Question to Game Developers: PvP Gear: PoM vs ToS

[kalston]

They did it for class balance reasons, that's it really. They knew toses needed love while poms were strong to start with so they did it this way. Maybe it could be better but I think it's pretty good this way.

[legionarium]

Maybe TOS has more defensive stats because it is a melee range caster? Also TOS have more mana regen because it actually needs it lol. It's clear you dont play TOS, but rejoice OP! You play one of the most OP classes at the moment, stop complaining

yep m8 its true tos is ever at center of fight !

[vbird13]

Show me a build. At this stage, I've tried it all, so I am speaking on actual fact and not made up expectations.

all i'll tell you is just that i'm feating through aura of nebthu to fangs of set)

[vbird13]

They did it for class balance reasons, that's it really. They knew toses needed love while poms were strong to start with so they did it this way. Maybe it could be better but I think it's pretty good this way.

i don't think its fair to touch on pvp gear which you don't have choice for now to balance classes, now you must wear pvp gear, anything else is not an option anymore really, so stats budgets must be same

[Rathothis]

why tos has more armor, prot and const? it should have more damage then, and now it jut has more everything: more prot, armor, const, mana regen, magic damage (after recounting wisdom)

i just dont see why there is different stats budget for 2 light armor priests

As already said by numerous people, the differences in survivability stats are due to the fact that PoM inherently has significantly more survivability. Maybe balancing classes through gear isn't terribly elegant, but it is better than not balancing them at all.

And your point regarding magic damage is rather cute, considering how different magic damage coefficients are for ToS and PoM spells...

[vbird13]

here is speck i would use if had same armor as tos omg: http://goo.gl/9KgaeS

which imo is way better than general tree

[Vutra]

here is speck i would use if had same armor as tos omg: http://goo.gl/9KgaeS

which imo is way better than general tree

well use it...even without general, u HAVE more armor than tos..bah

[vbird13]

well use it...even without general, u HAVE more armor than tos..bah

yea and what about protection which always been my biggest concern?

[Usedtissue]

OMG your class will actually have to choose between two viable builds based on your play style QQ. Sorry you can't have it all I guess?

Oh wait you can because you play the most well rounded class in the game

[mrcorp]

yea and what about protection which always been my biggest concern?

What is the problem you are trying to solve? You die fast to melee? YOu die fast to casters? TOS outscore you? Perhaps then we can help.

Armor is different for different classes because, that's what defines a class. Otherwise, we do away with all classes, make just one class with same AAs, and only difference is vanity. Everyone is the same. Boring if you ask me.