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Not even sure what to make of that log without timestamps. Doesn't look like a proper heartseed
Common misconception is that a schizophrenic is the same as a person with multiple personality disorder. Schizophrenics commonly experience auditory hallucinations that could be interpreted as such, but they are largely not. The two disorders are very different.
The more you know~
She didn't have aldar diadem, so it's slower than it should have been.
It doesn't matter though, the theory is the same. I set server curing to ignore the leg break, until she used eq. If I would have applied restoration to that leg, I would have been vulnerable to guaranteed heartseed death. It has a lot of other contingencies as well, but I was simply trying to illustrate the ability to use my limb tracker's feature of being able to incorporate whether or not a limb is prepped into your curing strategies.
It would not have disabled curing of the leg if my torso wasn't prepped, for example. You can't do that without either a limb damage tracker or tracking it yourself and using an alias.
Lothiac has pretty low level arties (I wanna say escrow ~3-5k). Is this like, a running joke that I missed out on? I hear it all the time and it's pretty silly. Lothiac is simply very very good at his class. His class was also pretty OP for a while. Thankfully he doesn't kill me on his prep anymore, he just kills me with leg break + vines + holo/Stormhammer/bees for >100% damage.
https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/903c4162
I'd put 100 credits on Lothiac against you*. But you'd have to take your eyes off of the Recent Discussions screen for 5 minutes to do that.
*alone
Seeing as the last four posts are all you, could you assume your quota is filled and not post the rest of the day?
Cascades of quicksilver light streak across the firmament as the celestial voice of Ourania intones, "Oh Jarrod..."
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My level 79 alt has killed him twice in duels, and once in a rampage that you were present for. As in you were in the room watching the fight and saw me kill him.
But no, I can't kill him. Lol.
.... right. I'm not even going to bother.
b& for familial spec
Looks like the sylvan mistimed his heartseed. Unless the timestamps would show you pausing leg curing to wait for the heartseed. Then I'd be impressed. Otherwise all that proves is that the sylvan was a bit early with the heartseed.
@Rangor I don't know how to copy/paste timestamps. My system did pause the leg to wait for heartseed, that's why it says "You have set the 'damagedrightleg' affliction to the 26 priority." right before the heartseed, then sets it back after the sylvan used equilibrium. That's the Server Curing equivalent of "vignore".
Aha, nice then. How long would you wait, or what conditions would you wait for to continue curing legs?
Before Tower Ton'lough (road).
The stars twinkle in the clear night sky. A rune shaped like a butterfly has been
sketched into the ground here (nairat: transfix). A rune like an open eye has been
sketched into the ground here (wunjo: cure blind). Wings flaring, a pegasus tosses
his regal head impatiently. Blade Aspirant Aepas Xa'sai, Ward of Mhaldor is here. He
wields an ornate steel rapier in each hand. Blade Disciple Carbine Sar'vet, Sentry of
Mhaldor is riding on an alabaster pegasus. His face is partially concealed beneath a
raised hood. He wields a Soulpiercer in his left hand and an ornate steel rapier in
his right.
You see exits leading north, south, and west.
Your blindness is cured by a wunjo rune on the ground.
Your attention is grabbed and held by a fascinating butterfly-like rune.
8861h,5540m,23868e,29573w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf](writhe)
(Newbie): Romeo says, "Do you speak in a squeaky, high-pitched voice or what about a
fading vashnarian accent? Embellish the way you speak! HELP VOICE and TASK 77 are
great things to read."
8861h,5540m,23868e,29573w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf]
You begin trying to wrest your mind free of that which has transfixed it.
8861h,5540m,23868e,29573w|cekd-||55.4|[transf]
++On Balance++
++On Balance++ (0.942s)
8861h,5540m,23868e,29573w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf]
Carbine viciously jabs a Soulpiercer into your head.
The attack rebounds back onto Carbine!
Carbine viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into your head.
The attack rebounds back onto Carbine!
The protective coating covering the skin of Carbine sloughs off.
8861h,5540m,23868e,29585w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf]
You continue trying to wrest your mind free.
8861h,5540m,23868e,29585w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf]
Lightning-quick, Aepas jabs you with an ornate steel rapier.
The attack rebounds back onto Aepas!
Horror overcomes Aepas's face as his body stiffens into paralysis.
++Aepas is Paralyzed++
++Carbine FOCUSED++
8861h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf]
Carbine takes a drink from a stygian vial.
8861h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf]
Aepas eats a bloodroot leaf.
8861h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf]
Carbine takes a long drag off his pipe.
8861h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf]
(The Dojo): Sobriquet says, "I gave my spare lungs to Karai."
