i do think mages should be buffed, but i primarily play main character mages and i never feel useless
it's kind of bad that staves are basically useless on higher difficulties since wand + shield is practically a necessity
Blatantly untrue.
can you elaborate? like how is this a useful response, ever, aside from posturing
CC your enemies. Kill your enemies. Don't be in line of sight of your enemies. Be invisible to your enemies. Play dead. Make it nearly impossible for the enemy to reach you. Let your mage die, ressurect at the near end of the round as a ghetto Skin Graft.
You have a lot of tools and resources at your disposal to ensure that your experience isn't hampered.
like, this is all useless information for people who play on classical difficulty and above. are you assuming everyone who has an issue with mages right now is just incompetent?
Are you not? Is this game 100% intuitive? Have you refactored your questions so it can be answered appropriately?
You're the one who is using a wand/shield and coming to me with the claim that you're competent when I am saying it's blatantly false on both accounts that you need a wand/shield and that staves are useless.
Have you ever asked the question, "Things are hitting me, how do I ensure that they don't hit me?" Have you looked at your own game plan and wondered why you have deviated so far? Have you looked through the Wiki and poured through the skill lists to see your options? Have you embraced the fact that health is a resource? Have you ever wondered how stupid and frustrating your statement is to someone who rolled up a glass cannon character(s)?
I really don't know your answers to these things so elaborating on specific points is not exactly a requirement. But what I do know is that you use a wand/shield and I don't and I play on tactician.
So, tell me, have you been using invis pots, do you have chameleon? Are you willing to use resurrection scrolls as your game plan? Have you put a premium on movement to manipulate Line-of-Sight? Have you been positioning properly? Have you been using other alternatives to invisibility and movement such as smoke? In a matter of fact, what is your game plan?
You have people on the forums claiming how easy tactician is, or how much nothing matters beyond the first round, or whatever else. You also have the fact that Rangers, 2H fighters, and Rogues don't have shields... yet they all seem to get along fine. But here you are... claiming that you absolutely need a wand/shield and that staves are useless (you must really hate having guaranteed +12 int weapon before Arx on a single item or 20% crit).
