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FunnyoneSat 17-May-08 11:12 AM
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#21430, "Flail Spec Question; Rumors on other website are..."


          

That wielding whips over flails as a flail specialists is going to have more skills land, is there any truth to this? I mean if this is the case, i'd rather wield whips over flails for the skills landing.

Anyways, just curious. Thanks

  

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Reply This is not true (n/t), Zulghinlour, 17-May-08 11:47 AM, #1
     Reply Wow. But it does effect duration right?, GinGa, 17-May-08 11:53 AM, #2
          Reply RE: Wow. But it does effect duration right?, Isildur, 17-May-08 04:42 PM, #3
          Reply RE: Wow. But it does effect duration right?, Daevryn, 17-May-08 10:37 PM, #6
               Reply RE: Wow. But it does effect duration right?, Isildur, 18-May-08 08:33 AM, #7
                    Reply RE: Wow. But it does effect duration right?, Valkenar, 04-Jun-08 09:06 AM, #8
          Reply Handful of skills I looked through...also not true (n/t..., Zulghinlour, 17-May-08 05:57 PM, #4
               Reply I was just thinking entwine..., GinGa, 17-May-08 06:15 PM, #5

ZulghinlourSat 17-May-08 11:47 AM
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#21431, "This is not true (n/t)"
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n/t

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

  

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GinGaSat 17-May-08 11:53 AM
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#21432, "Wow. But it does effect duration right?"
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I also used to use a whip off-hand and a flail main wield just because of the defenses/weight. But pertaining to skills, doesn't this mean whips are generally a much poorer choice for ANY whip/flail spec? In either wield slot?

  

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IsildurSat 17-May-08 04:42 PM
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#21433, "RE: Wow. But it does effect duration right?"
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Seems like it would depend on the particular whip and flail, and who you're fighting. Use whips for shamans.

  

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DaevrynSat 17-May-08 10:37 PM
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#21437, "RE: Wow. But it does effect duration right?"
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This is mostly where my strategy would be.

Vs. an opponent who knows both, probably wielding a whip instead of a flail will both let you hit a little more and get you hit a little more. Sometimes that's a good trade for you, sometimes it isn't.

  

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IsildurSun 18-May-08 08:33 AM
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#21441, "RE: Wow. But it does effect duration right?"
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I never new that whips hit more often (and parried worse) than flails.

  

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ValkenarWed 04-Jun-08 09:05 AM
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#21475, "RE: Wow. But it does effect duration right?"
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Edited on Wed 04-Jun-08 09:06 AM

          

>I never new that whips hit more often (and parried worse)
>than flails.

That's because it's one of those guess and hope things in CF that you can't know for sure without either looking at the code or doing an elaborate and well-analyzed experiment.

  

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ZulghinlourSat 17-May-08 05:57 PM
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#21434, "Handful of skills I looked through...also not true (n/t..."
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n/t

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

  

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GinGaSat 17-May-08 06:15 PM
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#21435, "I was just thinking entwine..."
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But I thought I'd go for the whole hog

Whips are underpowered.

  

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