The Item and Class Stat Balance Thread

[LordChaos]

The difference in price is ENTIRELY up to the community.  That is not something the devs have ever tried to govern for legendary's.  And RG have access to the MOST shields in game.  In fact i can only come up with 2 it can't use.  Swadian Half Board Shield and Tower shield.  It has access to 4 legendary shields,  The price of which is entirely up to the community.  Compared to even Pavise which has 2.  Or Sharpshooter which has 3 Viable shields period.

I know that the price depends of the community, but why is it so high? Because there are no transitionnal item between them, Bulwark and Imprevious has really good stats, even if you would compare it to the SoK.

As for the fact that commando can use so many shields doesn't make sense to me, I understand the craftable could be, or that another small legendary shield could be (imprevious for example), but Bulwark, SoK and Phoenix should DEFINETLY BE RG/Pavise locked or eventually Commando hero + Pavise locked . Like clearly why would a commando have so many advantages compared to the sharpshooter (shieldwise), are they shielder? No but they are supposed to have some shields, well give them the craftables and 1 legendary so it would put them in the same state as the sharpshooter. 

"But sharpshooters have the ability of using crossbows, they're not melee etc". Well Commandos are melee, alright, but why would you allow a non hero class so many advantages? I mean, the amount of avaible legendaries and craftables just for commandos is just ridiculous. They have access to better armours as they are supposed to be tankier, better 2 handed weapons as they are supposed to slash, skills in polearms aswell (because it's logical), decent amount of health, and the speed overall is fine and if you get legionnaire hero, you get some fast crazy ass weapons. 

So I aggree with the fact that one lower tier class should be able to help its heroes if it can, but please, I understand that a lot of people play infantry, but the time were hybrids were kinda a thing is over anyway, there are a few left, but seriously, who's not actually going hero after all the nerfs?

And what's the actual merit to be a hero in the end if anyone with a lower tier class could access the same gear ? It doesn't make any sense to me honestly, ok there might be the efficiency of using a certain item, but how many guys are not sharing their gears just to show off? Honestly, how many guys with a bulwark on the back don't approve to share their gear for exemple? It's just crazy honestly because I don't understand how efficient is that bulwark on the back of "that" guy, but it's surely damn good. 

So, why would a commando have access to end tier gear and in the meantime, and a hero not have access to a shield, because he's a shielder ? 

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Tower Shield is a Sharpshooter exclusive, it has always been like that why change it.
It used to be more expensive but it dropped in price thanks to a lot of new legendary shields that are only usable by commando (apart from SoK).
If you want to shield that much and you like shielding, then make a Pavise.
But don't forgot you also need to worry about a buying crossbow, bolts, a shield and a one hander.
While as a RG you only need to worry about two of those. Giving you more options to buy a more expensive shield.

I like shielding, but I don't like the crossbowman class, why would I have to grind a char or respec a character to use a particular shield, and wear armor I don't like? lol + I like the melee more than ranged, I've tried archer, I don't enjoy it that much (ping issues), which is why I also dropped my marauder.