Marks Nerf

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Originally Posted by existentialist

As far as I know, no other class has been subjected to this extraordinary and unecessary measure. Why is that?

Hello!

This is mostly because no other class had the same huge advantage as the marksman on a single skill.

As any marksman would know, Recharged Arrows had a very minimal cost of mana, and it gave a +40% damage bonus at level 5.

With the increase on the level cap, characters had much more mana than before, and with that, the regen was a lot faster. Added to it, the regen itself has been increased on a old balance update.

These factors combined, had as a result that Recharged Arrows was a skill usable at all times, since the mana regen overcame the mana cost this skill had.
Basically, it was a +40% damage bonus at the cost of literally nothing, which is why marksmen were able to log-in or spawn at the save, activate RA and never deactivate it until they die or log-off.
It would be something as having a knight with Offensive Stance but without any armor penalty. :P

We can't deny that a decrease in marksmen will be seen, because a lot of people decided to take advantage of the overpowered characteristics of this subclass (we don't blame anyone for this, as it is a completely natural behavior), which gave the players the possibility to fulfill different purposes with the same skills' set and thus, all at the same time.
Now they have to choose a role by sacrificing whether damage, or defenses, or even cc skills; depending on the individual ability of the player.

Anyway, we thank you for taking your time to open up this thread and expose your point of view!

Regards!