Help me understand the Stormlord changes a bit

[Darkwind]

Caveat: I searched thoroughly for this and saw no specific post addressing the changes made to the class itself.

With that said... when it says that the 'Enhanced Stormlord weapon is no longer granted' does that mean ALL the shock weapons are gone? Because that plus only getting 6 caster levels effectively drives the class into the dirt as a prestige class choice, which perhaps that was the goal? The primary mechanical reason for that class would be the shock weapons of course, and secondarily the caster levels.

As I said I'm using the RCR period for some test drives but I want to be sure I understand each class before taking the time to invest in even leveling it up w/ the RCR tool.


UPDATE: Thank you that wasn't entirely clear that it was just the EB but that makes total sense.

[Tsidkenu]

Enhanced Weapons is just the stacking EB bonus. It was deemed too OP given that a Stormlord can GMW for +5 and then get another +3 on top (for +8 EB total).

Shock, Burst & Sonic stormlord weapon abilities remain unchanged.

[Blackman D]

thought it was stronger than that, because AA gets +5 EB and stacks with +3 EB bows and thats fine

tho it might have been the whole monkey grip duel wielding spears part...

[Rask]

There is a reason nobody plays stormlord, and you're learning it right now. It's worthless as a class.

[The Whistler]

There is a reason nobody plays stormlord, and you're learning it right now. It's worthless as a class.

lol

[Blackman D]

there is nothing wrong with SL, you just have to want to play an evil spear wielding cleric with monkey grip to use a shield so you can pretend to be a spartan

[electric mayhem]

Agreed.
As Sun will likely backup too, one of the only server viable builds for SL is the Ranger/SL axe chucker.
Other builds can be considered of course, but they may not be as mechanically viable.
The class is fun, RP is free and chaotic. The electrical/shock buffs on weapons are cool, but frustrating that they need to be continually reapplied. Would love it if they lasted another minute or so longer. Reduce the amount of mouse/keyboard clicks.

[Darkwind]

Yeah its pretty awful actually. The need to constantly reapply the buff is super annoying and it is a class that really needs a "QA Pass" to make it somewhat viable again. Given the hoops you have to jump through to unlock it in the first place it is mainly a RP only build and incredibly weak in combat compared to some of the other stuff I've been rolling up during RCR for the past 2 weeks. (Rogue Hybrids being the high watermark for pure lethality with everything else downstream from that)

[diblex]

If it is considered weak, why was it so nerf ?