[Magus] Why would anyone play Magus over Sorc?

[Penril]

Again, I never said that Magus was fine (nor did I say it is not). I'm simply pointing out that just because they have one skill that performs extremely well, it does not mean they are fulfilling their intended role or that they are viable in all situations (SCs RvR, etc). What if I don't like being a Rift bot? What if I want to specialize in mid tree?

Thankfully I think devs don't like one-trick ponies as well. Just look at WL pet and SH melee tree changes. Depending on how they implement those, we might just see less Pouncing WLs / heal debuff SHs in the future.

[anarchypark]

I'm not sure you know the guy, but Svarz is one of the nicest most impartial - and best - players in the game. If I'm to heed anyone's advice, it would be someone like his.

As always the point seems to have gone a mile off your head. Do you play a magus? =P

I couldn't stop myself lecturing when some ppl brought 'high rr says~' in balance discussion.
it may carry little more weight than others but still 1side story.
balance need to be viewed from both side.
however expert and nice who are, it's still player. leave judge role to devs.
FYI, my magus is rr42, post magus/engie buff.

[peterthepan3]

I'm not sure you know the guy, but Svarz is one of the nicest most impartial - and best - players in the game. If I'm to heed anyone's advice, it would be someone like his.

As always the point seems to have gone a mile off your head. Do you play a magus? =P

I couldn't stop myself lecturing when some ppl brought 'high rr says~' in balance discussion.
it may carry little more weight than others but still 1side story.
balance need to be viewed from both side.
however expert and nice who are, it's still player. leave judge role to devs.
FYI, my magus is rr42, post magus/engie buff.

High RR is usually an indicator (in the hands of a good player) that someone has played class X for an extended period of time and, so, is likely to have a thorough understanding of said class. In the case of Svarz ( a very good player), one can safely infer that he is experienced with said class due to having devoted a lot of time to it.

I am leaving the judge role to devs, but feedback is important in any MMO is it not?

[Arteker616]

I'm not sure you know the guy, but Svarz is one of the nicest most impartial - and best - players in the game. If I'm to heed anyone's advice, it would be someone like his.

As always the point seems to have gone a mile off your head. Do you play a magus? =P

I couldn't stop myself lecturing when some ppl brought 'high rr says~' in balance discussion.
it may carry little more weight than others but still 1side story.
balance need to be viewed from both side.
however expert and nice who are, it's still player. leave judge role to devs.
FYI, my magus is rr42, post magus/engie buff.

your magus name?Because i would take svarz advice over magus quick an fast as he has proven to me he is a competent player with whatever he put his paws on it. in the other hand u are on my chinesehero type of tanks list to be honest.

now answering the original poster .

Before T4 was launched i used to play a magus frequently, specialy for rvr . early tiers magus perform wells with dots mini nukes and such . specialy when no high Disrupt lvls floating as happen on t4.

i had to give up when t4 happened because the magus underperforming was total and miserable. i started to lvl up my sorc (it sits now at rr70).

The magus engi patch went in and as usual when u aply it to both class one wich never had the trouble one had well . as expected .

Magus had potential to burst down while bolt was 5 secs cd but afetr patch it begin to fail as burst class while engi benefeited so hard of the changes it moved to the 3 hardest ranged burst class in ror in my opinion.

So is tick to my sorc and well i dont regret it

[catholicism198]

Spoiler:

The only guild I ever saw using one legitimately in a competitive 6v6 way was pred/fusion during the proc meta where I think it was Peter on magus and they played around the stationary/long range aspect in CW.

Basically I think magus could be great in certain maps over sorc where stationary defensive positions are available.

But since competitive is pretty much dead as **** I wouldn't put any eggs in that basket.

Other than that rift is an essential warband level ability that works in any half decently ran warbands with voice comms.

From a pug standpoint magus is much much better 1v1 and solo in the lakes or in scenarios due to less reliance on healing. Magus also curb stomp groups with low healing output which seems to be 90% of order pug ads these days.

The Magus is good for solo and in pug scs? Really? You might be inclined to agree with you if by solo you mean following the blob and tapping the enemy players.... otherwise no. It is not good for solo play/roaming. It takes way too much time to "prep" the Magus before it puts out decent damage...same for SCs, especially those that require you to move around a lot. The Cool down for redeploy/resummon is too long...and if you summon a new one, at max, you'll instantly lose 20% of your damage bonus.

[neutrino]

It suffers from 'feel' more than anything, the crack of a rifle is much more satisfying than the whoosh of the magus and not everyones a fan of the disk.

Its not a weak class, can you imagine the destro whine if gunblast was undefendable and could hit 2 people? Magus gets that and its fun stuff smacking the guard tanks for 150% damageas you whale on his protected teammate

Imagine the cry if they had a 3s cd on hipshot, that it did 50% more critical damage, magus has this.

