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With nimble fingers you strip a single, supple branch from the weeping willow that looms overhead.
19:16:46:295 | 6582h(100%), 6401m(99%), 25010w, 28220e ex|ckeidb (-27m)
ii branch
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Couldn't find any branches when I pulled it.
A ) There's a cooldown and a lesson cost to swap between Tekura and Shikudo
B ) There's a learning cost for also transing in Shikudo.
If Weaponmastery doesn't do it, this really shouldn't have both of these at the same time. If it was simply "you can swap between Shikudo/Tekura if you haven't been on your Aggression timer." and have trans'd it, without the limitation of 100 lessons to swap. sure. That'd be cool.
If it was once you trans Tekura. You've also trans'd Shikudo (but have to spend 100 lessons to swap). That'd be cool.
These are the two major issues with it, and why I doubt I'll be trying it out in the future.
Looks cool otherwise though!
The difference though... is that you have to spend an extra 1780 lessons to trans the skillset, and admittingly... it does way more than your typical weaponmastery spec.
And I'm not a fan of being able to freely switch between Shikudo and Tekura in the middle of combat. That just invites all sorts of balance issues.
On another note... seems they fixed the bug that does not permit you to pull a branch from the ancient trees. There's the staff:
wp 357552
Fashioned from the branch of an ancient willow tree, this two-handed staff is shaped with such meticulous care that its
characteristic knots are still visible upon the surface. Around six feet in length, the wood is slender, supple, and
startlingly light weight. While its appearance is scarcely more impressive than that of a simple walking staff, it is the
perfect balance and incredible strength that resonate a glimpse of something more; a sense of deadly grace and disciplined
lethality brought to bear only by the hands of a Shikudo monk.
It has 6 months of usefulness left.
It weighs about 2 pounds and 0 ounce(s).
It bears the distinctive mark of Lucianus.
You may use the following commands with this weapon:
It is a two-handed weapon.
Damage: 0 To-hit: 0 Speed: 0
A knotted willow staff has no venoms or magical effects on it.
Kinda interesting that it only lasts for 6 months... and has 0 damage, to-hit, and speed. I guess the attacks aren't really based on the stats of the staff weapons, but more on the level of skill of Shikudo itself.
I didn't say swapping mid-battle. Only when you are off your aggression timer.
Stepping forward, you drive a knotted willow staff at the face of Suzuno.
The staff smashes into the face of Suzuno with a sickening crunch.
Snapping back into a ready stance, you whirl a knotted willow staff in a long sweep at the head of Suzuno.
The staff connects to the side of Suzuno's head with a resounding crack.
Snapping your leg out to its full extent, you drive a heel into the left knee of Suzuno.
You feel the satisfying crunch of bone under the impact of your heel.
You are now maintaining a kata chain of 6 actions. Damage ~821
You whip a knotted willow staff at Suzuno in a controlled arc, bringing its length to crack against her torso.
Suzuno staggers as the staff cracks across her ribs, sweat breaking out upon her forehead.
You whip a knotted willow staff at Suzuno in a controlled arc, bringing its length to crack against her torso.
Suzuno staggers as the staff cracks across her ribs, sweat breaking out upon her forehead.
You drive your foot up in a rising kick at the torso of Suzuno.
Your foot drives into the solar plexus of Suzuno.
You are now maintaining a kata chain of 3 actions. Damage ~957
To put things in perspective... I have 19 strength as a Monk. Damage is so-so. I'm pretty sure the skillset has potential to do way more, but I think it'll require a lot more effort to do more damage than Tekura.
Hmm, let me see:
Bashing: Almost everything in the skill should work vs denizens. Notable exceptions are dispatch, crescent.
Damage: Shikudo is faster, tekura has higher damage but is slower.
As for why its not like weaponmastery, there were a lot of considerations there, but a few of them were:
- Development time: a lot of the weaponmastery specs had cross over, Shikudo was very much a write from scratch case.
- Its not really meant to fit the same nitch as Weaponmastery: rather than being an alternative set of options, its meant to be for more experienced players in particular (and for the people who just like staves).
That said, I kind of wish swapping was less expensive, given that I've already had to invest in learning the skill separately. It feels frustrating to have a big lesson investment gated behind a substantial lesson cost every time I want to use it, and if it's going to be treated separately from knight, I'm not sure why that part had to stay the same. I can dream that maybe the inevitable artifact will be cheaper then the talisman as a result, but I know how this goes.
On a different note, does anyone have a good notion of what a basic dispatch setup should look like? I'm having trouble pulling it off in any way that seems remotely reliable. Sweep is 3 seconds, the second break is a minimum of 2.1, and needle is another 3, which comes out to a barely-too-slow 8.1. It's doable with salve delays from arm breaks/stuns/slickness, but I'm wondering if I'm missing something, with how poorly I'm managing it. Crescent seems like the much more reliable kill to me, at this point.
Ok, so to answer some questions that keep coming up in messages:
Q: What did you do to my mind command, it won't work anymore?
A: Mind command cannot follow a Shikudo strike. You can still handaxe/command for team utility and such, just no forcing apply on breaks for trivial dispatches.
Q: Did you accidentally delete Transition from Kaido?
A: KAI TRANSITION is Tekura monk only.
Q: I don't even have bodyblock now, how will I live?
A: There aren't defences for mitigating damage, each form grants a defensive bonus alongside their other effects. Its slightly tankier than Tekura monk on average, a good deal more when in Tykonos (but very limited when in said form).
Q: Can we change the gmcp fields for Shikudo monk to not include Tekura monk specific information?
A: That's on the list for today.
Q: Artefact staves?
A: Soon.
Q: Artefact skill switch?
A: Undecided.
Q: Can we have jumpkick?
A: No.
Results of disembowel testing | Knight limb counter | GMCP AB files
You're not wrong here. Arguably Weaponmastery is too good a deal. We're pretty happy with the compromise Shikudo strikes between the two extremes (Weaponmastery and new class with duplicated secondary/tertiary skills).
As for dispatch, remember that you can break a second leg on the same combo as the head break+needle. That might give you some ideas.
This month!
So in total, you delay them a second from the curing the crushed throat, but you're delayed another second from having to needle again, so you're still .1 second or so short (9.0 to cure, vs 9.1 to dispatch). I'm probably still missing something, I'm sure, but without tekura's offset hits, it seems like the time constraints are pretty inflexible.
This is a diagram of how @Makarios works his magic.
:skull: :bleep_bloop: :skull:
Did you try it out Mak's way or just using numbers? Sometimes it works different in practice because the slight cure delays from each salve apply add up. I've been consistently pulling it off, even though it's tight. So if you're not, I'm not sure why...
With the 100 lesson cost, and no swap Artie, everyone is basically transing two skills just to be able to use one, though. It's not like multiclass because multiclass can swap freely.