When observing does it stack? Does Int matter?

What are somethings it does for a ranger?


Timed Attack. Is this skill broken? I can't figure out a use for it.

Anyone?

Timed attack is a big damage (not massive!) attack that is completed after about 3 to 4 rounds of combat. During the 'charge time' you do not attack the person you fight, which is a horrible advertisement that it is going to happen. If you are sufficiently lagged during the 'charge time' the maneuvre is aborted so that you don't suffer the same fate as my first hunter that slipped into a ti med attack and the orc I was fighting just bashed and bashed and bashed and I waited 25 rounds of combat before I died because I wasn't hitting him :>

The spear and dagger will bleed the victim and they suffer a small malediction to strength.

The sword will hit them with a boneshatter style effect to their strength.

The whip will hit up to about 4 times and each hit does the same malediction as a decent 'sting'.

The staff is best used for mages and those who cast/commune and you will see why.

I am not sure if it has changed but when I first played about with timed attack the effects were stackable so you can cripple anyone given enough time and luck.


-----Abernyte

P.S. It needs worked on. It should either let you still get a few hits in while charging or take less time to charge because most people do just avoid it when they see it coming.

I forgot to add it in. My best descirption of it, and I could be wrong, is that it is like 'stalk' before the assassin decides to use martial trance and fight rather than assassinate. You will hit observed victims more and defend better against them.

Int wasn't observable as a difference. My cloud giant observes worked as well as my wood-elf ones.

-----Abernyte

You did oblits through sanc (and protection, depending on whether or not your ranger was evil -- I forget). You came very close to killing me, and that was rare.

I didn't see it coming because it is rarely used. Not many people will have seen it before. I thought the fight was going damn well, then you nailed me with a -12 str oblit, caused me to drop my weapon, and given my lack of dodge and the fact that I was a 2h dedicant and therefore not using a shield, started to land a lot of melee hits immediately after. If that was done at an outer guard, I can see you nailing the victim before he was able to escape.

Against the right class, and whilst it is still not widely used, I think it has definite uses. Owaza is a similar skill and people still fall for that all the time.

But I think you are giving a lot of credit to the one time it caught you by surprise.

Timed attack has its uses, sure. But it's rarely used because it is rarely the best command to input. And it's rarely noticed because the majority of the time when it is used, it has little discernable impact on the outcome of the PK. Plus, Oblits through sanc+protect seems really, really high from my recollection unless he hit a vuln.

IMO timed attack falls into the same category as most of the other hunter skills: very flashy and cool, nice utility options, but not "POWERFUL" in terms of damage and maledicts.

Owaza is far better .. to the point I don't think there's a comparison. Owaza does more damage, lags, takes only 2 rounds to use, and you can still land hits while you're owaza'ing.

But nothing like -12 -12. If you have a drawn out fight, it's almost worth using timed attack for the maladiction.

And timed attack is one of those skills that is nice for magi, used correctly.

It has special effects. It really can be used well.

For example, with sword (I think it was), you can hit someone with huge damage and a huge maladiction at the same time. If it goes off whilst they are not expecting it, you've a good chance of killing them from that point.

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