Originally Posted by
Qui
On the other hand, ogre-mage arena boss and ogre-mages in ogre village go from relatively difficult to trivial. Like, what can they do? Turn invisible (oops, +SeeI) and cast that cold ray of theirs (lol, =Cold).
Well. One possible solution/item-to-address is to make it so the arena bosses are more varied and all of them on par with the ogre-magi arena boss. Li-Hon-Kay is really the only dangerous one of the three possibilities. If your complaint is that the AMW makes the 4th quest a joke perhaps the change needs to be to the 4th quest and not the AMW. It could go to cold resist. I'd be ok with that.
I would say that Raven-Born Trident is really really strong. But... it's one of many birthsigns. Other signs get it late enough that it doesn't matter in the slightest. I like the Raven born difference. I think that Raven sign's balance is a little strong but in no way broken.
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