by Darvin on Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:14 am
Yeah, APHEELSIK has really been over-nerfed at 8 MP.
This is another one that I'd chock up partially to the power creep in terms of monster damage since the alpha. Many dungeons labeled "normal" difficulty have monsters with damage exceeding ranked mode or the boss hive. This has greatly reduced your capacity to take on higher-level monsters with APHEELSIK (since you cannot survive a single hit anyways), greatly reducing its useability. On the other end of the spectrum, CYDSTEPP has flourished because of all the high-damage monsters that it can now protect you from.
In the current version, burning heart on a bloodmage (with fireball glyph and boss scout preparation) is your go-to choice for hit and run spellcaster.