QUOTE(hawkeyesvn @ Sep 4 2011, 04:02)

As a low level player, (after 2 years browsing e-hentai, I had just discovered this game like 2 weeks ago), I think I'm getting killed more than before. I coudn't get past round 30-40 on a normal grindfest run ( before I could go til round 60+). I do realize that my 2hand sword seems to hit harder but the monster can even hit me harder than that ( They can wipe out my 550 hp in just 3 hit, sometimes 2 and I'm at lv 36).
Reading other post before me, I think this change made high lv players grind too easy and low lvl players have some real trouble.
lowbies have gotten it extremely hard since we don't have spark of life and spirit shield, two high--level spells that are tehre to save your life when you get hit really hard.
Many monsters can now effectively one-shot players. You gto 90+% health, but you still die in a single round when a monster pops out his skill attack.
This is why it is near impossible for lowbies to play at higher difficulty settings.
Doesn't matter that you can finish off the monsters in 2-3 hits, since there are multiple rounds, the monsters just need to get in one of those skill attacks and it is all over.
High-level players can use spirit shield and spark of life, which means they will survive this heavy hits, so they don't get defeated when a monster whoops out a hit that does more damage than you got hit points total.
Yes, fights go a lot quicker, and while XP seems to be down, drops are up and quicker fights means more wins and more drops (and possibly even more xp) in total, compared to time invested.
But overall, this patch has really fucked over us lowbies, going into the longer arenas and item worlds becomes really hazardous, since you can die in a single hit, making it very difficult to finish these longer grinds with multiple turns.