Marksman armor levels (again)

[Valorius]

Originally Posted by magnet

I have to point out the new exact same poll for which you voted Valorius:
http://www.regnumonline.com.ar/forum...ad.php?t=22304

At this moment:
#1 Hunters: 33
#2 Marksmen: 23
#3 Barbarians: 9
#4 Warlocks and Knights ex aequo: 7
#6 Conjurers: 4

Quite explicit, isn't it? Please note that in Spanish they don't use "overpowered" but desbalanceado which means unbalanced; at first the poll was "which class is most unbalanced", and some Knights and others voted Knights and Warlocks for "desbalanceado negativemente" (negatively unbalanced), the poll was later edited that it was about positive unbalance "desbalanceado positivemente". I'm sure the Archers could have reached even highers levels

Hunters have been nerfed time and again since i started playing. I have no doubt that they will be nerfed again, whether it's right or wrong.

Some aspects of hunters are probably a little out of balance, but i think the reason hunters get so many votes is not because of imbalance, but because a clever hunter can be EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING to play against because of their ability to escape from almost any situation.

Escaping from a barb/hunter or 2x barb pursuit tandem is pretty much impossible for hunters now, but for anyone else, we can get away pretty much at will. So, hunter shows up, shoots your buddy while you lvl, kills him, then disappears or takes off running like the wind, it seems like they're 'invincible' to many players.

Marksmen however, are like hunters with double the firepower, numerous skills that can ignore even spells like army of one or steel skin (such as serpent bite, tear apart, break apart, ethereal arrow and arcana strike), 80% MORE armor than hunters, and just 15% less speed than hunters have. They have every single evasion and offensive attack skill a hunter gets except ensnare arrow(a spell that was improved for hunters, and one that i've openly stated is now too strong. So i DO try to be objective and fair, this is not about "me"). Marksmen also have the longest range, a variety of extremely powerful area attacks, death sentence(one of the most potent attack spells in the entire game) and recharged arrows.