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TheTrackerChick
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 Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject: Acrobatics |
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Are there any plans in the future to have acrobatics take a bigger role in Combat? Guardians can leap now, but will anyone else be able to leap to melee?? Will it ever be a skill we can nskill in, or will it be only guardian?
I still would like to see advancing in and out of melee work a little faster. Does acrobatics effect how fast you go in and out of melee? Does anything effect how fast you can get in and out of melee? If so, what?
Sorry for all the questions, but any answers will be greatly appreciated.
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SolitaryTurnip
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| I still would like to see advancing in and out of melee work a little faster. Does acrobatics effect how fast you go in and out of melee? Does anything effect how fast you can get in and out of melee? If so, what? |
I'm pretty sure that Athletics helps with that stuff. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:24 am Post subject: |
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Acrobatics gives you a chance to automatically leap back to your feet after getting knocked down, which is pretty usefull if you're on your back with things trying to beat on you.
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TheTrackerChick
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I wish I'd have tested more back when I had a chance!!!!!!!! I think I did test hunting back when we first knew about the rolling back on your feet., with 140 or so in acrobatics. But without getting hit, I couldn't really roll back to my feet, and I didn't test like I should have. I should have tested in the sparring grounds, with 200 in acrobatics. Has anyone done that lately?
Thanks for the head's up!
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HR-Marduk
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:36 am Post subject: |
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Off the top of my head:
Acrobatics, Athletics, Tactics, Agility, Coordination, Intellect, Mentality, Perception, Vitality
All play a role in the engagement system. None of these are restricted to only one guild.
What most of these do should be relatively obvious; the rest are open to player testing.
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Guess what...
I've like the smallest miniscule inkling of what they're for. I guess my roots are about to show again.
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TheTrackerChick
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So all those skills and stats effect melee advancement and retreating? I sure wouldn't have guessed that at all. And my roots aren't showing! Figures!!!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| So all those skills and stats effect melee advancement and retreating? |
Not precisely.
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| All play a role in the engagement system. |
Tactics, for example, no doubt provide some sort of benefit when you are taking on more than one creature at a time.
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HR-Marduk
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| SoulTorn wrote: |
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| So all those skills and stats effect melee advancement and retreating? |
Not precisely.
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| All play a role in the engagement system. |
Tactics, for example, no doubt provide some sort of benefit when you are taking on more than one creature at a time.
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Actually, tactics plays a direct role in your ability to advance and retreat in certain situations, as do almost all of the skills/stats I listed.
As to the whether engagement times will be changing:
I'm definitely going to be re-evalutating engagement times after the latest round of combat tweaks is finished and I'm ready to implement the system in full. However, I'm much more likely to knock a few points off the base engagement speed than increase it, though I may increase stat-based bonuses slightly to compensate (though I still predict a minor decraase in engagement times overall).
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Nelle
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Is it safe to assume that tactics would have to be specifically trained vs an nskill situation?
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| Is it safe to assume that tactics would have to be specifically trained vs an nskill situation? |
Are you asking if you will be forced to spend points instead of training by use? If so, then no, training by use will be possible for all skills.
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Nelle
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:38 am Post subject: |
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That's what I meant, yes. Thank you!
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