Forum Pirate wrote:@ animal, so your preference is a larger number of casts, requiring even heavier investment than usual in ATT? Fine. But that doesn't make the items OP. thats preference, so not actually relevant to wether or not anything is OP.
I'll be more clear. Mechanically, why bother with magic when buffsandwhen crossbows can do the same amount of damage and control the battlefield just as well. (seriously, avlyn will hit for 1300 boosted by the leo ring) while having more hp and poise?
Consider the TCC/Logan's and Dark Bead by themselves for a moment.
Lets say with TCC and DB (at full impact) your damage is 1000.
Now, lets say with Logan's catalyst it's 750.
TCC equals 3 casts for a total potential damage of 3000.
Logan's equals 6 casts for a total potential damage of 4500.
This is why, more damage in the long run. But please bear in mind these numbers are apprx, but should be relatively accurate for the sake of my point.
Since the maximum amount of HP a player has is no where near those numbers, I feel the number of castings is more important, especially when considering my playstyle.
I say combining certain items makes a caster a little overpowered at times, because their total potential damage could easily reach in excess of 4500, thereby having a huge advantage for achieveing "lucky shots".
When someone starts playing with combos instead of just castings, they begin to progress their playstyle. For instance:
-Lock-off DB castings. Deadly, just deadly.
-Lock-off Black Flame. If one would choose to spam, they can easily decimate builds under 62 poise and midrollers.
-Combining combustions with Force. This is ridiculous and I've stunlocked people into 2 fully successive 6 hit combos before.
(1 combo=3 hits for a total of 6 hits)
-Using these techniques with 45 dexterity can also almost fully ensure some combos will hit, or at the very least partially. Some castings get casting speed bonuses from dex that people are still unaware of.
Am I saying any of these playstyles/techniques are unbeatable? Absolutely not. I'm just saying I've used them in conjunction with the CoD, BDCR, and TCC before and I felt Godlike. I dont miss as often as I did a year ago, and it has always made me feel op'd, beatable, but op'd none-the-less.
I'm just saying most people get the impression that magic is op'd when combining these tactics with the aforementioned items.
Then of course there's the Pursuers-->CSS combo and the ridiculous phantom damage that combo provides.
I hope this answers your question regarding my interpretation of possible op'd tactics and my owm personal playstyle.
Oh and BTW, I LOVE the HCSM Avelyn/Dragonslayer Bow combo...it is very fun lol.
Last edited by Animaaal on Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:53 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : spelling/grammer)