Sassy Mutations

[Nandrew]

I believe I had seen people mentioning how the flat +2 HP was too weak/trivial. I can't remember if there was ever a dev response, but the impression I get is that after it was brought up, everyone just sort of assumed it was working as intended.

Hmm. That sounds like a lull in our involvement. Absolutely *not* what had been intended.

[TigerKnee]

Well, that was its exact stats in the Alpha I think so I'm not surprised people thought it was intended.

[Nandrew]

In the alpha, too?

God, this mistake goes way deep.

[Lujo]

Well it did always feel rather silly, +20% attack and.. +2 HP. For that much gold? Really?

So, what's it supposed/going to be? Per level or per level up?

And, is it working now, or is it just that the tooltip is wrong?

[fall_ark]

Whait, what?

+2 HP per level or level up?

On level up.

Good prep for Monk....if you choose not to prep Dragon Shield, I guess.

[gjaustin]

I believe I had seen people mentioning how the flat +2 HP was too weak/trivial. I can't remember if there was ever a dev response, but the impression I get is that after it was brought up, everyone just sort of assumed it was working as intended.

Hmm. That sounds like a lull in our involvement. Absolutely *not* what had been intended.

We just thought it was a crappy item, like all the other junk* clogging up our shops

That said, I always thought it was weird that the Elven Boots gave the scaling +2 MP and Dwarven** Gauntlets gave the flat +2 HP.

* Before the massive item reworks
** Someone on the dev team is just jealous of Gimli's beard

[Nandrew]

Someone on the dev team HAS Gimli's beard.

[Darvin]

Okay, maybe this is a bit late in the week, but my thoughts on Assassin:

He's really been shoe-horned into the role of caster-assassin now. The nerf has hit hybrids and melee assassins hardest, while leaving the most powerful build more or less alone. Lowering the attack power of a class that already had mediocre presence in melee combat just doesn't seem like the way to go, and I'd prefer to address him through other means.

[Nandrew]

We're giving him a better swing on the poison damage bonus (as opposed to just "returning to normal"). Dwarf Assassins may still cry into their pillows at night, but the harder-hitting hybrids should have a fighting chance again, even if they're not amazing.

[fall_ark]

We're giving him a better swing on the poison damage bonus (as opposed to just "returning to normal"). Dwarf Assassins may still cry into their pillows at night, but the harder-hitting hybrids should have a fighting chance again, even if they're not amazing.

Is his increasing impotence against undead work as intended or merely a byproduct though?
It just feels that the design philosophy isn't consistent - all other tier 3 classes are better with their signature glyph, but only Assassins suffer a weakness (and it will be linked to the glyph). Hell before Corrosion I sometimes convert APHEELSIK at the beginning just for the heck of it. If the baseline is that Assassin can't live without poison then that's not very good design IMHO.