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Quote from: GUNINANRUNIN on December 24, 2013, 08:12:57 pm

-something I said in 2013-

What is wrong with me.

You had dicks on the brain. And the liver. And the lungs. And the intestines. And...

Gilbert clutched at his chest in not-entirely-feigned pain.

"You two, you wound poor Gilbert so terribly! Were I not distracted by the unfolding drama your blows would render me, how you say, catatonic."

"Get your head in the game, Tomik! You can be moon-eyed over Lilian's singing later!"

Anyone that can heal is going to be spending roughly 80% of their actions doing just that, so that isn't really a compelling argument. Besides, with performers a Servant can heal themselves and others twice in a single turn, while priests not only get a single self-heal each turn but also have to survive until the next Player Phase in order to get it. If they go into the Enemy Phase wounded they may well get knocked down first.

There's also the minor fact that even after using actions to heal, a Servant can still counter enemy attacks. Troubadours can do that as well, but they don't get any sources of self-healing other than items.

I'm not sure how I feel about Salt's Butler/Maid (henceforth referred to as "Servant") class ability. The class in general seems a bit strong.

Being able to recover half the HP you heal...that's very very powerful in the right circumstances. Give them a Mend staff and they'll outheal (in terms of total HP restored in a turn) a Priest with the same amount of MAG. The disparity only gets worse as they promote and gain access to higher-leveled staffs. And make no mistake; just about every Servant, unless intentionally gimping themselves, will specialize in the Healing subcategory and thus gain access to those higher-leveled Healing staves. Neither they nor any of their promotions derive benefit from Ailment or Buff staves, but all of them have skills devoted specifically to Healing. And those promotions just make healing staves even more effective.

I dunno. Probably just my in-born conservatism speaking but it seems like every time someone introduces a new class they tend to overshine existing classes.

They use the MAG stat, they're magic :v

"Where's all the magic?" he asks, after three healers and a light mage signs up