Quick Combat Questions

Isaiah

Florentino said:

you'd be surprised how many hotshot Marks/experienced players don't keep selfishness up - Dalran just donated 25 monolith sigils to the cause yesterday

Or jhui and he keeps a shit ton of sigils to donate

Kaden

Kaden said:

Cynder said:

Edit: More on topic: What's a good way to stay alive from Alchemists when you're about to be blown up? I bleed almost double my health and I can't get away due to the blocking thingy. If I somersault away they move just as I leave the room and I've accomplished almost nothing.

Can fake the tumble or put between the room you're tumbling into and the room you're in.

Wall. There was supposed to be the word wall in that sentence there.

Antonius

@Aodfionn‌ They're ok. Speed is pretty decent, damage is average, the main problem with them is that neither of them has particularly good to-hit. If you were a Runewarden, definitely - you can boost those stats to decent values. As a Paladin or Infernal, you might find that they miss a bit too often against certain classes with a lot of dodge chance.

Aodfionn

@Antonius‌ Thanks!

Achilles

Wield the 158 to hit one in the left, use curare with prefarar/darkshade/kalmia any other herb/mineral cured affliction and that will mostly solve your accuracy issues.

Aerek

Yeah, I'd still use them, even as a Paladin. You'll get frustrated against Trans Avoidance+Mounted/Weaving/Acrobatics/DrunkenSailor opponents, but nothing that patience wouldn't eventually overcome.

Tzentar

Hey all, newbie here! I seem to be playing off peak and struggling to get some information IC. Currently a dwarf shaman, I chose miner a long time ago for some reason. Is that a fine race and specialisation? Any idea on what traits would be suitable? I still have both the free race change and trait reset. Haven't chosen any traits yet. 

Keown

What is the minimum recommended HP to begin serious combat?

Bukariin

Keown said:

What is the minimum recommended HP to begin serious combat?

You won't survive damage classes (Monks, Runewardens and Magi especially) with less than 4k or less than 3k if you're a tanky/avoidance class.

Talysin

Dalran said:

Selfishness gets in the way during combat, so thats why a lot of active combatants may not keep it up.

Yeah totally gets in the way of give reconstructive to target;order target apply reconstructive.

Dalran

Talysin said:

Dalran said:

Selfishness gets in the way during combat, so thats why a lot of active combatants may not keep it up.

Yeah totally gets in the way of give reconstructive to target;order target apply reconstructive.

Yeah because snide comments are necessary. I already got bored of bard, so no that's not why it gets in the way

Atalkez

Talysin said:

Dalran said:

Selfishness gets in the way during combat, so thats why a lot of active combatants may not keep it up.

Yeah totally gets in the way of give reconstructive to target;order target apply reconstructive.

This from the Jester, with a Shackle and balloon? Ha

Talysin

Atalkez said:

Talysin said:

Dalran said:

Selfishness gets in the way during combat, so thats why a lot of active combatants may not keep it up.

Yeah totally gets in the way of give reconstructive to target;order target apply reconstructive.

This from the Jester, with a Shackle and balloon? Ha

Ok ok, sorry guys.

Also, I never used shackle on you! Rude.

Aerek

So what's the actual percentage of success on Voidfist? I've never really known, just accepted it as something to be aware of/run from, but this made me wonder:

https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/86bd8cde

That's 11 consecutive blocked cures. You can see at the end where I actually paused Svo, because the sudden repetitive spamming made me think it was the system that had gone awry, before I realized it was just Void being obscene.

Arador

Another example of why RNG really sucks.

Hasar

Should have voidfist time decrease with chains of consecutive fail eats (3+?)

Aelios

Tzentar said:

Hey all, newbie here! I seem to be playing off peak and struggling to get some information IC. Currently a dwarf shaman, I chose miner a long time ago for some reason. Is that a fine race and specialisation? Any idea on what traits would be suitable? I still have both the free race change and trait reset. Haven't chosen any traits yet. 

Yes. Traits are entirely up to you as a player. That being said, I always recommend: 
Primary:
1.) Nimble/Quick-Witted.
2.) +Stat

As for the third major : It's all situational. Everyone comes across different desires. Pick traits that YOU think will help you, not what someone says to Meta combat. Enjoy!

Tzentar

Thank you @Aelios‌! 

Bukariin

Yeah, you can't really go wrong with better balance/EQ (either is advantageous for most if not all classes).

How about the major traits that increase sip amount?  Does anybody know how much of an increase you get and how that compares to a sip ring?

Eld

Bukariin said:

Yeah, you can't really go wrong with better balance/EQ (either is advantageous for most if not all classes).

How about the major traits that increase sip amount?  Does anybody know how much of an increase you get and how that compares to a sip ring?

5%, about half of a level 1 sip ring. Notably, 1 point of the corresponding attribute (str or int) increases your sip by roughly the same amount (depending on your level and base str/int, but generally right around 5% and often a bit more, iirc) while also providing a higher max hp/mp.

Sena

I'm pretty sure you mean con, not str.

Eld

Sena said:

I'm pretty sure you mean con, not str.

Quite right. If that's the only thing you see to correct me on in that post made after several months of dormancy and a few beers, I'm going to say I'm doing pretty well over all.

Eld

From announce 4185:

BEDEVIL has been tweaked. It is now prevented by broken arms and paralysis, and will no 

longer transfer uncureable timed afflictions.

I assume that the first part ("prevented by broken arms and paralysis") refers only to the active bedevil ability and not the defense, but what about the latter? Is the defense still supposed to be able to reflect timed affs?

Cynlael

Using the ability is stopped by broken arms/paralysis. Can't bedevil, or reflect timed affs. Because, let's be real, reflecting stuff like Enlighten is fucking retarded.

Valus

Being a Monk (again), should I focus on Con or Str? and what traits should I have for Monk?

Beorji

I was con, but with vitality, transmute, and numb, monk has quite a bit of survivability. There were plenty of times I would have rather had some extra str. Traits are really up to you. Nimble and either +str or +con are probably most common. Assuming you're not going int-based for telepathy. 

Razha

Unless they've changed it, just go for strength for monk. Once you get transmute you're practically unkillable while bashing.

Aktillum

yeah just go with Str, I used to bash tir murann pretty decently as an artieless Raja monk back when they had a sip penalty

Valus

alright, thanks guys 

Valus

Is it worth being a horkval for the resistances and the 15 strength after race specialisation?