Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 9:31 AM

Rebalance patch?

Asiasoft Forums have been abuzzed with the latest topic: The Rebalance Patch in Korean MS.

One of the most talked-about parts in the patch: Bishop's Genesis. This spamming skill commonly used by many Bishops has been drastically revamped, according to the source.

The new gene (apparently):
Lv30: -600 MP, hits 15 enemies for 1300% damage. 30 second cooldown.

Which means, less MP needed to cast Gene, but. a cooldown. There have been many differing views on this topic, mostly against.

FOR: There will be less leechers. This is because with the cooldown, spamming can no longer be, well, spammed. And thus exp gained is less. (However EXP needed to level has been reduced drastically, with a cut of up to 33%.)

AGAINST: Cooldown? Also, if the supposed intention of this is to reduce the amount of leechers, it may have other consequences. Although many people will not be willing to leech now, with less leechers, spam service may be cheaper. This is because: how much exp can you gain if Gene is cast TWICE in 1 min? If spam service is cheaper, some people (who previously never considered getting spam service) may do so.

(NOTE: Other magicians' 4th job skills have not been discussed, I'm not too sure whether those will be 'revamped' like Gene as well, but I won't say no. In my opinion, it's likely that they'll revamp the F/P's Meteor and I/L's Blizzard as well, it's only fair.)

MOREOVER. PQs have been revamped. There are now no MAXIMUM level limits. Hence, Kerning PQ is open to all level 21s to 200s. Can you imagine what will happen?

FOR: Yay, I can relive my PQ days. :D Which also means that for PQs such as Lord Pirate, where you have to defeat the boss a certain amount of times to get the Hat, you can do so now. ALSO, the lower-levels may gain from this, because now there'll be a greater mixture and variety of people. Thus PQs can be done faster.

AGAINST: Level 200s probably will not go to KPQ, but the level 30s will, and these people will rob the level 20s of their PQ spots. Who wants to invite a lower-level when you can invite somebody who's higher-level?


Whether it's going to happen to MSEA, I don't think anybody's sure of that yet.

DISCLAIMER: I've taken the liberty to make many assumptions in this post, especially with regards to the 'for' and 'against' sections. Pardon me if I'm factually incorrect, thank you!

Regards,
Rock.