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Sol Janus: Dawn and Erda Fountain Changes

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edited August 27 in Suggestions, Feedback, and Requests
The 6th Job Common Skill Sol Janus in its Dawn form can create up to 3 balls at level 20 and its summon duration goes up from 60 seconds to 120 seconds upon hitting lvl 30 along with an extra 30% damage to normal enemies. As the player places more balls (2 at lvl 10+ and 3 at lvl 20+,) these balls shrink in size. Having more balls does increase your mobbing coverage and power, but the coverage doesn't perfectly double or triple since there is shrinkage involve. I remember back in Arteria using Dawn on Top Deck 1 it was easy hit 3 rows of mobs, but when I hit lvl 10 and 20, the balls shrunk and it became harder to hit all 3. It was an annoying thing and I had to find a new map that can better use the ball coverage without fancy jumps. It is super painful to miss mobs because the balls shrunk and you need a new rotation or a new map instead. I don't understand why shrinkage is a thing as this is just better map coverage everyone benefits from and isn't even usable in boss content.

I'm hoping KMS can consider changing Sol Janus Dawn so the size remains unchanged regardless of how many balls you put out. As a bonus effect, Sol Janus at LVL 30 should have a feature that increases Erda Fountain from 60 seconds to 120 seconds to better match the timing of Sol Janus or even it's normal damage monster bonus into Erda Fountain. This might last one can be iffy, but it would be nice if Sol Janus cooldown were removed so that we can reposition in case we screw up the rotation placement and don't need to wait a full minute (Erda Fountain is getting this in a few weeks and Sol Janus should get this as well so its only natural.)