nepenthe | Sun 18-Jun-06 01:00 AM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#949, "Polearms, Spears, and Staves, oh my!"
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A minor change made recently that should have gone in with the last crash:
Everyone can use the Spin and Distance defenses now.
If you have the corresponding skills (you are a staff/spear or polearm specialist warrior), nothing has changed for you.
If you don't have those skills and you fight with a spear, staff, or polearm, expect to see these defenses function occasionally.
Have you ever had, a low level invoker and noticed you could sometimes parry an attack despite not having the parry skill? Expect something like that, except probably even less of it.
I crunched some numbers on this and in nearly every case I could come up with, shield block was a superior defensive option. Thus, if you are, for example, a shaman, your best defensive option will still probably be sword/shield, axe/shield, or flail/shield. It's just that you running around with a polearm will be slightly less stupid than it was yesterday.
Possibly the numbers on this will be adjusted up or down once we get to observe it in play.
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Polearms, Spears, and Staves, oh my!
[View all] , nepenthe, Sun 18-Jun-06 01:00 AM
Part Deux! Slice, Pierce, Thrust, and oomph!,
Valguarnera,
26-Jan-07 06:24 PM, #5
Is that going to stack with trapping? txt,
Larcat,
26-Jan-07 08:26 PM, #6
Good question!,
Valguarnera,
26-Jan-07 08:31 PM, #7
Last I checked.....,
Tac,
27-Jan-07 01:02 PM, #8
RE: Last I checked.....,
Valguarnera,
27-Jan-07 01:06 PM, #9
Does this mean...,
crackednotbroke,
11-Jul-06 01:45 AM, #3
RE: Does this mean...,
nepenthe,
11-Jul-06 01:46 AM, #4
Is it an intended or unintended side affects that mobs ...,
Theerkla,
18-Jun-06 10:43 PM, #1
Intended,
nepenthe,
18-Jun-06 10:43 PM, #2
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