So we have a few BETA testers on Aion now and they were kind enough to answer a bunch of questions. Of course the skills and effectiveness of Chanters came up and the answer was that a lot of testers are complaining about Chanters. Apparently their skills are highly nerfed to the point that people rarely invite them to parties and that soloing is almost impossible.
Needless to say I'm rather saddened by this. But they say hope is on the horizon! Supposedly the Devs are going to up Chanters to give them the balance they're -suppose- to have already.
It's kind of surprising to see this after the Chanter vs. Gladiator PvP video. I mean it looked like the Chanter held his own pretty well. But of course PvP and group play is pretty different. It's also different solo-wise if the Chanter doesn't do enough damage and the buffs don't work.
My reaction was pretty much shock when I read people are not satisfied with Chanters.
The videos and the lists of abilities look awesome! But it seems that we've had some smoke blown up our butts. It seems like there's quite a few things that have gone wrong in CB2 and maybe that's why now they're making CB3?
So what is the reaction from the Chanter world about the playability of the characters we want?