This event is very harsh on Professors.
KingZog
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Other professions have conditional passive skills that give attack bonuses against oddities. Professors do not.
To take down a Brilliant Death Eater takes a professor with maxed power 2 attacks, 1 with a a crit . Similarly leveled Magizoologists and Aurors will take it down in 1 every time.
Brilliant Azkaban Escapee takes me (level 9 prof) 3 attacks, 2 with at least 1 crit. Magis can take these down with 2/1. Aurors with DWD get a 70% of a first crit and will often take them down with 1.
So generally speaking, profs have to spend twice the energy as Magis or Aurors on the Death Eaters, and between one and a three times as much for escapees. Energy is the fundamental gate for playing the game. We should add time too, because those extra casts mean we can catch fewer oddities per hour of play, but let's ignore that for now and put it down simply as this -- for each unit of energy, professors get conservatively a third less rewards than the other classes. This is simply grossly imbalanced. If they'd arbitrarily announced that Aurors get 3 family XP instead of 4 for those brilliant oddities, it would be LESS imbalanced than it currently is to professors.
It's worth noting that this doesn't just apply to the Brilliant oddities. Vampires and Erklings, for example, cost twice as much energy for professors than they do for magis or aurors. This really needs addressing.
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well said !!
@KingZog
As a lvl 30 Auror (challenge lvl 10), it takes me usually 2-3 hits to take down the brilliant escapees as well and 1-3 for the oddity death eaters. Doesn't sound like much difference outside of the fortress.
@KingZog it sounds like you haven't purchased your professor specializations. This get carried into oddity battles. Professors can have higher power than aurors as can magizoologist. If you want to **** them easier buy the skills that require restricted spell books on the right side of your tree.
Level 43, auror level 13. I can't one shot any of the brilliants. It's 2-3 attacks per foe.
I do agree however that the professions are extremely unbalanced with their book requirements. You fortunately need far fewer red spell books. I am aware you need more restricted books.
I believe all classes should have the same consumables requirement to fulfil their training.
I won't even pretend to have a worthwhile opinion on this subject. I've watched players engage in lively debate over this topic, both on this forum and on Reddit. For any adjustment suggested, someone will have a counter argument for how this will unintentionally cause an even greater imbalance downstream. I just agree with everyone's take, because it doesn't really matter much to me. They could nerf one skill or buff another one, and neither will have a significant impact on my day. If it does bother you though, that's cool. Your feelings are valid too, and maybe voicing them will produce the results you desire. May the odds be ever in your favor.
@Bormacska @WerewolfChaser Auror max normal power is 100, professor is 79. With DWD you can get up to 70% chance of a crit on first cast, which with all but the two most expensive crit power skills gets you a 101% bonus. That would mean 1-shotting the escapee 70% of the time, 2-shotting the remaining 30%. You can be several lessons down from max power to 1 shot the death eater.
@Ginnungagap , I presume you're referring to Strength in Number and Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork? They will only get you to 96 power, so you're still looking at 3 shots without a crit to get the escapee. It is true that with both of them( at a cost of 30 RSBs) professors can 1-shot the death eater, but only with 2 enhancements active - i.e running a trace tonic and baruffalo. Still not as good and costs 2 potions the others don't need.
@Bormacska @WerewolfChaser Auror max normal power is 100, professor is 79. With DWD you can get up to 70% chance of a crit on first cast, which with all but the two most expensive crit power skills gets you a 101% bonus. That would mean 1-shotting the escapee 70% of the time, 2-shotting the remaining 30%. You can be several lessons down from max to 1 shot the death eater.
@Ginnungagap , I presume you're referring to Strength in Number and Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork? They will only get you to 96 power, so you're still looking at 3 shots without a crit to get the escapee. It is true that with both of them at 30 RSBs professors can 1-shot the death eater, but only with 2 enhancements active - i.e running a trace tonic and baruffalo. Still not as good and costs 2 potions the others don't need.
Magizoologist here, and it takes me 2-3 strikes to take down a BDE. So roughly the same amount of energy.
Given that it took me over 100 hours of Fortressing to get the Formidable Pixies for the challenges that Professors were spawning so much more frequently, it just sounds like the game is evening out if your perspective is correct (it sounds like the same amount of energy to me, frankly, but it's not that important to me).
The professions actually appear to be rather well balanced. However, perspectives shift based on the priorities set in the skill tree. If you prioritize stamina/defense over power and proficiency, you will take more energy to **** oddities. On another thread about the wit potion, I posted a spreadsheet with damage output for each profession assuming all abilities were gotten. They came out extremely closely to one another. It is possible to move things around the skill tree, but I think that goes towards making some people's preferred play style easier. Since only 1 rank is required of the prerequisite skill to progress in the tree, it isn't hard to place your priorities where you want them. Professor is very well rounded with abilities which work best in a support role. However, I believe that is why it was chosen to make specializations always count in oddity battles. To get the extra boost, no greater enhancements or impairments are needed.
@KingZog I assure you I have DWD. I have all the skills that require restricted books.
I will repeat that they take me 2-3 shots.
That is one impressive picture @WerewolfChaser!
By the by, I read a while back that DWD really didn't do what it was supposed to, so I skipped it. Is it worth having?
I have been so frustrated with this concept during this event! I am spending copious amounts of time an energy to defeat these oddities and when I finally earn a runestone to get the crest for the level 3 challenge, it doesn't drop. 7 Wizarding Challenges played at 2 locations in various towers to no avail. I am trying to earn my restricted books to increase my learning in my profession as a professor and instead I am getting burnt out on this game!
@WerewolfChaser Wow, that's a LOT of RSBs! Nice progress. :) Assuming you have all the lessons above, that does seem to come out to 99 damage, just 1 away from 2/1 shotting the escapees (though well over what's needed to 1 shot a Brilliant Death Eater). I notice you're just 2 defensive lessons from max, but 7 lessons in damaging skills short. You've gone a different route which is cool (different playstyles and all that), but the point is that you could easily be 1/2-shotting if you'd gone for a damge oriented build.