8861h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf]
You continue trying to wrest your mind free.
8861h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexkd-||55.4|[transf]
Aepas razes your aura of rebounding with an ornate steel rapier.
Lightning-quick, Aepas jabs you with an ornate steel rapier.
Your hearing is suddenly restored.
8504h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexk-||55.4|[transf](-357h, 4.0%)
Carbine razes your speed defence with a Soulpiercer.
Carbine viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into you.
A prickly stinging overcomes your body, fading away into numbness.
8011h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexk-||55.4|[par transf](sip haste)(-493h, 5.6%) ts
(svo): Will keep shield up.
You have writhed free of your state of transfixation. (4.674s)
8011h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexk-||55.4|[par](outr magnesium|eat magnesium|touch
shield)
You take a drink from an ebony vial.
8011h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexk-||55.4|[par]
You remove 1 magnesium, bringing the total in the Rift to 1369.
8011h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexk-||55.4|[par]
You eat a magnesium chip.
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed. (0.265s)
8011h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cexk-||55.4|
You touch the tattoo and a nearly invisible magical shield forms around you.
8011h,5540m,23888e,29585w|cxk-||55.4|
You may eat another plant or mineral. (1.586s)
8011h,5540m,23908e,29597w|cxk-||55.4|(outr arsenic|eat arsenic)
You remove 1 arsenic, bringing the total in the Rift to 1064.
8011h,5540m,23908e,29597w|cxk-||55.4|
You eat an arsenic pellet.
Your eyes dim as you lose your sight.
8011h,5540m,23908e,29597w|cxkb-||55.4|
>> Carbine razes your magical shield with a Soulpiercer. <<
Carbine viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into you.
You are confused as to the effects of the venom.
7518h,5540m,23908e,29597w|cxkb-||55.4|[?](-493h, 5.6%)
Aepas whips an ornate steel rapier through the air in front of you, to no effect.
Aepas viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into you.
A prickly, stinging sensation spreads through your body.
7161h,5540m,23908e,29597w|cxkb-||55.4|[sen ?](sip health)(-357h, 4.0%)
You take a drink from a purple heartwood vial.
The elixir heals and soothes you.
8537h,5540m,23908e,29597w|cxkb-||55.4|[sen ?](+1376h, 15.5%) say duanathar
Your breath sizzles as you say, "Duanathar."
You may eat another plant or mineral. (1.48s)
8537h,5540m,23908e,29597w|cxkb-||55.4|[sen ?](outr aurum|eat aurum)
You remove 1 aurum, bringing the total in the Rift to 1286.
8537h,5540m,23908e,29597w|cxkb-||55.4|[sen ?]
You eat an aurum flake.
The stinging feeling fades. (1.197s)
8537h,5540m,23908e,29597w|cxkb-||55.4|[?]say duanathar
Your breath sizzles as you say, "Duanathar."
++On Equilibrium++
++On Equilibrium++ (3.853s)
8537h,5540m,23908e,29597w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]say duanathar
You must wait a short while to use a say-like command again.
8537h,5540m,23878e,29567w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]
Carbine viciously jabs a Soulpiercer into your head.
Hmmmm. Why must everything be so difficult to figure out?
Lightning-quick, Carbine jabs your head with an ornate steel rapier.
The protective covering coating your skin sloughs off.
You notice that your sweat glands have begun to rapidly secrete a foul, oily
substance.
7724h,5540m,23878e,29567w|cexkb-||55.4|[sli st ?](focus|smoke 6041)(-813h, 9.2%)
Lightning-quick, Aepas jabs you with an ornate steel rapier.
A prickly stinging overcomes your body, fading away into numbness.
Lightning-quick, Aepas jabs you with an ornate steel rapier.
A prickly, stinging sensation spreads through your body.
7003h,5540m,23878e,29567w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen sli st ? par](-721h, 8.1%)
Tiny tremours spread through your body as the world seems to slow down.
7003h,5540m,23878e,29579w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen sli st ? par]
You focus your mind intently on curing your mental maladies.
You aren't such a complete idiot anymore. (0.289s)
7003h,5290m,23878e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen sli ? par](-250m, 3.5%)
You take a long drag off your pipe.
Your glands cease their oily secretion. (0.378s) (9 realgar left)
7003h,5290m,23878e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ? par]
You may eat another plant or mineral. (1.589s)
7003h,5290m,23878e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ? par](outr magnesium|eat magnesium)
You remove 1 magnesium, bringing the total in the Rift to 1368.
7003h,5290m,23878e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ? par]
You eat a magnesium chip.
