U57 Preview 1: Hit Point Pass

[jskinner937]

Well, generally game balance changes (like this one) affect both playstyles and the devs are not trying to nerf or massively shift the endgame meta (at least that they've mentioned) so they're trying to get a buff for new players without it being a nerf for endgame. Preview 1 did not do that but they've recognized this and are changing before P2 lol.

How are they hacking players off at the knees? Getting a bunch of HP on newer toons is a free buff, and losing 50-100 hp (the stated design goal for endgame HP toons) is pretty far from being hacked at the knees IMO.

Also removing EDF is a great change for everyone - now you can heal/rez etc at range which is amazing.



Sounds like it's time to make yourself a tank & a healer alt

First-life tank will get ya through LH easily, and with a bit more work you can get a low-life R1 tank without too much difficulty. First-life healer is good for most content

The original proposed pass made neither of these 1st life friendly even in LH. Hopefully the devs are considering this in preview 2 now. I am not sure you understood the impact according your post. Removing EDF and adding competence bonus helped melees but most Tank builds lost HPs. Animal domain and FVS HP bonuses nerfed hurt healers. Babrbarian HP bags nerfed. Don’t rely on the initial dev comment that said most would get a HP boost, that’s been clearly pointed out several times not the case, even on a first lifer. The very roles that keep a raid party alive were the unintended targets.

And removing EDF did not help healers rez/heal in raids, as a healer, you would never use EDF, unless you are the Tank as well. But yeah removing the feature overall is a good thing. Too bad Aasimar had to get nerfed with EDF being the reason. Maybe the cores should get reinstated. Or at least add a tier 4 enhancement to get the regen ability back. Even if the spend was 20 AP to take full advantage of healing hands as before, this would at least still be an option for many with limited healing otherwise.