Whitestuff
15-03-04, 23:06
This is coming from me as a leveling PPU. I started my PPU a few months ago, leveld to around 37/37 rank and stopped. I was working on my tank mostly then.... Anyway, I come back after some good bits of nerfage and I find that I cannot cast any of my spells anymore, spells that I nearly capped btw. I read the patchnotes again (b/c at the time, I was in tank mode reading the highlights that affected tanks) and I see that all spells have been "adjusted". Now I realize that hybrids are strong and measures need to be taken to get them "in balance" with the other classes, but what KK has done is not good for the game. They have adjusted the spell requirements to accomodate near capped monks who are hybrid. I am talking about mid and high lvl spells, the lower ones seem to be left alone.
What I mean is that there are lower level spells and buffs that are attainable easily with leveling, but now we have a HUGE gap between low level buffs and mid to high level ones. A TL3 heal takes 7 PPU to use, but a blessed heal (lvl 2 single player heal) takes 118 PPU. Now PPUs have other spells to use like soulclusters and the lot, but I am talking about main stream spells like heal, deflector, rezz, shelter. . . etc. There really is a big gap there. And I haven't been a lowbie APU for a while, but I bet they got whacked just like PPUs. And it isn't just me because I got caught at the crossover point, I am saying this for all those people out there who are starting PPUs or APUs who get to the mid level area and find that they have to level up SEVERAL PSI lvls to attain a spell that was reasonably placed before. The main reason is to have a good psi pool and enough MST to use those mid level spells.
I suppose a PPU who only wanted to buff himself while downing 2 lvl 2 psi boosters wouldn't have any trouble gimping his mana pool, but for those of us PPUs who like to level by using our spells on other players, don't think that's a viable option. And you can't gimp MST, you need it to cast the spell at all. so you end up gimping your PPU for a while, til your MST and PPW are high enough, but then you PSI base is high enough for lvl 3 implants and even higher spells that you can't use, cause you are still working on the requirements for the mid level ones.
Too much to read, I know, but try.
What I mean is that there are lower level spells and buffs that are attainable easily with leveling, but now we have a HUGE gap between low level buffs and mid to high level ones. A TL3 heal takes 7 PPU to use, but a blessed heal (lvl 2 single player heal) takes 118 PPU. Now PPUs have other spells to use like soulclusters and the lot, but I am talking about main stream spells like heal, deflector, rezz, shelter. . . etc. There really is a big gap there. And I haven't been a lowbie APU for a while, but I bet they got whacked just like PPUs. And it isn't just me because I got caught at the crossover point, I am saying this for all those people out there who are starting PPUs or APUs who get to the mid level area and find that they have to level up SEVERAL PSI lvls to attain a spell that was reasonably placed before. The main reason is to have a good psi pool and enough MST to use those mid level spells.
I suppose a PPU who only wanted to buff himself while downing 2 lvl 2 psi boosters wouldn't have any trouble gimping his mana pool, but for those of us PPUs who like to level by using our spells on other players, don't think that's a viable option. And you can't gimp MST, you need it to cast the spell at all. so you end up gimping your PPU for a while, til your MST and PPW are high enough, but then you PSI base is high enough for lvl 3 implants and even higher spells that you can't use, cause you are still working on the requirements for the mid level ones.
Too much to read, I know, but try.