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From what I understand, the balance time was around 4s, or 3.5 or something quite long. This would allow a blademaster to prone/impale, a druid to swing/pound, and monks to swk/bbt -every- single time you attacked. It's not really so much a cool feature as it is a necessity for a class that attacks as slow as it does. Same thing goes for their ability to cure paralysis. The battlerage timer on paralysis is very long, I felt like it was around 10 seconds or so. This is just as much a necessity because while off balance you can't fitness or touch tree, a luxury all the other knight classes will get.
Not sure what you meant by no hindrance, their limb afflictions are sweet as hell. Also very unlikely to see wield/unwield spam. I imagine both weapons will be balanced in a way that sticking with one is mostly better (if the impale thing gets fixed.)
I will personally be going with 2H, because I always pictured Aepas a kind of brute carrying around a sword a bit too big for him (Goes all the way back to druid days. Made a compressed iron sword in the swamps) So I'm very excited for it. I can see it being the glass cannon of the bunch, easy to mess up, but very powerful in the right hands.
You'll need to utilise both weapons available to get the absolute most out of two-handed spec, at least that's the intention. That's how they're rationalising the artefact costs and every other spec having to buy twice as many artefact weapons, anyway.
Results of disembowel testing | Knight limb counter | GMCP AB files
Like others I'm a bit worried about people just sticking me with clumsiness to kill my momentum but... we'll see.
So, here's a thought about Two-hander. How is it going to work with DSB if it doesn't "torso break" or is sensitivity damage from rib fractures enough to kill someone with DSB? Dry DSB Does barely any damage so I'm wondering how its going to work, does anyone know?
Artemis says, "You are so high maintenance, Tharvis, gosh."
Tecton says, "It's still your fault, Tharvis."
The most you can hope for on a regular basis with a disembowel + sensitivity, but no torso break, is ~90% of maximum health. For that you'd need to be a strength-specced Satyr/Xoran/Troll Paladin using both Inspiration and Fury with the Improved physique trait, level three gauntlets, a Jera rune and the elixir of the ogre (Shop of Wonders item) active (or, put another way, have 25 strength).
Unartied Infernal, you're looking at around 62-65% of maximum health, depending on race. That can be reduced further by a whole host of things, including Algiz rune, serpent scales, and occultist orb. You're going to need a fair amount of pre-damage for that to kill them.
Results of disembowel testing | Knight limb counter | GMCP AB files
Torso prep will likely be needed for high CON opponents still, but I imagine that it won't against most.
Results of disembowel testing | Knight limb counter | GMCP AB files
Results of disembowel testing | Knight limb counter | GMCP AB files
Hhaos was telling me he could pull off double disembowels with a fast flail to re-break limbs, but idk if that will necessarily work anymore.
Results of disembowel testing | Knight limb counter | GMCP AB files
- Limb Counter - Fracture Relapsing -
"Honestly, I just love that it counts limbs." - Mizik Corten
That being said, if your opponent stays in room long enough to let you do this, they deserve every single impale.
"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."
-Albert Einstein
I don't see where 2H will have torso damage against anyone good, but I can where 2H can easily score 1 tumble-off "DSB" and 1 actual dry DSB with ease. That will probably be enough for some opponents, but I'm not sure it will be enough for the hardened targets, since dry DSBs are what they are, and you get multiple chances to sip through between the Impales and Disembowels. If you can guarantee sensitivity, that would probably do the trick, but that seems avoidable with some prio swaps.
It's too soon to tell. 2H has a real big advantage in that it can work in regular limb breaks on top of its Devastate limb breaks, plus longer health elixir balances if you let them do that, so there are a few too many threads to account for without actually being able to try it. We'll just have to wait, play, and see.
Just because you can do it doesn't mean its effective. Also, it happened with him fighting back as well just to see if it's possible. It is, and quite easily done might I add. Took a little longer to prep (maybe 3 minutes in total?), but it was done none-the-less.
"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."
-Albert Einstein
Of course first prize would be flexibility to change specs instead of being lesson or credit locked into one. An artefact that allows you to change specs once a RL day given a nice 30 second balance cost so you don't use it mid combat could be a solution that meets that halfway.
I recall we could get a week to switch back and forth between the specs, so I'll hopefully be around for that. I do wish though that it would rather be "Switching to a spec for the first time is free" since that gives more time to test and play and also helps people who might not be around for the test week.