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed. (0.473s)
7003h,5290m,23878e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ?](outr quicksilver|apply quicksilver)say duanathar
You remove 1 quicksilver, bringing the total in the Rift to 1418.
7003h,5290m,23878e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ?]
You apply a quicksilver droplet to yourself.
7003h,5290m,23878e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ?]
Your breath sizzles as you say, "Duanathar."
The wings flare with power, but, being unworn, do not raise you into the skies.
7003h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ?]say duanathar
You must wait a short while to use a say-like command again.
7003h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ?]
Your lungs have recovered enough to smoke another mineral or plant. (1.434s)
7003h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ?]
Lightning-quick, Carbine jabs your head with a Soulpiercer.
You parry the attack with a deft manoeuvre.
Carbine viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into your head.
You parry the attack with a deft manoeuvre.
7003h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ?]
You may eat another plant or mineral. (1.437s)
7003h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ?](outr aurum|eat aurum)
Aepas viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into you.
A bolt of lightning hurls from the tip of the runeblade skywards, accompanied by a
crack of thunder.
With a series of hisses, small acidic hailstones pour down from above, battering your
body.
A prickly stinging overcomes your body, fading away into numbness.
Lightning-quick, Aepas jabs you with an ornate steel rapier.
A prickly, stinging sensation spreads through your body.
5550h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ? par](-1453h, 16.4%)
You remove 1 aurum, bringing the total in the Rift to 1285.
5550h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[sen ? par]
You eat an aurum flake.
The stinging feeling fades. (2.238s)
5550h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[? par]
You may drink another health or mana elixir or tonic.
5550h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[? par](sip health)
You take a drink from a purple heartwood vial.
The elixir heals and soothes you.
7161h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[? par](+1611h, 18.2%)
Your mind is able to focus once again.
7161h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[? par]wear wings
You are now wearing a pair of obsidian wings.
7161h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[? par]
You may eat another plant or mineral. (1.435s)
7161h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[? par](outr magnesium|eat magnesium)
You remove 1 magnesium, bringing the total in the Rift to 1367.
7161h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[? par]
You eat a magnesium chip.
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed. (1.812s)
7161h,5290m,23898e,29504w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]
Aepas viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into you.
A prickly stinging overcomes your body, fading away into numbness.
Aepas viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into you.
You gasp as your fine-tuned reflexes disappear into a haze of confusion.
6440h,5290m,23898e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[cl ? par](-721h, 8.1%)
You bleed 31 health.
6586h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[cl ? par](+146h, 1.6%)
Lightning-quick, Carbine jabs you with a Soulpiercer.
You watch, in horror, as your left arm shrivels up and becomes useless.
Lightning-quick, Carbine jabs you with an ornate steel rapier.
You stumble as your left leg shrivels into a useless appendage.
5566h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[ll1 cl ? par](apply mending to legs)(-1020h,
11.5%) say duanathar
++Salve Applied To Legs++
++Level 1 Limb Break Healed: Left leg++ (0.142s)
5566h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[cl ? par]
Your breath sizzles as you say, "Duanathar."
You quickly utter "Duanathar" and your wings flare with power before swiftly carrying
you up to on the clouds.
Okk follows you northwest.
On the clouds (indoors).
Everything about you is obscured by a heavy fog. A ladder of long, soft leaves
comprises a wispy Weaver's Fern along the ground.
You see exits leading north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west,
northwest, up, down, and in.
5566h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[la1 cl ? par]
You may eat another plant or mineral. (1.518s)
5566h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[la1 cl ? par](outr magnesium|eat magnesium)
You remove 1 magnesium, bringing the total in the Rift to 1366.
5566h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[la1 cl ? par]
You eat a magnesium chip.
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed. (1.495s)
5566h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[la1 cl ?](touch tree)say duanathar
You touch the tree of life tattoo.
++Level 1 Limb Break Healed: Left arm++ (0.707s)
5566h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[cl ?]
You must wait a short while to use a say-like command again.
5566h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[cl ?]
+Salve Balance Back+
5566h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[cl ?]
You may drink another health or mana elixir or tonic.
5566h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[cl ?](sip health)
You take a drink from a purple heartwood vial.
The elixir heals and soothes you.
7529h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[cl ?](+1963h, 22.2%)
You may eat another plant or mineral. (1.499s)
7529h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[cl ?](outr aurum|eat aurum)
You remove 1 aurum, bringing the total in the Rift to 1284.
7529h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[cl ?]
You eat an aurum flake.
Thank Maya, the Great Mother! Your clumsiness has been cured. (3.233s)
7529h,5290m,23918e,29516w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]lol
You attempt to stifle your amusement but cannot help laughing aloud.
