Is Runic Magic overpowered?

[hingybingy]

I've been playing coop with my brother for about 40 hours, and he recently got the 0.34 mana/second skill, and since then he's just been spamming the runic lightning bolt. Which is fine, he can play how he wants, but it kind of makes the combat a lot less fun for me when each lightning attack does almost 2x more damage than anything I can do, and he can spam it for significantly longer now because of the regen. I use a bow primarily and claymore secondary, and it feels like the only thing I'm good for is aggro.

[Larus]

Short answer, it depends on your build.

Bows don't deal the most damage and your melee damage highly depends on your buffs and equipment. I personally think melee becomes even more overpowered.

[Ding Dong Dead]

Magic is (my opinion) stronk :D i dont know but i love melee and its kinda boring to kill the things fast, no tactics, no difficult or anything else^^

[Citizen of Zozo]

Haha. The Lightning Ball isn't even that strong compared to Magic Mine. There are a few OP setups in this game. Rune Magic doesn't hold a candle to an inventory full of loaded pistols that you cycle through with hotkeys, firing them one by one. If you want to outshine your brother, start collecting guns and learn to craft bullets. There are two magic bullet skills learned at the Mercenary Trainer that require boons but you can just drink a boon potion to access them if you don't want to use mana.

All that said, melee can be just as strong (some armors increase the damage you deal) and far more rewarding. Having a full compliment of Warrior, Hunter, or Rogue skills helps immensely. Learning enemy weaknesses and carrying elemental varnish to put on your weapon can also make a world of difference.

While there are some balance issues in the game, the real problem is co-op. This game is just straight up meant for one person. That's the only way you're going to see any challenge. Co-op trivializes every single fight. So if you're playing co-op you'll either have to deliberately limit yourselves or accept that you're going to streamroll everything and just enjoy the journey.