The problem with the tomes is not their scaling. They don't reach that high in SWA unless you put a lot of effort into it. As far as it goes, someone with +52 will and +60 another element could barely push it over 110 SWA.
The custom tomes themselves can range from not that powerful to completely cancerous.
This is due to the fact it's not hard for someone to dump their efforts into the elemental attack and super stack the damage the custom spell would do.
This creates Monotype tomes. While one element, they can do a crazy amount of damage.
No one indeed bothers with Wild Dragon seeds due to the recoil. You'd find yourself taking more damage than the enemy with that seed. You're hit with this recoil PER an enemy so you can kill your character unintentionally, hence why people gravitate towards Lord, Noble, and Baron.
In the case of the wild seeds, It's less about the elemental attack, but they would not need to worry about self-inflicting great amounts of damage on themselves.
The problem people have with the spells is how often they can be used. So someone that builds a mono tome with a high attack in that element consistently using their custom spell every turn. That's where the problem lies.
Not the SWA, not exactly the type of seeds but the abuse of the custom spells.
A good way to look at it, each turn, no matter how much you wish to flee, the person will walk towards you and use their custom spell. Now you find yourself taking +150 to 200 damage from that spell alone. This would be followed by something else if the mage had no reason to move.
Due to the options the seeds often as well as Traits like Luminary Element, which allows people to dump their problems into a will to get their high Elemental attack, and use a different custom tome to fit their new scaling.
In a sense, as we'll say 'Creating cancer'.
Due to how easy it is for mages and even non-mages to abuse the versatility they offer, they come across as overpowered/ALMOST go to tomes.
This is how we have 'very strong tank' mages and so on.
Hopefully, this explains the situation better.
Nerfing the SWA won't exactly fix the problem but more likely give others a reason to run it only for its custom spell and main hand their true damage dealer. (Which is what's happening at the moment)
The custom tomes themselves can range from not that powerful to completely cancerous.
This is due to the fact it's not hard for someone to dump their efforts into the elemental attack and super stack the damage the custom spell would do.
This creates Monotype tomes. While one element, they can do a crazy amount of damage.
No one indeed bothers with Wild Dragon seeds due to the recoil. You'd find yourself taking more damage than the enemy with that seed. You're hit with this recoil PER an enemy so you can kill your character unintentionally, hence why people gravitate towards Lord, Noble, and Baron.
In the case of the wild seeds, It's less about the elemental attack, but they would not need to worry about self-inflicting great amounts of damage on themselves.
The problem people have with the spells is how often they can be used. So someone that builds a mono tome with a high attack in that element consistently using their custom spell every turn. That's where the problem lies.
Not the SWA, not exactly the type of seeds but the abuse of the custom spells.
A good way to look at it, each turn, no matter how much you wish to flee, the person will walk towards you and use their custom spell. Now you find yourself taking +150 to 200 damage from that spell alone. This would be followed by something else if the mage had no reason to move.
Due to the options the seeds often as well as Traits like Luminary Element, which allows people to dump their problems into a will to get their high Elemental attack, and use a different custom tome to fit their new scaling.
In a sense, as we'll say 'Creating cancer'.
Due to how easy it is for mages and even non-mages to abuse the versatility they offer, they come across as overpowered/ALMOST go to tomes.
This is how we have 'very strong tank' mages and so on.
Hopefully, this explains the situation better.
Nerfing the SWA won't exactly fix the problem but more likely give others a reason to run it only for its custom spell and main hand their true damage dealer. (Which is what's happening at the moment)
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