Theres nothing 'bad' about the class, not everything is going to be number 1 or the prefered choice, such is life.

Also I play a magus and if I felt it was in dire need of work Im in the unique position where I would just do it.

Torque, thanks for that info - Can you name some of the abilities you're speaking about? I assume bolt of change, which its the one undefendable ability, and SVF with the swift flames 3 sec cooldown tactic. Something is off on SVF damage with surging power. It's not hitting over 1k like it use too with the 50% crit tactic. I also see flickering red fire now benefits from surging power, but its 2sec cast time with its travel time sucks. I still love magus class but the changes that came after the first class adjustment didn't really help alot. Damage is easily negated (resists, bubbles, absorps, cleanses), there are to many dependencies to get damage high, and cast times/setup to do maximum damage takes too long. I'd start with widening the pet buffs or let them move with the caster. I'd cut cast and dot tick times. I'd look at surging power and see if its applying. I'd check if fiery windows really does apply to bolt of change.

[catholicism198]

It suffers from 'feel' more than anything, the crack of a rifle is much more satisfying than the whoosh of the magus and not everyones a fan of the disk.

Its not a weak class, can you imagine the destro whine if gunblast was undefendable and could hit 2 people? Magus gets that and its fun stuff smacking the guard tanks for 150% damageas you whale on his protected teammate

Imagine the cry if they had a 3s cd on hipshot, that it did 50% more critical damage, magus has this.

Theres nothing 'bad' about the class, not everything is going to be number 1 or the prefered choice, such is life.

Also I play a magus and if I felt it was in dire need of work Im in the unique position where I would just do it.

Torque, thanks for that info - Can you name some of the abilities you're speaking about? I assume bolt of change, which its the one undefendable ability, and SVF with the swift flames 3 sec cooldown tactic. Something is off on SVF damage with surging power. It's not hitting over 1k like it use too with the 50% crit tactic. I also see flickering red fire now benefits from surging power, but its 2sec cast time with its travel time sucks. I still love magus class but the changes that came after the first class adjustment didn't really help alot. Damage is easily negated (resists, bubbles, absorps, cleanses), there are to many dependencies to get damage high, and cast times/setup to do maximum damage takes too long. I'd start with widening the pet buffs or let them move with the caster. I'd cut cast and dot tick times. I'd look at surging power and see if its applying. I'd check if fiery windows really does apply to bolt of change.

Surging Power is not bugged. It works (as intended) with both Flickering Red Fire and Surging Violet Fire. Are you sure you have it equipped?

The tactics he's referring to are Flame's Kiss + Fiery Winds. Flame's Kiss makes it so that Flickering Red Fire is also understandable but the tank will still mitigate 90% of the damage- he just won't be able to block/parry/disrupt it... It's also essential/useful for trolling Witch Hunters.

[anarchypark]

guess my english is not good enough to express my point.
question marks are check points.
plz read it with imaging smile

we are talking about balance
which need stories from both side right?
we had feedbacks from magus side.

now, I'm not representing magus side here.
i'm on opposite side of magus. ok?
i'm against 5sec BoC based on my little magus experience and heavy experience against magus. that's my opinion. hm?

now, both stories are just opinions.
value of each opinions will be judged by devs right?
player's discussion may plus or minus it's values.
devs also have other sources to judge class,
feedback is just additional info. ok?
all u players can do is provide feedback and discuss right?

that's my theory about balance discussion.
'why not agree with this high rr nice player's opinion' is really not a good discussion.

lastly, accept the result. ok?

[Tankbeardz]

Having played both to a solid renown rank at the highest gear level, can you tell you without question the engi is hands down a better dps class mostly due to better tactics/morales and focused fire is crazy strong (focused fire is 8sec cd, a core ability and can be used every rotation). Magus was maybe slightly better during the 5sec boc stage but now its not even close.

Engi with 650 ws, softcap ballistic, max crit and tracer rounds (15% global crit if your close to your turret, not just on specific skills like magus) sat in full stacks cant be ignored, a magus i feel doesnt offer the same threat.

Magus still seems superior as far as aoe damage goes, although that may be as mist wasnt working as intended last time i tried it.

To answer the op, its no comparison to a sorc, completely different mechanics, one is a killing machine 24/7 the other requires far to much setup and downtime.

This man speaks the truth. Engi is easier to play, has better tactics, better morales, and deals faster burst...all day long. Magus is a fun class but expect to spend 10 seconds setting up your kills and searching for the next squishy while a sorc should be able to do the same in 5.

[lawfol]

Noz zo speak thatmagus pull seems a bit better than engi pull...especially if it comes to the height differences. But not all magi are that good at pulls, only very few.