Samurai Development Thread

[kablizzy]

Yup, if we give all Physical classes the ability to rape MOJ faces, they're mostly doing damage *in addition* to halving MP and interrupting spellcasting. If you cast blind, it's just blind, no damage, and a wasted turn if it misses. Also, we then have to give MOJ classes the ability to impede and raise damage, in which case they become kiting sons-of-bitches, and it just goes in a huge circle. Instead, I'd rather remove more of the MOJ-killer abilities and replace them with things that POJ classes should be good at - Hitting shit in the face. Hard.

[Schwerpunkt]

Right. That's part of why I wanted Interrupt to be dropped from Javelin. In addition to a ranged interrupt being horribly easy to run away from us, it set a pretty awful precedent and made the Lancer even more of a hard counter to casters (because, apparently, being able to jump on their faces wasn't a big enough threat).

We're probably going to have to go back and tweak the Knight given how much anti-magic stuff has cropped up with the Samurai/Ninja. Rend Magic really strikes me as just further stacking the deck against the MOJs. But that's for another topic.

[pendejochy]

Instead of worrying about carrying a bunch of different katanas, why not give the samurai the ability to take different stances that give a boost to certain draw outs. Either one stance for each draw out (buying the drawout unlocks the stance) or more generalized stances. Ex: A defensive stance that gives an AoE boost to support/healing drawouts and an offensive stance that gives a boost to attacking drawouts. Maybe these stances can be disrupted by statii like confuse and poison, I dunno.

[kablizzy]

Intriguing. I don't think I can justify different katanas, in either case.

Updates here: Removed the -MP ability and added -1 MA, since literally every single POJ class had one.

Also removed the Interrupt thing and changed the Silence effect to Berserk. There was quite an overlap between this and Ninja. If we're going to be doing 0-cost abilities, we'll need an additional ability here.

[Ilium]

Draw Cut: Free skill. Equip change plus attack command in one turn, all melee weapons usable.

Whispering Blade

Hayate

Asura

Kasurigama

Magicide

Dispatch

Purifying Breeze

Tempest

Ethereal Embrace

Reaction

Meatbone Slasher

Spelleater

Support

Equip Katana

Death Strike

Movement

Swim

Bushido Step: -1 Speed, +15% M-EV

[Ilium]

Heroes of Ivalice Stats/Growth Rates



Equipment: Katana, Helmet, Armor, Robes



Base Stats:


HP: 51


MP: 21


PA: 4


MA: 4


Move: 3


Jump: 3


P-EV: 0%


M-EV: 0%


Speed: 6



Growth Rates:


Primary HP: +14 Every Level


Primary MP: +6 Every Level


PA Growth: +1 Every Five (5) Levels


MA Growth: +1 Every 7 (7) Levels


Secondary Bonus: HP + 10, MP + 5, PA + 1


Alternate Bonus: HP + 3, MP + 2

[kablizzy]

Will add comments here shortly. Playing catch-up for now.