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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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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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Valguarnera | Fri 26-Jan-07 06:24 PM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#1134, "Part Deux! Slice, Pierce, Thrust, and oomph!"
In response to Reply #0
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1) We've added three skills for spears and/or polearms. See the helpfiles for Pierce, Slice, and Thrust for some details. They all have their uses, but they're more around the utility of Pugil or Chop than anything earth-shaking. Warriors who specialize will probably find them less useful than Crescent or Chop overall, but they still have a niche.
Thrust: Warriors, anti-paladins, rangers, druids, and berserkers. Pierce: Thieves, warriors, anti-paladins, assassins, rangers, and druids. Not for big, slow-ass berserkers. Slice: Warriors, paladins, anti-paladins, shamans, and berserkers.
2) We've also added a general bonus to damage dealt by heavy two-handed weapons of any type. This is similar to the bonus enjoyed by paladin two-handed dedicates, but you need to be holding something pretty weighty to qualify. It's more or less useless to, say, a felar who already has good reason to wield two-handed weapons, and you'll have to deal with the usual drawbacks of heavy weapons, notably how hard it can be to keep swinging them if maledictions come into play.
valguarnera@carrionfields.com
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Larcat | Fri 26-Jan-07 06:41 PM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#1135, "Is that going to stack with trapping? txt"
In response to Reply #5
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Blitzenturt on crack? "New payment options w/ Iron Realms"
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Tac | Sat 27-Jan-07 11:18 AM |
Member since 15th Nov 2005
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#1138, "Last I checked....."
In response to Reply #7
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The paladinly stuff didn't work with anything other than swords/maces. Also, I'm assuming this is strictly for two-handed weapons of the spear/staff/polearm type, and not for two-handed weapons of other types?
Also... quit giving away my characters... Shokai is going to empower my Mamlauk and give him trapping any second now, but you'll ruin it talking about it.
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#978, "Does this mean..."
In response to Reply #0
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Does this mean that distance/spin as a spec skill has been improved at all?
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nepenthe | Tue 11-Jul-06 01:46 AM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#979, "RE: Does this mean..."
In response to Reply #3
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No, they're the same as they ever were.
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Theerkla | Sun 18-Jun-06 04:12 PM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#950, "Is it an intended or unintended side affects that mobs ..."
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Doesn't really matter one way or the other, just curious really.
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nepenthe | Sun 18-Jun-06 10:43 PM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#951, "Intended"
In response to Reply #1
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But if it seems crazy much for a mob that you know not to be a warrior spec mob, let me know.
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