Monday, April 29, 2013

PvP Reviews from Dragon Nest SEA server

It's been awhile since I wrote something here, but today I'm not gonna write about something bad, but a review instead. Recently I've found myself hooked up with the game called "Dragon Nest", it's a 3rd person action MMO game. The game originates from Korea and later on have split to Japan, North America and SEA (that's what I knew until now). This will be a long post so ignore this if you're bored with long long post.

This game is basically the 3D version of Dragonica that closed down on May 2012 in SEA, without the thief class, the game consist, Warrior, Cleric, Archer, Sorceress, Academic and Kali (with the latest patch). Unfortunately this game has a fixed gender based on what class you have chosen. Male for Warrior and Cleric, while the other classes are all female, for guys that liked to use female characters (I'm 1 of them), you're gonna love them.

This game is rather unique cause you get to branch into 4 classes instead of into 2 classes for each and every class of the game. I'll list down the class branch for each class below :

Warrior : -
1. Sword Master  --> Gladiator / Moon Lord
2. Mercenary       --> Destroyer / Barbarian

Cleric : -
1. Priest               --> Saint / Inquisitor
2. Paladin            --> Crusader / Guardian

Archer : -
1. Bow Master    --> Artillery / Sniper
2. Acrobats         --> Tempest / Wind Walker

Sorceress : -
1. Elemental Lord --> Saleana / Elestra
2. Force User       --> Smasher / Majesty

Academic : -
1. Alchemist         --> Physician / Adept
2. Engineer           --> Gear Master / Shooting Star

Kali : -
1. Screamer           --> Dark Summoner / Soul Eater
2. Dancer              --> Blade Dancer / Spirit Dancer

Well, into the PvP reviews shall we? I'm writing this based from the POV of an archer, so I might be wrong. This is just some information for people who wanted to know more about other classes, so I'll try my best to sum it up here.

Basic information about each class and their pros and cons in 1 vs 1 battles.

Warrior : -
Pros - 1. High HP and Physical defense.
           2. Most of their skill would flinch their opponent.
           3. Buffs that increase damage and reduce incoming damage.
           4. Buffs that prevent them from flinching.

Cons - 1. Low Magic defense.
            2. Melee except for Moon Lord.
            3. Low mobility.

Reviews : Why is it melee a disadvantage? In my opinion, there are a lot of classes that deals ranged damage, so if you can't hit your opponent, you can't win right? Warriors are devastating in close range as you can see most of his skills flinch his opponents, but if you keep him at bay, he would be helpless except for Moon Lord, since most of ML's skill are ranged. I don't mean that Warriors are bad, it's just that Warriors are too mainstream, don't you think?

Cleric : -
Pros - 1. Status inflict on the enemy
           2. Buffs / Heals.
           3. Has the highest HP pool, Physical and Magical
                defense of all classes.

Cons - 1. Extremely low damage for the priest class.
            2. Rely heavily on relics to dish out damage/status.
            3. Slow skills.

Reviews : Being the supporter class, you cannot deal serious damage unless you're a crusader. While heavily depended on the relics to deal damage or protect you, your battle is going to take a very very long time. Crusaders on the other hand, deals heavy damage but with rather slow animation skills, makes it a hard time to hit agile characters. Time is your ally, the longer the match goes, the chances of you winning would be bigger.

Archer : -
Pros - 1. Extremely agile on the Acrobat class.
           2. Longest average attack range for Bow Master class.
           3. Buffs that increase action & movement speed.
           4. Highest critical chance of all classes.

Cons - 1. Weak in both Magical and Physical defense.
            2. Low HP pool.
            3. Melee (for Acrobats)
            4. Slow casting animation (for Bow Masters)

Reviews : Exchanging defenses and HP for mobility and critical chance, this would either be a very strong or extremely weak class to choose. Her extremely low HP and defenses usually puts her in danger but if you know how to avoid them well, she's a deadly assassin for everyone. Or she could be dead at the very beginning. Plus if you're using her, you have to be good at your aiming, or else you can't deal serious damage with her.

Sorceress : -
Pros - 1. Good at both ranged and mid-range combat.
           2. Shields that protects them from flinching for a certain %.
           3. Teleport / Blink
           4. Very high Magic damage + elemental properties for
               extra damage.

Cons - 1. Lowest Physical defense among all classes.
            2. Requires casting time.

Reviews : While having the weakest Physical defense among all classes, her skills make her a foe not to mess with. Almost none can survive a successive combo from a Sorceress, to ensure you take all of her hit, she either freezes you or stops you, and you'll be dead before you know it. To be able to par with her, you will need to know when to strike and when to retreat, interrupt her skill and she would be helpless for you to land your combo.

Academic : -
Pros - 1. Decent defense.
           2. Inflict status.
           3. Summon units.
           4. Big flashy Area of Effect (a.k.a. AOE) skills.

Cons - 1. Requires time for summon.
            2. Very few super armor skills.

Reviews : If you think you can win because she's a loli, then let me prove that you're wrong. Similar to Cleric, she is able to summon towers and mobile units to fight for her. While having a decent defense, she's not an easy target to kill, and you still have to deal with her minions and towers. If she's an Alchemist, you will suffer from her large and fancy AOE skills, before you even reach her. Time is on her side if she's a Engineer, prolong the battle would only make you more miserable as she is able to summon all of her units.

Kali : -
Pros - 1. Huge AOE skill on Dark Summoner.
           2. Very agile compare with other classes except Acrobats.
           3. Buffs / Heals on Dancers.
           4. High Physical damage dealers for Dancers.
           5. Have a decent number of skills that has super armor
               breaking capabilities.

Cons - 1. Weak in Physical defense.
            2. Rather slow recovery after knocked down.

Reviews : What can I say about this class? In my opinion, she is way too overpower in 1 vs 1. Playing as a Screamer, you can deal a lot of curses and massive AOE skills with quite a short cool down in skill. While playing as a Dancer, makes you a massive damage dealer with buffs. With Compensate Mode ON in PvP, a Spirit Dancer is capable of dealing 10000 damage to any character, which is almost an instant kill if she had land some hit before the final blow. Maybe I'll update the reviews when I fought more of the Kali class.

Thank you your time reading this. :D

Painful Memories~

Memories, Sharp as Daggers,
Pierce into the Flesh of Today.
Suicide of Love took away all that matters,
And buried the remains in an
Unmarked Grave in Your Heart...

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