This is simply a compilation of all the new changes to the PS for those parties who are interested:
New skills added:
Death Spike (60% power)
Poison (Which has, again, been made more effective in Gracia)
Summon Cursed Bones
Servitor Changes:
Shillouette:
10% increase to Patk
20% increase to Matk
Shadow:
20% increase to Patk
10% increase to Matk (doesn't really matter)
Soulless:
10% increase to Patk
20% increase to Matk
10% increase to Pdef
10% increase to Mdef
No longer curses the summoner with mana degeneration.
Poison AoE attack is more effective.
Nightshade:
155% increase to Patk
75% increase to Pdef
60% increase to Mdef
6% increase to speed
New 20min buffs: Focus, Death Whisper, Guidence.
Spectral Lord (These values may not be exact):
25% increase to HP
45% increase to Pdef
20% increase to Mdef
10% increase to Acc
10% increase to evasion
10% increase to critical rate
Over all? Nothing but love as far as I can see.
Feel free to comment on and/or bring attention to anything that may have been left out. I hope this helps some of you to simply see the whole spectrum of the changes being made to the Phantom Summoner.
Yeah, there are just so many changes, it is nice to see it all in one spot.
I am curious as to whether or not any of you think NCsoft went too far with the changes to the PS? Getting the 60% nuke to provide supplemental damage and all the changes to the servitors, especially nightshade... Is it too much? Do you think we are now one of the more/ most powerful classes in the game?
Personally, I don't think so. I can see where a PS with an Arcana mace with 150 Dark attribute on it in end game would be quite deadly, but those players will be reasonably rare. I really think the changes to nightshade open-up many more play styles to Phantom Summoners. His Pdef is good enough to tank in parties, his AoE hex/gloom is a nice compliment to the new death spike, and he can buff himself focus and guidence as well as do great damage with that 155% increase to Patk. In all, he will be a beast in my opinion. Spectral Lord will still be the powerhouse in terms of damage dealing, and I hope he can take a few hits now with the defense boost, but nightshade is just so versitle now.
Also, I have changed over from using a +4 Dragon Slayer with health to an SoM with acumen. I realise death spike is not very powerful, but it will still do good damage to assist your servitor and the extra casting speed is always welcome for healing. With the new Patk on the servitors, it just makes meleeing with your servitor less and less effective. Not sure if it will really make too much of a difference in the higher levels.
I really think the Arcana mace with dark attribute should be the weapon of choice for all Sg Phantom Summoners, with the ability to give your servitors extra dark attack and the extra power on our death spike, it really seems like a no-brainer.
Honestly, until you have almost 60 element the nuke will be weaker than an augment ( i checked). Nightshade is a fantastic support pet and it is and always will be amazing. Honestly though a good pony summoner will still rock a PS end game same with a titan. Don't get me wrong, it's a great power boost but PS is not being made into some sort of endgame juggernaut.
As to dark attack on an S weapon, everyone should have been working toward that as soon as the element transference showed up in patch notes
Ohh and with the boosts nightshade's patk is still quite a bit below spectral lord, around 2/3 the value.
lol ES? betray the pony and send you summon after the ES while you are nuking the ES=GG
Betray does not land well on reasonable level pets with mental shield. Additionally your pet is warrior bane'd so that it hits like a kitten. Meanwhile you are chain stunned by the unicorn who nukes you incessantly while the ES runs in circles and gets hit only occasionally due to the melee chasing issue.
Please educate yourself on something before you try and talk about it.
+75% pdef and +60% pdef on top of the Nightshade's current numbers? Holy crap.
+155% atk is nice, of course, but it had absolutely worthless p.atk to start with, so that's why it still ranks behind the more DD-oriented summons (as it should considering its other useful abilities).
+75% pdef and +60% pdef on top of the Nightshade's current numbers? Holy crap.
+155% atk is nice, of course, but it had absolutely worthless p.atk to start with, so that's why it still ranks behind the more DD-oriented summons (as it should considering its other useful abilities).
Nightshade now has the Patk of shadow and shillouette in Hellbound, just so you can get a rough idea. So, he is actually quite effective as a DD.
I'm not 100% sure, Spuddy, but I don't remember them dividing when I had my summons on the PTS.
I should check but I'm lazy. And it'll be tomorrow anyway so we can see :)
Well idk on my DA on live, when my panther was out, herbs lasted for 1minute each on me and my panther, (no it wasnt showing 1 minute and actually 1 min and 59 seconds, it was solid, then showed 59,58,57, etc...)
On the PTS with my necromancer and skeleton out, the buff lasted for 2 minutes and 30 seconds on me and my skele. So try looking at it again :(
lol ES? betray the pony and send you summon after the ES while you are nuking the ES=GG
Betray does not land well on reasonable level pets with mental shield. Additionally your pet is warrior bane'd so that it hits like a kitten. Meanwhile you are chain stunned by the unicorn who nukes you incessantly while the ES runs in circles and gets hit only occasionally due to the melee chasing issue.