7529h,5290m,23918e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]
You may eat another plant or mineral. (1.545s)
7529h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[?](outr calamine|eat calamine)
The quicksilver hardens into a supple metallic shell.
7529h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]
You remove 1 calamine, bringing the total in the Rift to 1391.
7529h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]
You eat a calamine crystal.
7529h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]
Aepas flies up from the ground, carried by a pair of eagle's wings that flare with
power.
7529h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]
You may eat another plant or mineral. (1.395s)
7529h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]
(Newbie): Valkor says, "How do I purchase the credits needed for learning."
7529h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]
You may drink another health or mana elixir or tonic.
7529h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[?]
Lightning-quick, Aepas jabs you with an ornate steel rapier.
A prickly stinging overcomes your body, fading away into numbness.
Aepas viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into you.
A sense of extreme nausea washes over you.
6808h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[ill ? par](sip health|outr magnesium|eat
magnesium)(-721h, 8.1%)
You take a drink from a purple heartwood vial.
The elixir heals and soothes you.
8536h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[ill ? par](+1728h, 19.5%)
You remove 1 magnesium, bringing the total in the Rift to 1365.
8536h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[ill ? par]
You eat a magnesium chip.
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed. (0.274s)
8536h,5290m,23938e,29528w|cexkb-||55.4|[ill ?]goto eleusis
(mapper): Starting speedwalk from 3885 to 6738: (3 - n)
The aural world fades to silence.
8536h,5290m,23938e,29540w|cexkdb-||55.4|[ill ?]
Okk follows you north.
A copse of oaks.
The stars twinkle in the clear night sky. A rune shaped like a butterfly has been
sketched into the ground here (nairat: transfix). A rune like an open eye has been
sketched into the ground here (wunjo: cure blind). A large beehive hangs down from
the trees above. A hanging birdhouse sways gently in the breeze. A lush, viridian
plant flourishes amongst the surrounding vegetation. There is a walnut hiding among
the leaves littering the ground. A swarm of bees hovers menacingly nearby.
You see exits leading north and southwest.
(2 - sw)
8536h,5290m,23956e,29540w|cexkdb-||55.4|[ill ?]
You cannot contain the convulsions in your stomach any longer and double over,
retching violently.
7235h,5290m,23956e,29540w|cexkdb-||55.4|[ill ?](-1301h, 14.7%)
You may eat another plant or mineral. (i)
7235h,5290m,23956e,29540w|cexkdb-||55.4|[ill ?]
Just randomly while hunting, no reason for it. Lol.
That's literally a log about nothing. This isn't Seinfeld.
I don't want to give it all away (lest I find it getting abused), but the basic principal is simply telling my script to do exactly what I'd do, if I could play in super slow motion.
As of now, my system does exactly what I'd do, but there's no telling if that is the perfect way to handle it. So far I was able to completely dodge heartseed from Twil and Alrena, using quite a few heartseed approaches.
My logic as of now is more more or less:
When a limb (head/arm/leg) is broken (I use the svo got aff event), if:
I have more than 1 second remaining to get salve balance back (extra second for lag) at time of break.
My torso is prepped to break (using slc.is_prepped("torso") )
I am currently fighting sylvan (I have a tracker for this, but you can use svo.enabledclasses.sylvan)
(some other proprietary stuff)
then
Enter "Heartseed curing mode" (essentially pauses curing limb breaks that occur while prepped for heartseed utnil the sylvan visibly uses something with >2 second equilibrium, or other "safe" criteria (tumbling through an icewall for example)).
end
Pretty simple really, but the key to making it work is only doing it when your torso is prepped (and timing your salve balance). For this, an accurate limb damage tracker is essential.
I also have a toggle to manually/automatically hit rebounding to break torso with a high damage flail if
Anyone in the room has rebounding up
Torso + Exactly 1 arm or leg is prepped. (using slc.is_prepped())
Fighting knight, sylvan, or monk
Target is off balance (for sylvan only)
This is the type of thing SLC is designed for. Like I said, SLC is a pretty powerful tool.
It can also be used to swap priorities to prevent internal trauma DSB and Frenzy Vivisect, and I like to use it to pre-apply restoration to head right before retardation lands (2.5 seconds after embed) if prone + head prepped.
This could be stopped by:
Shield on first break (if # of limbs prepped >= 2)
Rebounding (smoke anywhere between 2-6 seconds before intitiation) (only necessary to put up if 2 limbs prepped, plus 3rd > ~50% prepped)
For monks, kai cripple at any point (possible twice in there)
I'm assuming there are other counters as well, am I missing any?
