hellking

Originally Posted by Cyber_naut

Agreed, it would be silly to make all sets have strong aoe abilities, there should be some sets that are poor in aoe, but that would be balanced in giving that set powerful single target abilities.

That WAS energy melee. Terrible aoe but the best burst and dps single target set. But some players had a hard time wrapping their minds around the idea of a set that was dominant at one thing and horrible at another. So when et showed its strength, especially in pvp situations, people cried 'overpowered', while ignoring it's blatant weaknesses.

They weren't with the em guy from 1-50 using a set that is nearly useless on teams and badly overshadowed by pretty much every other set because they all have superior aoe.

One of the devs even straight out admitted it was hearing these cries that contributed to nerfing em (et specifically) - stating there were countless posters laughing at people who took anything other than em - but they somehow missed the fact they were all in regards to pvp builds. Only a fool would have suggested em as a top choice for team play. In pve, especially on teams, aoe rules the day.

Now that's not to say em is unplayable, but it's clearly a bottom feeder now. It's dead last in aoe ability, has poor aoe mitigation, slow animations (enjoy all the wasted attacks as teamates kill your targets while sloth.. er... energy transfer animates), a top power that kills your regen, in exchange for single target abilities that are merely on par with other sets that dominate you in aoe, in fact some are superior in both aoe and single target.

If I had my way, em would be reverted to what it was - the best single target set balanced by the fact it's the worst aoe set. It's dominance in pvp would be remedied somewhat by the recent pvp changes in that energy damage is not as lightly resisted as it once was. It would still be a top choice for pvp, but again, that's balanced by the fact its a bottom choice for pve due to weak aoe abilities.

My second choice for a remedy would be to improve the sets aoe ability. They could start by making either em or et a cone or small pbaoe.

But leaving the set as is, imo, is a shame. It was a really fun set that was unfairly nerfed to death due to ignorance and miscommunication.

Originally Posted by KRembar

il est tros tard pour le teasing.