The title says it all,FC can give us a half dozen new MA attacks to clutter our inv's,make dragon armor MA only(only a rumor),give us MA only implants,and whatever crap they can dream up,but it will NEVER make us better in PvP.
Look at enforcers.Theyre awesome now,finally taking their place as the kings of melee fighting,they can get in your face and smash you for upwards of 2k per pop in PvP.Its what they do.Its their reward for reaching you in a crowd of enemies,and IMHO they are full on balanced now.Their rage (don know specifics of ENF nanos so fix me if im wrong)lasts 20 sec...making em root proof and letting them take their massive hp thru enemy lines to their target.The danger is that its only 20 sec and their EQB hits slower than any weapon around.Sure they can flurry,but then they get crit against more often.Its called BALANCE,Funcom.You finally found it with enforcers.
Now MA's.
We can usually outdamage the EQB enforcers in PvM,only the ENF nanos let them keep the aggro and keep on tankin.Its all in the MA's ability to crit.Both classes are damage dealers up close,but in completely opposite ways.What the ENF has in strength,the MA makes up for in agility,finding small weak spots on the enemy(call em pressure points )to crit and do their damage.
We MA's were almost balanced in PvP before the crit nerf.Only 1 thing kept us from being balanced.We could get to our targets too easily,making us a lil too scary i guess.As much as i hate the way roots have become,they would have completed the MA class.
MA's would have trouble getting to their targets due to rooting and only having that crappy "upon a wave" attack to save em,but if they DID get in range.....nitenite!
Its what melee fighting is all about.We dont have a 30m range on our attacks.Rooters will still own us in long fights,but if we somehow manage to get close,just like enforcers,you're in deep ****.
The only reason i even started playing AO (15 months now)is cause they had an ACTUAL class called MA.Its what ive always been and even tho 95% of MA's left or made an alt,its what i'll always be.I'm tired of always using bow in PvP.I WANT TO PUNCH SOMETHING!
GIMME CRIT BACK!Keep the bows at a 3-5 clip size to make fists more appealing.The way it works now is i AS,fling with bow as it unequips,then when its off i "upon a wave"and im in the enemy's face to do my 120!?! brawl and then what?my fists are useless...AND IM A FRIGGIN MA!I may as well be throwing styrofoam peanuts at my target.Dimach wont save me i only have it every 30 min...ah well.
Plz FC if it not technically possible to give just 1 class( actually melee engi's and adv deserve it too)crits back,at least tell us that.Ignoring us(especially on the MA forum where they almost never reply)only makes us hate you more for neglecting us
Theres no other solution than to give us our full crit% back.If you wont then at least take us to your GM playfield and let us change our class or something so that we can enjoy the game again as another class.You could delete the MA's then since you guys act like you dont want them around anymore.
P.S. Dont base PvP balance on 1vs1.It doesnt mean balls in NW battles,which is where almost all of the PvP is nowadays.