Yeah that is an example of Frenzy on the extreme scale and it really should not be THAT fast. It does need to be under 2 seconds but that is insanely fast. A 1.6s cap would avoid the OP side while still keeping it viable for other strategies.
Only way to avoid a kill if it is that fast is to shield or run away the moment you see frenzy, keep rebounding up which could screw your own offence or to manual your Reconstructive salves and time it with rebounding or some class specific options like Shrugging, Dragonheal, Batter etc.
Oh, that reminds me I wanted to post on how to prevent this. I forgot, sorry.
Anyways, here some things one might try.
1. When you're fully prepped by a vivisecter and he starts this pre-eps/ept thing, apply mending, and on salve balance pre-apply restoration. To him, this will look as if you cured as in @Wessux's example, so he will proceed with the leg break, but you'll have a sufficient headstart to allow you to prevent the vivisect.
2. Not exactly sure how long a failed vivi takes you off equilibrium, but if it's sufficiently long, you could goad him into a failed vivisect by curing just like in @Wessux's example, except replacing the restoration with a fake mending (so it will look to him as if you were curing "normally" and he'll go for the vivisect), then try to time another application of mending to just before he gets balance to vivisect, so he doesn't have time to still react to it, making the vivisect fail and giving you time to then deal with your limb breaks. Incredibly risky and not recommended if you have an unsteady latency, of course!
3. Simply apply a salve every second. He won't be able to tell which ones are mending and which ones are restoration, thus it's almost impossible for him to adapt his offence to your curing. Applying mending in the seconds following a restoration application won't stop the restoration from succeeding, but will make it extremely hard to track your curing.
4. Using rebounding creatively. The infernal will try to get this kill sequence going just after your rebounding went down, so ensure it doesn't come up again too early. But what if your rebounding never came up at all? Smoke skullcap in irregular intervals, but never with more than 8 seconds between two smokes, to ensure you always have a rebounding in the process of coming up, without actually ever coming up until you stop this. Throw some other smoked pipes in between these now and then. Whenever he starts his kill sequence, stop the skullcap smoking, to let rebounding come up. Since he can't get an accurate idea of when you smoke what, he won't be able to time his kill sequence to your rebounding cycle and there's a good chance of rebounding coming up for you in time.
That's the first few things off the top of my head, but there should be several more options following the same principle: never give your opponent complete knowledge of your curing. Try to keep him guessing and he won't be able to launch a perfectly precise offence. Also try to incorporate timing in such a manner that you track his balance and do many things just before he recovers balance, leaving him no time to react to your curing in time.
Mind you, those are merely things that any class can do. By incorporating class skills, there are suddenly quite a few more options.
None of these techniques are certain and risk-free. In fact, they all come with significant risks and severe drawbacks and none of them are guaranteed to work. But that's what counters to a balanced finisher should be like. There shouldn't be a simple technique that will always stop a finisher with no risk to yourself, because that would make the finisher worthless.
My main point is just to point out that despite the quality of curing systems we see these days, they have still tons of things they could improve on, particularly by trying to be more deceptive.
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I also have a good illusion trick for classes that have prone illusions.
Wish you could queue salves!
On another note, at risk of being repetitive, the conditional priority swapping we're talking g about requires a limb counter for your own limbs (or manual aliases). SLC (my tracker) is perfect for this, get at me in game or PM if you want to try it out.
1.Pre applying would work, but that has its own scripting and timing issues.
2. That's really pushing your luck on timing and could even set me up for a third limb break vivisect. (Timing permitted)
3. As long as I'm familiar with your break points, which as long as I fight a few people with these rapiers I will be, I don't care how often you apply. That will only buy me extra time if I time it right. If I time it wrong though its still just a normal two limb vivisect.
4. Timing would be the issue. I need 6 seconds to pull this off, and even if you add extra smokes in there I could probably guess and still get it.
Yeah, as I said, none of it is foolproof. It sometimes comes down to narrow timing and luck, but that's the case with several defensive strategies.
As for 3: well, I didn't mean applying every second for the entire fight, but during this kill sequence. Since you're applying anyways, it won't cost you any additional salve balance, and it denies the opponent the ability to differentiate between several possible curing tactics. Knowing my break points doesn't matter in this case, as it's merely about obscuring whether I'm curing "normally", pre-applying, or temporally withholding the use of restoration completely. Even just applying one mending a second after a restoration application will throw off most people.
As for 4: I'm not sure how you'd guess what I'm smoking with any sort of reliability. But sure, the method has no guaranteed success, it only increases the odds.
In the end, if I do really go all out in several such deceptive strategies and my opponent still manages to see through them and get a perfect kill, I'm not going to complain. I'll tip my hat and congratulate him on a well-earned victory.
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