Eskelian | Mon 23-Sep-13 01:36 PM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#117132, "RE: You'd bash an assassin?"
Edited on Mon 23-Sep-13 01:43 PM
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Weapons do help a lot. This is, I feel, a critical thing to "get" as an AP. If you're mid rank, building up controls, you should not "lock into" one weapon set. A polearm, for instance, will dominate an assassin pretty handily and he's stuck trying to hope for a kot crunch while you're bashing away or nuking his strength. Crescent kick also works well but if that's what he's doing to you then you're in pretty good shape (generally speaking) so long as you don't over lag yourself.
Martial trance can change this but if the guy has sanc you can always just leave or maledict strength. There's no need to nuke dex, nuking strength will effectively do the same thing with the additional side effect of making kot/kans a lot harder to do. Try doing kot with a 5 str, I've had that happen and missed kot (like, outright misses), 4 times in a row (recently too).
If I'm a level 36 AP I'm building charges between different weapons because I'm trying to get fire control...and if I build enough momentum I'll consolidate them all into one weapon. And that one weapon will undoubtedly either be a polearm or whip just based on the mechanics of APs. You can shield cleave and faceslash, crippling strike, etc from the offhand.
If I had to define why APs who have access to barrier fail, I'd probably chalk it up to be built too defensively. You don't want to be defensive as an AP...that's what wands and healing preps are for. You want to be pure offense and control the lag so you can leave if you need to.
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(AGE DEATH) [EMPIRE] Finley Beergut the Unblinking Betr...
[View all] , Death_Angel, Thu 26-Sep-13 01:20 PM
Thanks to whoever got my PBF,
Finley (Anonymous),
24-Sep-13 10:18 AM, #49
What about evade at 43?,
Murphy,
26-Sep-13 03:09 AM, #52
I wouldn't take his assessment of the mechanical advant...,
Ruknubuk (Anonymous),
26-Sep-13 09:43 AM, #54
Keep in mind everything is a trade.,
Eskelian,
26-Sep-13 12:48 PM, #53
And the anti-ganging code favors that charging into gro...,
RiderOfStorms,
26-Sep-13 02:43 PM, #55
Finley's New Description,
Finley (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 10:31 AM, #2
Goodbyes,
Finley (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 11:18 AM, #3
Thoughs on APs and other Comments,
Finley (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 11:49 AM, #4
You clearly take things really personally and OOC,
Artificial,
21-Sep-13 12:23 PM, #5
You cleary dont know WTF you are talking about,
Finkey (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 02:07 PM, #6
Yup, very personally.,
Artificial,
21-Sep-13 02:13 PM, #7
RE: Thoughs on APs and other Comments,
KaguMaru,
21-Sep-13 03:35 PM, #8
RE: Thoughs on APs and other Comments,
Daevryn,
21-Sep-13 07:03 PM, #11
Could you go into greater detail with why you think it ...,
Lhydia,
21-Sep-13 07:25 PM, #12
RE: Could you go into greater detail with why you think...,
Daevryn,
21-Sep-13 08:52 PM, #16
You'd bash an assassin?,
KaguMaru,
22-Sep-13 04:25 AM, #22
RE: You'd bash an assassin?,
Daevryn,
22-Sep-13 10:03 AM, #29
Sort of neat ideas to read. ,
Lhydia,
22-Sep-13 10:30 AM, #31
RE: Sort of neat ideas to read. ,
Daevryn,
22-Sep-13 01:26 PM, #36
I can think of two different spiderhands scrolls,
Vortex Magus,
03-Oct-13 07:11 AM, #57
That's a 'yes' then,
KaguMaru,
22-Sep-13 11:57 AM, #33
RE: That's a 'yes' then,
Daevryn,
22-Sep-13 01:15 PM, #35
I would too.,
Eskelian,
22-Sep-13 02:32 PM, #37
RE: You'd bash an assassin?,
That assassin (Anonymous),
23-Sep-13 08:48 AM, #41
I was thinking of at least three different assassins at...,
KaguMaru,
23-Sep-13 11:32 AM, #42
RE: I was thinking of at least three different assassin...,
That assassin (Anonymous),
23-Sep-13 07:12 PM, #48
RE: You'd bash an assassin?,
Eskelian,
23-Sep-13 01:43 PM #43
RE: You'd bash an assassin?,
That assassin (Anonymous),
23-Sep-13 06:59 PM, #47
RE: Could you go into greater detail with why you think...,
Finley (Anonymous),
22-Sep-13 05:10 AM, #26
Another thing about prepping..,
KaguMaru,
22-Sep-13 05:43 AM, #27
RE: Another thing about prepping..,
Daevryn,
22-Sep-13 10:05 AM, #30
My solution with my Imperials..,
KaguMaru,
22-Sep-13 11:59 AM, #34
RE: Thoughs on APs and other Comments,
Finley (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 08:11 PM, #15
RE: Thoughs on APs and other Comments,
Eskelian,
23-Sep-13 01:48 PM, #44
Well done,
Deevak (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 03:57 PM, #10
RE: Well done,
Finley (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 07:44 PM, #14
Well fought,
Ragyth (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 10:23 PM, #20
RE: Well fought,
Finley (Anonymous),
22-Sep-13 04:50 AM, #25
RE: Thoughs on APs and other Comments,
Xona (Anonymous),
23-Sep-13 05:38 PM, #46
Cabals and guild rank,
Vilhazarog,
24-Sep-13 04:19 PM, #50
RE: Cabals and guild rank,
Finley (Anonymous),
25-Sep-13 10:56 AM, #51
RE: Cabals and guild rank,
Vonzamir,
27-Sep-13 06:08 PM, #56
Not one of mine?,
KaguMaru,
21-Sep-13 03:53 PM, #9
Fun times!,
Aglaron (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 09:10 PM, #17
Always forgotten?,
Kulin (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 09:48 PM, #18
My bad,
Finley (Anonymous),
22-Sep-13 04:38 AM, #23
RE: Always forgotten?,
Bharhum (Anonymous),
23-Sep-13 07:46 AM, #39
Told you I would outlive ya :p,
Ruk the truck (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 09:50 PM, #19
Re:Kitok. You flat ou lied. Now that you hold to it as ...,
Frequentplayer,
21-Sep-13 10:44 PM, #21
Whatever,
Finley (Anonymous),
22-Sep-13 04:43 AM, #24
Isn't it time for you to come up with a new username Pr...,
lurker,
23-Sep-13 02:48 PM, #45
RE: Goodbyes,
Zephon,
22-Sep-13 09:22 AM, #28
Farewell Dreadlord.,
Nighden (Anonymous),
22-Sep-13 11:43 AM, #32
RE: Goodbyes,
Chaille (Anonymous),
22-Sep-13 02:58 PM, #38
RE: Goodbyes,
Bharhum (Anonymous),
23-Sep-13 07:59 AM, #40
Hey man,
enyuu,
21-Sep-13 07:42 PM, #13
My lifetime nemesis...,
Crraya (Anonymous),
21-Sep-13 10:11 AM, #1
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