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Thus, because it is not fair to expect Magi to re-write their entire systems because of a flaw in the code, and nor is it fair to expect Magi to abstain from use of Retardation because that flaw has proved difficult to fix, then the only reasonable recourse is to accept the current imperfect reality as reality nonetheless and adapt until the issue is resolved. Tanris once said that the best combat advice he was ever given was something to the tune of "Approach combat like classleads and bugfixes don't exist." We survived Web/AXK, we can survive this.
With pets and retardation you get that super strong strategy whenever you want at a flick of a switch.. Perhaps if Amnesia pets didn't fire in retardation or fired at a reduced rate..
Perhaps I'm also just ranting as you can always just not fight in retardation
That is, amnesia in Aeon used to be (and I assume still is) triggerable by entering a command, but if you don't enter one, it'll trigger at the end of your sluggish movement, eliminating your command.
That was key to countering concussion/slow. You enter the smoke command, then tap it again just before it goes through to steal the amnesia from concussion. But with the pets it is super easy to trigger because you see it hit.
As people have pointed above, this is the way things stand now. So while it might be a bit unpalatable, its not really any different from what everyone else is doing.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
if you built something AROUND the use of this bug, that is exploiting.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
Edit: I'm dwc runie myself. Also any info on how mutilate even works and what determines the damage dealt would be great. That way I know when I could instantly be put in danger.
DW can kill from around 50% health once they have a shadow (by pairing tooros/mutilate together), so it's not particularly safe to be in the room around that point. They can also hit for around 30-35% damage each swing once they have clumsiness and weariness stuck, so things go bad way faster then you'd expect.
Mechanically, mutilate's damage is around 40% with the artifact dirk, but it's affected by blunt resists, so probably less then that for you between fullplate/algiz. Tooros is a terminus ability that deals another 10% damage to everyone in the room (including the dw) and only requires word balance, so it can be paired freely with mutilate.
I'd always keep at least one exit walled, with wunjo-nairat behind it, and if he's thrown up distort, tumble before he can get you low enough for the mutilate. If he goes for preempt over distortion, you can get away easily with gallop/flying. Stick clumsiness, use paralysis/asthma/slickness for hinder, and you'll probably be able to slow him down a decent bit. In terms of your own offense, they have a health heal that they can use after they're standing, so there's a good chance that if the dsb doesn't take them out, they'll be able to use it to survive your followup.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
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