One of my favorite things about ao has always been the ability to use non viable builds, with a high enough skill cieling that they can actually beat metamancers.
So when I see some shill say “ATTACK SPEED IS MANDATORY” or “WARRIOR AND MAGE ARE THE ONLY VIABLE CLASSES” a part of my soul dies. I need you to understand this, the meta, is volatile. One moment thermo fist is on top of the world, undefeatable (unless you actually understand it cough) and 3 updates later it’s practically unusable. The reason I despise the meta and never use it is because it never lasts, the balance trello has an entire category called “addressing the meta” where they nerf whatever is good right now into the ground, only to buff it again 2 updates later. My metal conjurer has never been nerfed throughout its entir existence, because I’ve always avoided candidates for nerfing, and I would recommend you all do the same.
(Note, I specifically exclude lightning conj from “non meta” as its generic as hell. Good day)
worst part is when you find a fun niche build and then check the balance doc and see that like 46% of players complained about it and it’s getting killed the next patch
yeah if you use a good synergy or something
when your first magic is fire (which i am not swapping, even though i know it’s bad) it is not all that viable
