1.4 mages are done.

[Armitas]

* Chloromancer: Reduced the healing effectiveness of Bloom and Essence Surge when the target is in PvP combat.

DOMINATOR
* Traitorous Influence, Mass Betrayal: Energy and Power drained by procs from these abilities has been reduced to 20 from 30. These abilities now only trigger off of damaging or healing abilities.
* Transference now reduces energy/power/mana regeneration by 25% and increases ability costs by 50% for 7 seconds.
* Dominator: Reduced the damage of Split Personality's Void Bolts in PvP combat.

* Necromancer: Reduced the healing effectiveness of Soul Purge when the target is in PvP combat.

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STORMCALLER
* Lightning Burst - New Ability: Available at 44 points. Blasts the enemy with lightning, dealing Air damage. Damage is increased by 50% for each stack of Electrified on the target. Deals 10% of the total damage dealt per stack of Electrified to 5 additional targets within 7 meters. Removes all stacks of Electrified from the initial target.

this thing hits as hard as old pyro fulminate, and it's aoeing... i often crit in the 4k with it



For the split personality void bolts, they still hit for some descent damages, and my chlorolock is still a pain to kill

[Armitas]

They are already asking for LB to get nerfed on the forums (despite the required build up). They are complaining that 4k is too much damage even know other classes can reach 4k faster than a SC can build up to a LB. We have been nerfed for less. I am certain it will get nerfed or will be ninja hot fixed with a throttling algorithm like fulminate was. (Fulmniate is throttled on high valor's so that fireball does more damage than fulminate).


I cancelled my account. I can't take the roller coaster anymore. I have suspected that we no longer have a mage developer since 1.3, and for the last month I have doubted rifts intentions of sticking around. Ex:

Races - don't matter, seem thrown together with no story or purpose.
Rank 6 armor - PvE reskin
Rank 8 armor - another reskin. (more lazy, quantity over quality)
Problems with CC were bandaided rather than fixed and still remain despite numerous requests from forum members.
42% PvP damage reduction half a year in, and then R7-8 come out (how can this be sustainable?). They are burning out.
After a month of PTS 1.2 comes out and SC does no damage because of DR. (they didn't test it themselves)
Players can equip 2 two handed weapons after beta
1.4 comes out and mages can put stones on their weapons and get a boost to sp every time they equip the weapon.
200sp unequip
reequip 400sp unequip
reequip 600 SP etc

I'm keeping up with the forums and will come back once the roller coaster ride ends. ...Unless it takes so long that Tera comes out. I just don't feel like paying for the mage experience, unless mages become F2P as some have suggested.

[Damaged]

That makes me sad in pants .....

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pretty sure LB will be nerfed, yes.
anyway, I enjoy it while I can, 200k to go for p8, then i'll go back to my OP chlorolock

[Armitas]

Wow that close already? Congratz. That's some fast leveling. What does the total mitagation turn out to be for P8 with all the valor essences?

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No change on the valor values on p7-p8 armors, so it's 800 if i remember for armors.
The 6 pvp essences and the pvp sigil give 225 valor, you can add another 75 from runes, 50 from trinket, and 50 from pvp drink.
that's a lot..... but that's a lot of favor to spend too, and rather spend it on p8 armor/weapons first and still use my 6 epic lessers sigil

[Armitas]

The "hotfix" to nerf warrior's actually made them do more damage. I wonder if there is anyone actually testing anything over at trion.

http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-gene...nsane-dmg.html

I did see pyro's got a buff, but nothing that fixes the problem with them that causes people not to play them. It's start though.

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servers coming down now to fix it... didnt last long