Warrior’s Squire vs. Caster’s Familiar - fair?

Never saw this diffrence between Warrior’s Squire and Caster’s Familiar till recently, and it really made me wonder.

Right now the descriptions of the two are:

Caster’s Familiar:
Gives a 50x boost to Intelligence, 3x boost to Concentration and 10% resistance to Voidance and Mesmerization

Warrior’s Squire:
The Squire gives a 100x boost to Strength, 5x boost to Dexterity and 20% resistance to Voidance and Mesmerization

I'm not saying that casters and Fighters should be the same, but I really dont see why the Fighter item should be twice as good as the one for casters.

Can anyone make some sence of this?

Casters have other advantages. Each (well, most) classes have areas where they are better than others, and areas where they aren't as good. Casters don't have as much damage or innate resists as fighters, but they can use a heal spell which is great for duelling.

Fighters are greater than casters for duelling, Macca123. The classes are simply very imbalanced wit archers being a whole lot better than any other class for duelling.

I didn't say that it made casters better. I said that healing is a good help for duelling.

Grandmaster Bowmen get an additional 10% mez and void resistance, plus dodge ability that is as effective as equipping two shields but only works against melee attacks

Masters of Fists receive an additional 10% mez and void resistance as well as the same dodge ability as Grandmaster Bowmen

this is another reason that casters have a slight advantage over fighters in combat.

Umm.. how does pointing out archer's advantages show anything about casters?

Originally Posted by mage war

Grandmaster Bowmen get an additional 10% mez and void resistance, plus dodge ability that is as effective as equipping two shields but only works against melee attacks

Masters of Fists receive an additional 10% mez and void resistance as well as the same dodge ability as Grandmaster Bowmen

this is another reason that casters have a slight advantage over fighters in combat.

maybe you should try reading what it actually does macca, and also fighters can use a heal spell as well, they just need more con then the opponent has of cnt and enough ntl to heal themselves to max, and i'm sure with 16 D*Dev's its possable.

And casters can use weapons if they want, archers can use spells, vamps can use both.

Casters attacking in melee is honestly just dumb. Their dex/str is too low for it to be of any use. Archers using spells is almost understandable, as they have outrageous amounts of Cnc. However, their low Ntl severely hinders their spell casting abilities.

Archers and Monks, with their dodge abilities, have an advantage over Fighters, Monks, and Archers. Vamps, since they primarily deal with relic damage, bypass this, as do Casters and Theurgs. The random order of Acumen combined with this means that Archers and Monks are not guaranteed to go against only those classes against which their dodge ability helps. With seven rounds, the chances are reduced even further. This helps to balance things out a bit.

The problem with that lies with the quantities of characters of each class entering. From what I have seen it is predominantly Archers and Fighters. Theurgs used to be much more prevalent but since girlfriends (particularly Rezizthis) came out, they have stood out less. Casters can win Acumen, as shown by the likes of Marc, but people generally avoid that class for dueling. Why? They look at the bonuses their class gets compared to similar bonuses for others. They see that CF is "half as good" as WS. But they don't look at the fact that Fighters are less effective against Archer and Monk than Casters are.

If we get more casters in Acumen, it should balance things out a bit. If those casters are suited well, it could show people how powerful the class can be.

My previous comment was referring to the comment made that fighters can use heal spells. I don't think they should, but using whatever logic coolman used to deduce that fighters can use heals, my statement is also correct.