New Mage soul 2-handed sword?

[aburie]

Looks like a walking stick (cane) to me

[Sanzor]

Same pose as my warrior when wielding his 2h sword.

As mentioned already, I was struck with the same mage idea as Age of Conan.

[Bebex]

Melee mage please.

Because meleeing as a Red Mage in FFXI was hawtness.

[McWaffles]

However much range may be compromised at times its the best advantage we have - willingly giving up that advantage is just silly. They would have to put tank abilities into a melee soul which would have the most likely result of making a soul which was, at best, average at both and probably worse.

Its supposed to be unique and original - melee aint that.... lol

Unless you're a sin/rs, being melee as a rogue is just as unfriendly as it would be for a mage. Mages and rogue dps have a similar hp pool and pretty much all non-avoidable damage (aka get out of stupid mechanics) is nonphysical, so armor doesn't matter. Let's just hope they don't fail for mages like they did for rogues where you do at best as much ST dps as a cleaving warrior but have no aoe to speak of, no utility, generally positional requirements, and suffer tremendously from anything resembling switching targets.

For pvp they just need a unique style of gap closers and some CC/snares with maybe a little added survival, not like it wouldn't be mixed with something else anyways (low dom for squirrel til you get in melee).

[Undrsiege]

You don't think the new soul would address that issue if it was going to be a melee class?

It could all be a smokescreen you know

Sure they address it like druid and shaman... LOL good luck if it is meele..

[TheGrinnz]

Is it a coincidence that I'm replaying DA2 at the moment?

this

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[vaddar]

2h mage tank ftw

[Mayakov]

[QUOTE=SinisterDeath;3910298][QUOTE=Gehrgontra;3909910]As far as I know, the only weapon type held like that is a two handed sword by a human at rest. Nobody holds a staff like that, and the arms are a bit too down for it to be a gun. Not an axe, hammer or a polearm, since the shadow doesn't look like one and that's not how a mathosian handles one of them.

This is how you are supposed to hold a Staff. Two hands, spread out like that.

I've never seen any kind've mage/wizard/sorcerer rest his staff like that on his hands. It's always vertical or at an angle but never resting on his hands horizontal.

It is a sword and this is how people in rift carry a sword. After all the bickering to change animations back in beta, I doubt they're gonna do it for the expansion so I wouldn't use that as a counter argument with a 100% backing.

[Mayakov]

Melee mage please.

Because meleeing as a Red Mage in FFXI was OP until 75 cap got raised.

Fixed that for you ;)

although if the new soul played like dancer.... you can take my subscription for life

[Chrissibow]

Nerf Mage melee! (i'll quote this in the future when it is relevant.)

Trion doesn't have to nerf mage melee.

Just keep making ID type Bosses where you are punished for being melee.

Melee toons in Rift come pre-nerf right from Trion.

Think about it. Who many fights in Rift do you say, "We HAVE to have X melee."

The answer would be none. Now say, "We HAVE to have X range."

Scary isn't it.

You can do every Boss in Rift without 1 melee other than a tank. Very poor design.

[Pricia]

Didn't they say that mages had been complaining about lack of survivability and they were going to improve that?

My guess is some melee dps type with magic shields that increase resists/armor. Which I would personally love, as long as it's done well, if it improves my soloability. I know you can 'farm' with a mage, but it requires having all those shield essences for it to be really efficient. Every time I play my rogue I'm just disgusted at how easy it is to solo in comparison. Considering all the leveling and farming we'll have to do in SL, it's just what I want right now.

OH well we'll know in 3 days!

[Ajax1114]

Gandalf manages to swing Glamdring around like a pro with just one hand. Are you trying to say our mages aren't as good as Gandalf? BLASPHEMY!

It'd just look really awkward from a graphical standpoint.

[Bluelightt]

If its a melee mage soul i'm main changing to Mage from Cleric

[Hispalis]

So.......


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[vaddar]

is it the 10th yet