Quick Combat Questions

Mako

Web stops dodge, and parry. Plus combined with an aldar diadem, dragon stance, quick witted, its beyond fast

Tesha

Avoidance is for the 10% damage reduction, not the dodging. 

Iocun

I don't even use weaving in combat.

Mizik

Now for shrugging

illusions also offend me

Iocun

I usually don't use shrugging against serpents, and against knights I will not use it too if they ask for it, unless they're crazily artied or it's a fight that matters. Won't not use it against bards of course, because - bards.

I use illusions, but they don't work, so that's fine.

Mako

rename it damage reduction :P

Gamoneterik

Hi guys, just wondering... can you throw an orb at Golgotha? (If so what noun do I throw it at?) Or any other way to get rid of him so orbs can be thrown at ents?

Antonius

The whole point of Golgotha is that you can't use orb sigils to essentially totally neuter Occultist; they're still useful for dopplegangers (and other entities if they're not in room with the Occultist, I think), that's it. If you want to get rid of them then I guess bashing attacks probably still work. At some point you're going to have to learn to deal with the entities, though.

Occultist is really rough to begin with, and there's one specific method of curing that people might not be used to using that often that you need to incorporate (hint: it's a tattoo that you use five green inks for), but they're reasonably manageable afterwards. You still have to be a bit careful, and some offensive hindering or strategic leaving the room helps to stop them getting too many afflictions on you.

Mako

Iocun said:

I usually don't use shrugging against serpents, and against knights I will not use it too if they ask for it, unless they're crazily artied or it's a fight that matters. Won't not use it against bards of course, because - bards.

I use illusions, but they don't work, so that's fine.

Iocun your illusions are probably the best illusions ive ever seen

Seftin

Mako said:

Iocun said:

I usually don't use shrugging against serpents, and against knights I will not use it too if they ask for it, unless they're crazily artied or it's a fight that matters. Won't not use it against bards of course, because - bards.

I use illusions, but they don't work, so that's fine.

Iocun your illusions are probably the best illusions ive ever seen

Challenge accepted.

Prepare for some Gandalf-firework level illusions.

Mishgul

You will get bored and quit in a week

Seftin

You give me too much credit. More like 12 hours.

Naisar

@Seftin When I was bashing UW to Dragon you jumped me three times, each a couple days apart.  Each time you were a different class. It was like I was playing a single-player RPG where the boss shows up in a different form as you progress through the storyline.  

Seftin

I try and keep shit interesting for you boring types.

Mishgul

you would if you knew what you were doing

Antonius

@Daeir Pretty sure backstab balance is dependent on weapon stats so artie dirks would speed it up due to having really high speed stats.

Chord

What serpent has an artie dirk? Those are for Sentinels, I thought.

Strata

Yeah not sure what all these serpents are doing with Thoth's. Doublestab is like the most useless class skill ever. We need Triplestab.

Sylvance

Thoths are for killing other Serpents. Ya know... the ones with no curing, shrugging or the sense they were born with.

Iocun

Daeir said:

I wouldn't mind half as much if dstab was just dependent on dirk speed instead of artie levels. Could just whore forgers out until you get an equivalent one then.

What makes you think that this would be a cheap alternative to artefact dirks?

Antonius

Weapon stat dependent abilities and the current forging system hasn't really worked for anything else, so...

Penwize

Quick question since I can't check my notes while at work:
How long is the base tumble time, and how much does each broken limb lengthen it?

Nemutaur

4s, +0.5s per broken arm/leg

Antonius

Looks to be 3.9 seconds base, then 0.5 seconds per broken limb (I only tested legs, assuming arms are the same).

Penwize

Awesome, thanks!

Borran

If you are killed by someone wearing a deathmask, do you see the name of the person?

Strata

Borran said:

If you are killed by someone wearing a deathmask, do you see the name of the person?

Pretty sure deathmask only hides their name from the deathsight. You will still see them kill you.

Borran

What if they snipe you to death?

Shirszae

Borran said:

What if they snipe you to death?

From what I understand, deathmask solely affects deathsight. You will still see the message "You have been slain by X," regardless of how you are killed.

Borran

ok. thanks. now I don't want it.