03-04-2017, 07:00 PM
I agree that the Raijin should -probably- not scale as it currently does, given that every other katana in the series scales on STR, I don't see why the one that scales on both of the hit stats should be the exception. As already stated, the Akujin and Sanjin both scale off STR, so it's not a stretch for the Raijin to fall in line.
As it stands, it's vastly superior to most if not all swords in the game due to the lack of a STR requirement, thus freeing up stats that otherwise served little purpose. Unless STR gets overhauled, anything lacking a STR requirement is generally superior if you're not using Fire ATK. If scaling like Raijin's got implemented into others swords, they'd be the only ones ever used by people who knew about them.
Raijin stands out as a sword because literally every single other sword until now has had a STR scaling, often being the higher number or at least equal with the other stats involved. With STR out of the equation, builds utilizing the Raijin as opposed to a build utilizing literally any other sword will be more effective given they've more stats providing them utility that would've been lost to STR.
TL;DR
If swords without STR scaling become a thing they'll be vastly superior to STR scaling swords until STR gets overhauled, so Raijin should be swapped to 60 STR 40 LUC like all the other Jin swords.
--I see many more posts were made since I typed this.
I understand that this will mess with people who immediately spec'd themselves to use a Raijin for the exact benefits I mentioned before. This is no one's fault but their own. I don't want to sound mean, but they -probably- knew how busted it was, so it being brought to light for balance reasons shouldn't come as a huge surprise.
And yes, there are weapons that lack STR scaling outside of swords. This is about swords. Swords have been balanced around needing an amount of STR to deal damage with them, until now. Unless Dev decides that STR is going out the window and everybody gets a Raijin, then I think Raijin's scaling needs to be put in line with the other swords either by setting it to STR LUC, docking its total scalings, or adjusting it in a way like Spoops suggested (STR/SKI/LUC).
As it stands, it's vastly superior to most if not all swords in the game due to the lack of a STR requirement, thus freeing up stats that otherwise served little purpose. Unless STR gets overhauled, anything lacking a STR requirement is generally superior if you're not using Fire ATK. If scaling like Raijin's got implemented into others swords, they'd be the only ones ever used by people who knew about them.
Raijin stands out as a sword because literally every single other sword until now has had a STR scaling, often being the higher number or at least equal with the other stats involved. With STR out of the equation, builds utilizing the Raijin as opposed to a build utilizing literally any other sword will be more effective given they've more stats providing them utility that would've been lost to STR.
TL;DR
If swords without STR scaling become a thing they'll be vastly superior to STR scaling swords until STR gets overhauled, so Raijin should be swapped to 60 STR 40 LUC like all the other Jin swords.
--I see many more posts were made since I typed this.
I understand that this will mess with people who immediately spec'd themselves to use a Raijin for the exact benefits I mentioned before. This is no one's fault but their own. I don't want to sound mean, but they -probably- knew how busted it was, so it being brought to light for balance reasons shouldn't come as a huge surprise.
And yes, there are weapons that lack STR scaling outside of swords. This is about swords. Swords have been balanced around needing an amount of STR to deal damage with them, until now. Unless Dev decides that STR is going out the window and everybody gets a Raijin, then I think Raijin's scaling needs to be put in line with the other swords either by setting it to STR LUC, docking its total scalings, or adjusting it in a way like Spoops suggested (STR/SKI/LUC).
