I’m pretty sure these guys have always been backstab immune for some reason.
Nah not only this!, even witches, knights and nilth. I cant be parrying all the damn time to get focus.
Removed my positive review, Sorc 2H is bad so bad.
Yeah I’ve been unable to backstab many mobs. I know it’s not a flat prohibition, though. My Winter staff was able to backstab some enemies in the lowlands.
It’s just incredibly finnicky with most mobs right now.
And yeah, staff feels bad, because it has the slow swing of greatsword and clubs with long animation locks, but none of the damage heavy weapons do.
You would expect it in turn to generate a lot of focus due to its bad damage, but my staff is only generating 7 focus per hit.
If you re going to be forced to melee in cloth armor to cast spells, then the fact you are glass should be accompanied with the cannon part. High risk should yield high reward, but it doesn’t.
Mesh armor or plate armor melee builds are doing as much or more damage than cloth mages, and melee builds can cast spells with runes and infuse weapons with elemental effects, so there is really no purpose to being a cloth mage with a staff archetype.