Post by Yojimbo on Oct 17, 2012 15:00:25 GMT
First let me say I actually enjoy my GI but I do see some issues with it. Lets start with Hand Bombs which are to me the real class options. The first issue I want to address is speed. Using a hand bomb basically eats a full round making any but the soup ones somewhat impractical. The next is the DC which is very low it is 22 + Dex Mod though it shouldn't be tough to get high enough DEX to match/rival most Caster's casting stat the issue is the base 22. A base of 22 if we break it up and compare it to some of the pieces of a normal spells DC calc is pretty low. Spell DC is 10 + Spell Level + Spell Foci + Caster Mod. So we can already remove 10 points for the normal base and ignore caster mod as in this case that is Dex leaving us 12. Now if we look at typical caster we can assume a L60 would have LSF for any core spells which is +8 and +10 is PSF leaving 2/4 to fill in for Spell Level. I know that with an SP of GI level +6 per SP feat you only need 2 SP feats to exceed many casters. This means you mostly just have to worry about the DC and not the SP but at such a slow rate you will still have trouble effectively using DC based bombs. I would like to see Bombs being able to be tossed more frequently and some more DC to the bombs. I think the bombs base DCs should be roughly that of a L4-6 spell instead of the L2-4 now. If we are able to through out 2 bombs per round instead of 1 that could help the class a lot.
Outside of the bombs the next issue left is the non integrated damage on bolts though from my understanding of how physical damage works a weapon can only deal its physical damage type. Some how a change was made to enable gloves to do different physical types but I don't know if this is possible w/ bolts.
Last issue is one I don't have experience with and that is the harpee canon with the restrictions and issues with some bosses and summons it makes its use very limited. I also understand the current functional output to be less than desirable currently.
Outside of the bombs the next issue left is the non integrated damage on bolts though from my understanding of how physical damage works a weapon can only deal its physical damage type. Some how a change was made to enable gloves to do different physical types but I don't know if this is possible w/ bolts.
Last issue is one I don't have experience with and that is the harpee canon with the restrictions and issues with some bosses and summons it makes its use very limited. I also understand the current functional output to be less than desirable currently.