Please educate yourself on something before you try and talk about it.
and would about the Nukes hitting the ES? and if stun cubic lands? your thinking of PS now. PS is a different Ball game in CT2.1 they are like a watered down Nerco only in Light armor.
I've had a full powered nuke on my weapon sinice life stones were put in game, i'm pretty familiar with the concept. Even in light armor you're unlikely to get two consecutive stun tries (since it does it every 2 min) since you're being chain stunned by the pony which has a near 100% land rate.
I've had a full powered nuke on my weapon sinice life stones were put in game, i'm pretty familiar with the concept. Even in light armor you're unlikely to get two consecutive stun tries (since it does it every 2 min) since you're being chain stunned by the pony which has a near 100% land rate.
they must of change it beacuse it seam to go off on every mob and not every 2 mins but then I am hunting at DO.
And the Nuke I'm taking about is a Skill not a LS. PS get a Nuke today ;)
yes, i know that. i'm trying to explain that i have experience with a nuke as a PS, a full powered one as well, not the 60% one we get today. 2 min was a typing error i think i was trying to say 2 times per minute. since it fires every 30 seconds roughly. Also, players are not mobs, it's a whole different ballgame when you're going against PC.
yes, i know that. i'm trying to explain that i have experience with a nuke as a PS, a full powered one as well, not the 60% one we get today. 2 min was a typing error i think i was trying to say 2 times per minute. since it fires every 30 seconds roughly. Also, players are not mobs, it's a whole different ballgame when you're going against PC.
yes, i know that. i'm trying to explain that i have experience with a nuke as a PS, a full powered one as well, not the 60% one we get today. 2 min was a typing error i think i was trying to say 2 times per minute. since it fires every 30 seconds roughly. Also, players are not mobs, it's a whole different ballgame when you're going against PC.
Physics I pvped ashley basically all day on the PTS with a necromancer, and could not beat her, the cubic keeps stunning, my summon keeps attacking me along with hers, and to top it off she nukes me as well...
gloom lands but silence never lands and anchor lands once and a while yet even when anchored i still sometimes die cause i either get stunned or basically triple teamed, and since she's a darkelf, running away is not an option as i get outran by both her and her summon... PS's are waaaaay different now. I'm not even worried about ES, Warlock im still kindof worried about
that's because necromancers are terrible, you can't expect to beat a PS with a nuke oriented class, which necromancer is. The issue at hand was ES vs PS. Stop comparing apples to oranges.
that's because necromancers are terrible, you can't expect to beat a PS with a nuke oriented class, which necromancer is. The issue at hand was ES vs PS. Stop comparing apples to oranges.
Not really I killed every class that dared oppose me, even other necromancers
I even killed a ES that was a bit higher level than me and after her first death she just quit.
though i need get killed by an SPS that snuck up on me and started spamming flares cancelling every cast i made lol
the only classes that killed me were necromancer(he who lands silence or anchor first grabbest the victory), TH(always like to come when im distracted and backstabs, uses the initial usage of dagger classes to his advantage nicely), SB(They hit Godly hard now, must land a silence on them), SPS(lower level one was a joke, higher level one casts too fast for me), high level sorc(pked everyone in sight)
the only class i just could not beat without help was PS, PS is just too hard :( (even a necromancer higher level than me and the PS could not kill the PS)
that's because necromancers are terrible, you can't expect to beat a PS with a nuke oriented class, which necromancer is. The issue at hand was ES vs PS. Stop comparing apples to oranges.
Not really I killed every class that dared oppose me, even other necromancers
I even killed a ES that was a bit higher level than me and after her first death she just quit.
though i need get killed by an SPS that snuck up on me and started spamming flares cancelling every cast i made lol
the only classes that killed me were necromancer, TH, SB, SPS, high level sorc
the only class i just could not beat without help was PS, PS is just too hard :(
All the classes that Killed you were B grade and you were C. yet you kill all the other class that were B and A yet you were still C. Once you were High A Grade then only person that could kill you was my PS and we were the same level. ;)
that's because necromancers are terrible, you can't expect to beat a PS with a nuke oriented class, which necromancer is. The issue at hand was ES vs PS. Stop comparing apples to oranges.
Not really I killed every class that dared oppose me, even other necromancers
I even killed a ES that was a bit higher level than me and after her first death she just quit.
though i need get killed by an SPS that snuck up on me and started spamming flares cancelling every cast i made lol
the only classes that killed me were necromancer, TH, SB, SPS, high level sorc
the only class i just could not beat without help was PS, PS is just too hard :(
All the classes that Killed you were B grade and you were C. yet you kill all the other class that were B and A yet you were still C. Once you were High A Grade then only person that could kill you was my PS and we were the same level. ;)
you see? its funny how everytime i make a character, ashley suddenly comes up with the perfect character to kill me with ease no matter what i do QQ :( who knew it would be a PS!!
O an yes I pwned on my c grade necro ;)
flawless victory on two different A grade spellhowlers. I love it ^^