(old)005 Blood Mage [40] v1.0.9

[ZERO]

• 1.0.2
  
  • Changed Banish effect to be more like the old one.

[Blackmage]

If pheonix is going to be left as is, I request BM be limited to 1 per team. The amount of revives with a single BM can be gamebreaking. With a pair on a team, especially if the other team doesn't have their own BM, it's like fighting a team at least twice it's real size.

[CYBER]

If pheonix is going to be left as is, I request BM be limited to 1 per team. The amount of revives with a single BM can be gamebreaking. With a pair on a team, especially if the other team doesn't have their own BM, it's like fighting a team at least twice it's real size.

actually i hope it stays 2.
other team can use scrolls if they want, or their own race.
later on some really fuckign annoying races will be unlocked and THOSE will be limited to one. blood mage will not be such a competitor later and it will be on average used by 1 person per team when ppl unlock their predz, and spider mans and etc...
also, ppl need to level it up, if 1 person is hogging bm, other team mates cant have a run at it ...
again...scrolls can compensate for that, and u just have to be careful when killing ppl that is all.
also, i agree it seems a lot of times when onle 5 vs 5 play...but when 10 vs 10...spawning once is nthn...since most likely u will be killed on sight.

i had to kill someone that spawned SIX times in a row once at their spawn, him being a warden, and then revived a couple times, and the bought scroll twice... wtvr forgot the count... point is, its doable, and most ppl hate sitting along doing nthn and dont want to be orcish in order to respawn more.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

blood mage is absolutely fine.

if the other team is getting pissed off at it, well, they can play their own blood mages if they want. no one is stopping them

[StarsMine]

wardon cant buy scrolls, but deja vu and orc dont mix

Die, revieve, die, revive, dejavu, die, revieve, die revive, die... FUCK

[Blackmage]

Scrolls can compensate for lack of a BM? Really. Going without a gun so you and only you can spawn away from the combat helps compensate for nearly the entire enemy team spawning in/near combat, combat ready? Please explain.

BM will become LESS useful as time goes on? With those more annoying races, BM becomes better and better. If the Shadow Of The Void didn't proc his black hole the first time, here's another go! Magician didn't proc his Crow? Try again! All the speed races also then have a chance to get away and continue to harass you from afar (eva, spidey, jack, vags, ect ect). Eye ra didn't quite kill the guy he summoned? More wards, more chances for natural respawn procing, most of the races would benefit from a chance to respawn if they weren't the first to die.

Sure, if Nebula/Eye Ra/Santa, ALSO have this crazy res ability, rather than the original ability all of them had, I'll grant you BM might be played less.

If it will be "used by 1 person per team when ppl unlock their...ect." Why not make sure it IS only? If it's that popular that it will be used that often, even with the races you suggest are that powerful, that says you actually think it WILL still be powerful in the future.

The "ppl need to level it up" is moot. At the very worst, Zero could change levels around to compensate, more likely, people will figure out what to do about it themselves. See: Molocule, shadow hunter back when it was restricted, vags.

"spawning once is nthn" may be accurate in 10v10, but when you mow down 3 or 4 people, and they all revive, you're out of ammo, and their full. If you're flanked, you aren't going to stare at the side where you kill someone, while the other side mows you down, are you?

Yes, if they are the only person around, such as your silly spawner example, they are easy to take care of, but if the other team is smart and moving as a group, one falls for a moment, and you don't have time to concentrate on him anymore. Attrition wins wars.

And acolyte:

It has a counter, so it's fine... Seriously? Also, the counter you give helps your team and not even yourself? Given IBIS WCS is all about personal gain over the team, you're expecting someone to give up a powerful race or a race they are leveling to try and "help their team"? Very few players are willing to do that. Once people start maxing their BM, that number will shrink even more. Countering someone with Shadow Hunter or Athena is MUCH more relevant, because you're enabling yourself to do something, not your team.

Rant time:

I say it's not team based, given the only incentive to win is the little bit of extra cash for an objective win, and that doesn't come up very often, other than the REQUIRED defuse to win. Killing an enemy is worth thirty to a couple hundred xp, often the benefit for yourself is more than letting the bomb run out or the hosties escape, if you're not escorting them/planter. Not as non-team as CoD4+(yay for 1+1+1+1+1vs1+1+1+1+1), but not too far off.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

And acolyte:

It has a counter, so it's fine... Seriously? Also, the counter you give helps your team and not even yourself? Given IBIS WCS is all about personal gain over the team, you're expecting someone to give up a powerful race or a race they are leveling to try and "help their team"? Very few players are willing to do that. Once people start maxing their BM, that number will shrink even more. Countering someone with Shadow Hunter or Athena is MUCH more relevant, because you're enabling yourself to do something, not your team.

lol, by your logic, no-one should ever play it, ever. if the class benefits your team more than yourself, then there would be no reason to play it. after all, it only really give you "the little bit of extra cash for an objective win", or other people on your team more xp for kills. since IBIS WCS is all about personal gain, why would someone play a race that benefits their team more?
edit: also, since it's all about personal gain, why would the team move about as a group?

sit down good sir. there is nothing overpowered to it, no reason to restrict it. it's all part of strategy in wcs.

[X 1 Viper1]

Well, this is kinda out there, but imo playing blood mage is stupid if you are trying to level the class. So i was thinking that like for every revive the blood mage should get like 10 xp to compensate for its role of being a support like teamate. Alot of people shy away from this class bc of its lack of abilities to aid in the killing of others. While everyone loves a blood mage on their team no one wants to be it.

So think about it and maybe give it a try...again just another though.