Class Suggestion: The Bombardier

AcadeeAlkana · Apr 7, 2021

IceBear said: ↑

Ice Bear's thoughts on each spell.

Dynamite
Ice Bear thinks this spell is too weak and needs a damage buff. It is slow having to launch the spell and then follow up with a melee attack to activate the damage is slow in comparison with other spells with similar damage such as Assassin's spin attack which does 150% damage INSTANTLY + a vanish damage boost. But, considering it is only 4 mana this maybe be fair. Ice Bear would rather have it cost more mana and deal more damage because mana becomes less of an issue in the endgame. 3 Dynamite is interesting and makes Dynamite comparable to a mage meteor as you can toss out 3 dynamite and hit 1 to deal damage similar to meteor in a similar amount of time. Ice Bear feels this spell, while interesting is a bit too weak it deals damage similar to an unboosted spin attack but requires more precision to use and doesn't stun. Ice Bear would like to see it cost more mana and deal more damage and possibly have some crowd control or debuff to it to make it more viable.

Bang Dash
Ice Bear says it seems too much like assassins vanish and an inferior to that also 100% damage and 10 seconds of speed 2 is nothing compared to an 80% damage boost a lower mana cost speed 5 while vanished and invisibility. Ice Bear says Bang Dash just doesn't seem distinctive enough in its movement. When you use escape, vanish, charge, teleport, and haul they all feel drastically different to each other. Bang dash's movement has to be more unique.

Bomb Punch
Interesting idea and might even edge on the side of OP considering its mana cost is what Ice Bear would have said if it wasn't for the recoil damage. Ice Bear says 500% damage could be really powerful but it all depends on how fast the explosions happen the fact that there is recoil damage seriously hinders this spell because you will be forced to heal in between each use.

Lunch Bag
This spell simply doesn't make sense with the idea of a bombardier class and seems like a joke. While it makes sense in the context of what the other spells do it simply is not very well named or fitting with the theme of an explosive chucking class.

Overall thoughts
The spells while each of them is interesting and the overall idea of having health be a resource to use spells is unique. The class lacks cohesion between the spells. Dynamite is something you use at long range. Bang dash is to move. Bomb punch is your main damage spell. Lunch bag is to heal. You can't combo any of these spells to do something greater besides "combing" Bomb punch and lunch bag to just barely survive. As it is you can either spam dynamite to avoid having to pause your DPS with healing or go for the more powerful bomb punch but have a net health drain and put yourself in danger. Ice Bear says this class has potential but as it is with the health as a cost mechanic it is just too limited. Other classes such as assassin can perform bombardiers spells better with Spin attack out damaging dynamite and having a stun, vanish outperforming bang dash while having similar mobility, and smoke bomb acting like Dynamite and bomb punch at the same time with its range and damage.
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Thank you for the feedback! It really helps me out with the Spell balancing - I'll go back and try to fix some of these issues.

Slpc · Apr 7, 2021

IceBear said: ↑

Lunch Bag
This spell simply doesn't make sense with the idea of a bombardier class and seems like a joke. While it makes sense in the context of what the other spells do it simply is not very well named or fitting with the theme of an explosive chucking class.
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Agreed. I personally would've possibly named it explosive taste or something like that

AcadeeAlkana · Apr 7, 2021

IceBear said: ↑

Ice Bear's thoughts on each spell.

Dynamite
Ice Bear thinks this spell is too weak and needs a damage buff. It is slow having to launch the spell and then follow up with a melee attack to activate the damage is slow in comparison with other spells with similar damage such as Assassin's spin attack which does 150% damage INSTANTLY + a vanish damage boost. But, considering it is only 4 mana this maybe be fair. Ice Bear would rather have it cost more mana and deal more damage because mana becomes less of an issue in the endgame. 3 Dynamite is interesting and makes Dynamite comparable to a mage meteor as you can toss out 3 dynamite and hit 1 to deal damage similar to meteor in a similar amount of time. Ice Bear feels this spell, while interesting is a bit too weak it deals damage similar to an unboosted spin attack but requires more precision to use and doesn't stun. Ice Bear would like to see it cost more mana and deal more damage and possibly have some crowd control or debuff to it to make it more viable.

Bang Dash
Ice Bear says it seems too much like assassins vanish and an inferior to that also 100% damage and 10 seconds of speed 2 is nothing compared to an 80% damage boost a lower mana cost speed 5 while vanished and invisibility. Ice Bear says Bang Dash just doesn't seem distinctive enough in its movement. When you use escape, vanish, charge, teleport, and haul they all feel drastically different to each other. Bang dash's movement has to be more unique.

Bomb Punch
Interesting idea and might even edge on the side of OP considering its mana cost is what Ice Bear would have said if it wasn't for the recoil damage. Ice Bear says 500% damage could be really powerful but it all depends on how fast the explosions happen the fact that there is recoil damage seriously hinders this spell because you will be forced to heal in between each use.

Lunch Bag
This spell simply doesn't make sense with the idea of a bombardier class and seems like a joke. While it makes sense in the context of what the other spells do it simply is not very well named or fitting with the theme of an explosive chucking class.

Overall thoughts
The spells while each of them is interesting and the overall idea of having health be a resource to use spells is unique. The class lacks cohesion between the spells. Dynamite is something you use at long range. Bang dash is to move. Bomb punch is your main damage spell. Lunch bag is to heal. You can't combo any of these spells to do something greater besides "combing" Bomb punch and lunch bag to just barely survive. As it is you can either spam dynamite to avoid having to pause your DPS with healing or go for the more powerful bomb punch but have a net health drain and put yourself in danger. Ice Bear says this class has potential but as it is with the health as a cost mechanic it is just too limited. Other classes such as assassin can perform bombardiers spells better with Spin attack out damaging dynamite and having a stun, vanish outperforming bang dash while having similar mobility, and smoke bomb acting like Dynamite and bomb punch at the same time with its range and damage.
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I've fixed a few of the Spells to make them better! Why don't you take a look at the changes?

AcadeeAlkana · Apr 11, 2021

Bump, since I'm feeling lonely...

Bixlo · Apr 11, 2021

looks cool nice :D

AcadeeAlkana · Apr 12, 2021

Bixlo said: ↑

looks cool nice :D
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Thanks! I think I'm improving at making fun things in general!

Bixlo · Apr 12, 2021

AcadeeAlkana said: ↑

Thanks! I think I'm improving at making fun things in general!
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yeah id say your forum skills have def improved since joining. *insert skyrim joke here*

AcadeeAlkana · Apr 18, 2021

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Class Suggestion: The Bombardier

Do you think there would be any changes required to make this Class work?

Nope, looks fine to me!

Multiple Spells are OP/Underpowered.

The First Spell needs changing.

The Second Spell needs changing.

The Third Spell needs changing.

The Fourth Spell needs changing.

Yeah, nothing in Nether would make this work...

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