Sillanto wrote:
Ramp the trader debuff is a 30sec nano so not alot, but certainly enough time for the trader to alpha the sol.
Firstly a trader won't be alpha'ing a soldier, esp evade soldier. There are still ways to stay in some reflect, forcing the trader to cast several times if he is even aware that the soldier has a decent amount of reflect. Not worried about traders anyway..
Problem is the NTs. Sure it helps with the elimination of blobs but FC is retarded. I will bet you any money FC sat down and asked themselves how do we make NTs AoE useful in pvp? NTs currently cannot AoE nuke in pvp because all the reflect dmg kills them. So some brilliant idiot over at FC musta came up with the idea to bypass reflects like nothing.
I know this isn't final, but FC tends to never notice the balance issues until after the fact. Then they over nerf or ignore the problem.
Everyone is going to be maxing out nano resist, I may even throw a perk or two in NR line if its as bad as I think it will be, or retire.
There are plenty of Nano Resist twinks at TL5 that a 164 NT will have problems with.
FC needs to change the NT nanos so that they bypass reflected DMG and not reflect themselves. This way AoE is effective again for the NT in pvp, but doesn't overpower them. Cause thats exactly what it does, it takes a profession that needed a lot of love.. and made them #1 on the list for needing a nerf.
A soldier will NOT be able to function in pvp like this. Traders will debuff soldiers and have others gank them, NTs will almost alpha soldiers instantly.
A soldier is still a very important part of tactics even in small groups. Soldiers would still be up front trying to keep some real estate between an omni group and his doctor/support.
This is no different then a soldier getting a nano that reduces enemy healing ability by 100%. Or a solja weapon that penitrates shields/absorbs? Where is my -2500 all evades nano? How bout a shade getting a 20s area stun.
Yeah I'm not buying LE until my NT is 215 or so, if I still play.