01-18-2007, 06:14 AM
As Xame indicates stamina and survivabiity skew the fights
Let's suppose Nuker Class beats Healer class if he gets the healer down a bit so healer has to heal then uses Counterspell and bursts him down the rest of the way before Counterspell expires. There is a window of opportunity between the healer's heal being prevented and the counterspell expiring and a fresh heal being cast
That's the only way he can win, if he can't do sufficient burst in that window of opportunity he loses
Early in the game level 60 Mages simply lost to level 60 Priests. The only way you could not win that fight as a Priest is to let your mana get carelessly low then get counterspelled. Keeping yourself over 75% life and wanding the Mage = win
3:2 is probably fairer than 3:1, at least I think so. 3:1 with pretty slow fights was too much
Please also bear in mind that some of Xusilak's calculations assume the healer is using damage and healing gear. That's probably a fair assumption for the level 60 bg farming but it won't be a reasonable assumption for the Arena matches
I do think that this last month of pvping frenzy has indicated a pvp healing problem and that damage to survivability is too high with level 60 gear and the talents meant for the level 70 end-game
But it's balanced for level 70 and in good level 70 gear players won't die fast and pvp healing will be crucial. Moreover the nature of the Arena fights is much more hardcore (in the Diablo sense). If you die you're out. If someone on your team dies you have probably lost unless you can immediately get a kill in return.
Wait till level 70 Bolty, most 5 man pvp teams will require a minimum of two good healers and healing will win fights.
Let's suppose Nuker Class beats Healer class if he gets the healer down a bit so healer has to heal then uses Counterspell and bursts him down the rest of the way before Counterspell expires. There is a window of opportunity between the healer's heal being prevented and the counterspell expiring and a fresh heal being cast
That's the only way he can win, if he can't do sufficient burst in that window of opportunity he loses
Early in the game level 60 Mages simply lost to level 60 Priests. The only way you could not win that fight as a Priest is to let your mana get carelessly low then get counterspelled. Keeping yourself over 75% life and wanding the Mage = win
3:2 is probably fairer than 3:1, at least I think so. 3:1 with pretty slow fights was too much
Please also bear in mind that some of Xusilak's calculations assume the healer is using damage and healing gear. That's probably a fair assumption for the level 60 bg farming but it won't be a reasonable assumption for the Arena matches
I do think that this last month of pvping frenzy has indicated a pvp healing problem and that damage to survivability is too high with level 60 gear and the talents meant for the level 70 end-game
But it's balanced for level 70 and in good level 70 gear players won't die fast and pvp healing will be crucial. Moreover the nature of the Arena fights is much more hardcore (in the Diablo sense). If you die you're out. If someone on your team dies you have probably lost unless you can immediately get a kill in return.
Wait till level 70 Bolty, most 5 man pvp teams will require a minimum of two good healers and healing will win fights.