHES a large cockroach!
A repugnant male sprite yells 'Huards! A f`stidjous gemald sprise is trxing to
murder me!'
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath breaks a repugnant male sprite's
mirror image.
A nervous male human's ward of protection vanishes.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath wounds a nervous male human.
The blessing on Aphrominas the faceless nymph's armor vanishes.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath mauls Aphrominas the faceless nymph.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath *** ANNIHILATES *** a wraith!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath *** OBLITERATES *** a wraith!
A wraith collapses to the ground.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath *** OBLITERATES *** a wraith!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath *** OBLITERATES *** a wraith!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath *** OBLITERATES *** a wraith!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath *** OBLITERATES *** a wraith!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath *** OBLITERATES *** a wraith!
A fastidious female sprite utters a word of divine power!
[HP:100%] [ME: 94%] [PE: 99%]
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A fastidious female sprite recites something.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath *** ANNIHILATES *** a black bat!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a large
cockroach!
A large cockroach is mortally wounded, and will die soon, if not aided.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a black
bat!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a large
cockroach!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a large
cockroach!
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath breaks a repugnant male sprite's
mirror image.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath injures a nervous male human.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath wounds Aphrominas the faceless nymph.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a wraith!
A wraith is DEAD!!
A wraith's hand is skillfully severed from its arm.
A fastidious female sprite junks a corpse of a wraith.
A jade battle axe falls out.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a wraith!
A wraith is DEAD!!
You hear a wraith's death cry.
A fastidious female sprite junks a corpse of a wraith.
A jade battle axe falls out.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a wraith!
A wraith is DEAD!!
You hear a wraith's death cry.
A fastidious female sprite junks a corpse of a wraith.
A jade battle axe falls out.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a wraith!
A wraith is DEAD!!
You hear a wraith's death cry.
A fastidious female sprite junks a corpse of a wraith.
A jade battle axe falls out.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a wraith!
A wraith is DEAD!!
You hear a wraith's death cry.
A fastidious female sprite junks a corpse of a wraith.
A jade battle axe falls out.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a wraith!
A wraith is DEAD!!
You hear a wraith's death cry.
A fastidious female sprite junks a corpse of a wraith.
A jade battle axe falls out.
A fastidious female sprite's divine wrath does UNSPEAKABLE THINGS to a wraith!
A wraith is DEAD!!
A wraith's foot is skillfully severed from its leg.
A fastidious female sprite junks a corpse of a wraith.
A pitch-black hunting spear falls out.
A long hunting spear falls out.
A fastidious female sprite utters a word of divine power!
[HP:100%] [ME: 94%] [PE: 99%]
Yeah, real good class. There's a reason that vets don't play necros, and it just got worse.
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