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Whitesmith, boosts have been promised over 5 times. It's just waiting until they're finally released. Besides I've seen a few proper whitesmiths around like Kuoch. Weapon perfection and over thrust are NOT useless skills and will be seen in pvp more once whitesmiths finally get some boosts.
Priest : You're missing basillica. And it's true it doesn't help vs tarot or strip and magnetic earth (The only three things that do something against basillica.) But any proper priest would know they can recast basillica ontop of a land protector and overwrite it until land protector is casted again. And lets be fair if you want to compete with the best you should know you'll need a fcp. FCP, gtb and be ready to recast and you'll have a perfect party skill.
Devotion has nothing to do with whether the champ is skilled or not. It's a essential supporting skill for champions due to their high damage output and reflect chance. And because so many people are using reflect gear a champion alone would hardly ever be able to get the kill/death ratio needed to win the full price. Hence why they'll ask for a devotion paladin. Devotion can be countered as well. But I didn't know this topic was about trying to convince how "useless" support skills are. Just because you find them useless you say we should remove their usage completely ? Honestly I don't see ANY reason to nerf the support classes even more than they already are.
Very VERY not true. Skills that are used in pvp by proper paladins : Gospell, devotion, Shield reflect, guard, defender (Yes these count as support skills as well because you can apply them to others), provoke. None supportive skills : magnum break, Pressure. Sometimes even Matyr's reckoning. And heck I might even be missing some skills still.
You're completely misunderstanding his point. Only because of the accessability of parties and party buffs newer players are able to join in on pvp and get a share of the winnings. Without these parties they would never ever be able to compete in pvp because they'll be all by themselfs.
All in all I still stand by my opinion.
Edit : You also missed clowns/gypsies with support skills like marionette control and group songs. And no it's not useless it can boost up stats still.
Also lets not forget star gladiator skills that rely on party size. You'd be nerfing so many skills and classes with this change, just because you want the extremely rich to dominate pvp even more. I don't see the point...
Regards,
Ryuk