what can be done to balance melee and magic

[flynnjsw]

...this is unfair.

Life is unfair. Suck it up, Adapt and overcome, or just move aside. It can't get any more simple than that.

[minimomo]

Life is unfair. Suck it up, Adapt and overcome, or just move aside. It can't get any more simple than that.

as a player i have right to let devs know what i think and i don't have to suck up. just go troll somewhere else.

[Jakarr]

i see only one solution.

make casters slower.

it makes sense too. casters are nerds and wisearses. they don't have much muscle.

so they are slow.

when you put that firewall and start kiting, make it so monsters can easily catch up with them.

make monsters so they can attack you even when you jump if you are in the range.

only then, it will be balanced.

Why are casters nerds and wisearses? What makes you think my Half-Orc FvS doesn't have Muscle?
Safe to say that all melees are stupid, lack common since and are generally lacking communication skills and are ugly?

[Dunklerlindwurm]

i said this kiddo;

put blade barrier, run around, boss is dead.

how freaking easy is that?

this is unfair.

he doesn't need anything else, he doesn't need hireling, he doesn't need potions. all he has to do put a bb and run around.

do this, and %98 of all monsters pre-endgame is owned.

this is unfair.

they don't need pure good of ass smacking whateverness +5 and 19 other set of weapons.

How about if i tell you i solo this quest faster on a melee? Is that unfair too? With a level 16 monk and good Handwraps i kill him on normal in about 10-20 seconds.

[lucid8]

Oh and by the way if you played on something besides casual you would know that a lot of "pre-endgame" mobs have this feat, I don't know if you heard of it but its called evasion and since BB requires a reflex save the mobs take 0 damage from it and it takes forever to kill them.

[flynnjsw]

as a player i have right to let devs know what i think and i don't have to suck up. just go troll somewhere else.

This is funny. Pot meet kettle.

[Jakarr]

Oh and by the way if you played on something besides casual you would know that a lot of "pre-endgame" mobs have this feat, I don't know if you heard of it but its called evasion and since BB requires a reflex save the mobs take 0 damage from it and it takes forever to kill them.

Stop trying to learn him something....he knows this already...geez...

[minimomo]

Your point? He may have to put down a BB and kite around it all you have to do is stand toe to toe and I bet you will bring it down faster.

This game is not balanced for Solo hell I remember when the game was VERY unsolo friendly. Cry more though this is great

/popcorn

that's my point. the game is not balance for solo. it should be balanced. i hate this as a melee toon user. i'm letting devs know and caster users of course trying to prove me wrong because they like this imbalance which make them solo everything.

[Jakarr]

that's my point. the game is not balance for solo. it should be balanced. i hate this as a melee toon user player. i'm letting devs know and caster users of course trying to prove me wrong because they like this imbalance which make them solo everything.

No this game couldn't be balance for Solo AT ALL, Dnd is not a solo game its based on teamplay so is DDO. I always build characters that can solo(once you understand the game its easy) but why do I almost always fill my grp with puggers if I can solo the quest....

Go back a few years and play this game then you can cry about solo balance, otherwise go play another game....one less gimpy crying melee is one less I will have to put on my "list".

[Vellrad]

that's my point. the game is not balance for solo. it should be balanced. i hate this as a melee toon user. i'm letting devs know and caster users of course trying to prove me wrong because they like this imbalance which make them solo everything.

Why the hell are you soloing in multiplayer focused game?
Its just a waste of your time, go and try some good single-player games, they'll fit your needs much more than any MMO on market.

[English_Warrior]

that's my point. the game is not balance for solo. it should be balanced. i hate this as a melee toon user. i'm letting devs know and caster users of course trying to prove me wrong because they like this imbalance which make them solo everything.

I think everyone who answered you has plenty of melee toons as well as casters...and I will bet they all have some toons that are better at soloing than others and that some of them happen to be melees and some happen to be casters.

Again: The game IS much more balanced than you think.

[minimomo]

Oh and by the way if you played on something besides casual you would know that a lot of "pre-endgame" mobs have this feat, I don't know if you heard of it but its called evasion and since BB requires a reflex save the mobs take 0 damage from it and it takes forever to kill them.

go watch that youtube video, cleric solo. it takes him less than 2 or 3min.

and bb is not your only one spell. if a monster has high reflex save try other spell. read more tips, you can see those in loading screens in-game.

boooo

[voxson5]

/stirring mode on

Why do you want it made easier for melee? Is running up to something & holding the left mouse button really that challenging?

[lucid8]

I'm pretty sure that the list of quests a melee toon can solo is longer than that of the ones casters can. I have 17 toonz and am only slightly more experienced than the OP in this opinion though so I could be wrong.

[mobilemuppet]

Minimomo

Please list your alts/server so I can aviod you in game

That is all

MM

[voxson5]

Here we go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l388L9FMomg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln67PNPRrnE

Just a couple from from a quick search

Cheers

[pHo3nix]

Try this: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=181901

You will be able to solo the whole game, even raids if u want

[Jakarr]

go watch that youtube video, cleric solo. it takes him less than 2 or 3min.

and bb is not your only one spell. if a monster has high reflex save try other spell. read more tips, you can see those in loading screens in-game.

boooo

Like what comet fall? Flame Strike? These still need evasion checks. Oh you mean instant death spells like Destruction or Implosion well these guys need 2 checks spell pen and a save.

I would much rather vorpal/banish/stat decrease/general massive Dps.

Sure my FvS can toss down a 250 damage BB at this lvl....I'd rather pull out Carniflex and crit for 180+ and do more dps then my BB its quicker and uses less SP.

[Lorien_the_First_One]

1. i'm hitting him with dual +5 shock warhammers of pure good.
2. .....
3. no, i didn't. i asked what can be done to make melee and casters balanced. read the freaking thread title.
4. i prepared, i just hate people teaching me super basic ****.

Well if you understood the super basic stuff and were prepared you could easily take him down on casual. The fact thta you got to zero stat alone says you do not know the basics and were not prepared.

And I'm sorry I gave you credit for the "yes I'm asking what could be done", I hadn't realized you didn't want that truely answered unless someone was going to answer the way you wanted.

[Lord_WC]

Wait, um, OP, am I reading you right?

You want us to have only one class in DDO, well, because that's the only way to be balanced.
I hate to say this, but classes are good at certain stuff. Like, I don't know, divine and wf arcane can heal themselves, rogues can disable traps, fighters hit stuff, et cetera.

Also, there is a thing called character planning. I LOVE to solo stuff. Not because it's a challange (dungeon scaling really nerfs mobs) but its so much faster that way. Therefore there are about 3 classes which I keep clean: monks, fvs and sorc. On other classes I multiclass, usually at least to be able to have UMD and/or evasion.

So probably my monk is the closest to what you may have experienced. I grabbed 2 more melees, and a hireling, and just killed him. Probably I could solo him, but that's not worth it. Yeah, hirelings are tedious and stupid, and OMG you actually have to hit a button to make him heal! - but I guess it beats frustration.

But along the lines of your op I call a nerf on melee. I HATE that in Amrath my sorc cannot melee the devils as efficiently as a fighter or a barb. I feel this is unjust, I want to clown around with dual kopeshes as well...