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It's on the list right below lag under the ETA heading of "Sometime On the Wrong Side of Never".

Bigjunk wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2016 at 5:27pm:


Just adding +1 multi and 20 melee power is kind of a big deal. It will compete.

5 Foot Step wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2016 at 6:09pm:

Hmmmm, I don't see it just looking at theory crafting numbers.  It's decent, but doesn't seem to be Holy Sword decent, and the lack of self heals persists.

Any Kensai changes need to be done in conjunction with Monk and handwrap changes.  But of course, they will not be.

If they ever happen at all.

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It will be in patch 3.

crunch wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2016 at 12:01pm:


Agreed, but will it be better than just playing a Kensai now?

Grand wrote on Apr 7^th, 2016 at 8:48pm:


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Grand wrote on Apr 7^th, 2016 at 8:48pm:



Most people feel it is pretty strong on DPS.  The major complaints seem to be the lack of self healing.

Bigjunk wrote on Apr 8^th, 2016 at 12:18pm:


Agreed.  At this point it is all theorybuilding.  But I don't see anything that suggests it will be underwhelming when we got to test.

5 Foot Step wrote on Apr 11^th, 2016 at 4:11pm:


The kotc pally gets the light damage (around 15d6 scaling with MP) and Zeal adds 10% doublestrike.  Beyond that, they might be equal or better against undead and chaotic/evil outsiders due to some enhancements.  But the Fighter does seem to have more DPS against just about every other mob type. 

The better question is how they stack against Rangers.  The strength of the combined DPS in DWS and Tempest trees is a tough one to match.  And Rangers get cure spells.  Fighters should be on par in melee DPS with a tempest ranger. 

Bigjunk wrote on Apr 11^th, 2016 at 4:38pm:

Agreed.

Don't forget all the new defensive feats. As if the player base is itching to also waste a party slot on a dedicated healer, just to have a tank build that zero of the quests need.

Frank wrote on Apr 12^th, 2016 at 4:25am:

Just personal taste here but my preference would be a slightly different take on it;

* reduce incoming dmg to the class rather than primarily increasing ability to heal through it, but
* do not do this only through lazy defense channel improvements, and
* add serious single-target and AoE CC to the Fighter's toolkit, partly through finally
* a focus on improved and meaningful combat feats

This'd sync nicely with some of the additions in the L30 update and provide a different way to add survivability (which I am assuming is what the desire to self-heal is about). Shit, even give them class-based displacement equivalent or ignore dodge limits or something.

All this is just some dickhead player's ideas, of course, I'm sure others could do better. I'd just like to see something a little more inventive from them than giving Fighters heals to put them on a level with the others. Might as well play a fast Barb or a more varied Pally if a Fighter going to play that similar, I was thinking.

Frank wrote on Apr 12^th, 2016 at 4:25am:

Make a BF Fighter.

Problem solved.