jreid_1985 wrote:
I'm not entirely sure the 'others' you speak of. I glanced at the who list last week and saw multiple tribunal members, some of which I know for certain arent harlies, so that leaves only one potential ( a guy who doesnt pk )l and one recent guy who was retired or something. Before that, like two months ago there was a delven necro, but he is gone. Both of those players were moderately successful, but nothing to write home about. Are you saying that having a special ability and having a tank is too OP? If so, necros in harlies = OP. But necros are anything but overpowered. That class needs a buff.
I'm not sure how some of what you said relates at all to what I said: The word 'others' didn't even appear in this thread before your post, although I guess you're talking about my statement that the majority of the who list is often Harlies: I know because I've been playing and the majority of the who list was harlies a -lot- of the time. It's also proven in the past to be a cabal that often takes over the playerbase just by sheer number of members.
I disagree that the last thing the game needs are nerfs. I think that the game is benefitted by proper balance, when a player doesn't have to worry about always fighting a losing battle just because they picked the wrong class, race or cabal. At the moment, Harlie trib members are afforded a -very- noticeable advantage over other cabal trib members because of A) the nature of the Harlequin cabal's signature skill and B) the change that combined tribunals and cabals together.
Harlies were a very powerful cabal mechanically before tribunals were allowed to be joined in addition to cabals. Now that virtually every PK-active character is in a tribunal, Harlequin are now overpowered because Harlequin have a very significant advantage in city-based PvP which is exacerbated by their ability to bring their own guards on the offensive while still enjoying those benefits.
Some aspect of Harlequin + Tribunal severely needs to be nerfed. I can't propose a solution because it's against the forum rules to discuss cabal abilities here. Finney's described to me his reasons for why he thinks they're not OP, and they're woefully insufficient.