I suddenly wondered if I had ever fought @Aelios, so I grepped through my logs. Seems I've never done so. All I could find were cute snippets from his early days:
A tiny and feeble male voice cries, "Heya Sapience ~Aelios."
EDIT: Oh, on second thought, @Aelios is only 93 years old and that particular quote is from 2004, so it must have been a different player
MIZIK CATCHES THE KICKOFF AT THE 1 YD LINE, CARRYING 4 CORPSES
HE BLOCKS FOR HIS BUDDIES QWINDOR AND KINILAN, EVADES INTO 5 STATIONARY GUARDS AND DEFENDERS
EVADES OUT, CARMELL WITH THE BLOCK, HE JUKES OUT AND FLIES TOWARD THE TOUCHDOWN LINE
HE'S HOME FREE, BUT OH NO! SNAGGED AT THE 10 YARD LINE, HE'S UP, HE'S DOWN, HE'S UP, HE'S DOWN!
HE FUMBLES ALL FOUR CORPSES, CAN HE MAKE IT OUT?
HE ROLLS TO THE 1 YARD LINE NOOOOOOO HE'S DOWN FOLKS, IT'S OVERRRR
We've got a red flag on the field, let's review the play:
(Party): You say, "Dun nraido." 5564h, 3491m, 25465e, 14772w cexkdb- (The Midnight Crew): Agrias says, "Message #1020 Sent by Tecton 10/24/3:10 *badoom-tish*." 5564h, 3491m, 25465e, 14772w cexkdb- A great weight seems to have been lifted from Kinilan. 5564h, 3353m, 25485e, 14745w cexkdb- (-138m, 3.1%) Kinilan takes some balm from a vial and rubs it on his body. 5564h, 3353m, 25485e, 14745w cexkdb- (Party): Qwindor says, "These guards down." 5564h, 3353m, 25485e, 14745w cexkdb- The great form of Dunn grows still and his eyes glaze over as the world blurs and then sharpens.
After reviewing the play, Mizik on the left, Dunn on the right.
All these dudes in DForm with wings. Treachery, man.
(Party): Jhui says, "Poor miz." 5564h, 3812m, 25525e, 14678w cekdb- (-15m, 0.3%) You begin to writhe helplessly, throwing your body off balance. (i) 5564h, 3812m, 25525e, 14678w cekdb- You begin to writhe helplessly, throwing your body off balance. (i) 5564h, 3812m, 25525e, 14678w cekdb- You begin to writhe helplessly, throwing your body off balance. (i) 5564h, 3812m, 25525e, 14678w cekdb- You begin to writhe helplessly, throwing your body off balance. (i) 5564h, 3812m, 25525e, 14678w cekdb- (Party): Dunn says, "I got this."
Pfft. I'm standing there ready to die with Mizik even though I could have just gared out and HE bails on ME. W/E still gtfo. Suck it you wingless savage.
I still think the accuracy changes to bows were over the top. I have a Lupine and I still missed like crazy when I was BM, even 1 room away with marksman trait.
Meteors arrows, can hit from more than 1 room away, can be envenomed.
You should have about a 65% chance to hit from an adjacent room with no walls (assuming you have the marksman trait, but if you don't then you can't really complain about accuracy).
Aurora says, "Tharvis, why are you always breaking things?!" Artemis says, "You are so high maintenance, Tharvis, gosh." Tecton says, "It's still your fault, Tharvis."
I like the direction things are going steering things a little more in favor of melee over LoS battles, but the impact on 1v1 combat was way too severe, in my opinion.
Also keep in mind that 65% is for Lupine. AFAIK the lower level ones are significantly worse.
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EDIT: Oh, on second thought, @Aelios is only 93 years old and that particular quote is from 2004, so it must have been a different player
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https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/9b2c919a
MIZIK CATCHES THE KICKOFF AT THE 1 YD LINE, CARRYING 4 CORPSES
HE BLOCKS FOR HIS BUDDIES QWINDOR AND KINILAN, EVADES INTO 5 STATIONARY GUARDS AND DEFENDERS
EVADES OUT, CARMELL WITH THE BLOCK, HE JUKES OUT AND FLIES TOWARD THE TOUCHDOWN LINE
HE'S HOME FREE, BUT OH NO! SNAGGED AT THE 10 YARD LINE, HE'S UP, HE'S DOWN, HE'S UP, HE'S DOWN!
HE FUMBLES ALL FOUR CORPSES, CAN HE MAKE IT OUT?
HE ROLLS TO THE 1 YARD LINE NOOOOOOO HE'S DOWN FOLKS, IT'S OVERRRR
We've got a red flag on the field, let's review the play:
(Party): You say, "Dun nraido."
5564h, 3491m, 25465e, 14772w cexkdb-
(The Midnight Crew): Agrias says, "Message #1020 Sent by Tecton 10/24/3:10 *badoom-tish*."
5564h, 3491m, 25465e, 14772w cexkdb-
A great weight seems to have been lifted from Kinilan.
5564h, 3353m, 25485e, 14745w cexkdb- (-138m, 3.1%)
Kinilan takes some balm from a vial and rubs it on his body.
5564h, 3353m, 25485e, 14745w cexkdb-
(Party): Qwindor says, "These guards down."
5564h, 3353m, 25485e, 14745w cexkdb-
The great form of Dunn grows still and his eyes glaze over as the world blurs and then sharpens.
After reviewing the play, Mizik on the left, Dunn on the right.
All these dudes in DForm with wings. Treachery, man.
5564h, 3812m, 25525e, 14678w cekdb- (-15m, 0.3%)
You begin to writhe helplessly, throwing your body off balance. (i)
5564h, 3812m, 25525e, 14678w cekdb-
You begin to writhe helplessly, throwing your body off balance. (i)
5564h, 3812m, 25525e, 14678w cekdb-
You begin to writhe helplessly, throwing your body off balance. (i)
5564h, 3812m, 25525e, 14678w cekdb-
You begin to writhe helplessly, throwing your body off balance. (i)
5564h, 3812m, 25525e, 14678w cekdb-
(Party): Dunn says, "I got this."
But yeah, I think "over the top" is the perfect way to describe the change to SHOOT.
It shouldn't be a common thing to miss 5 arrows in a row. What's the point of having it if it's literally more effective for me to firelash someone?
You should have about a 65% chance to hit from an adjacent room with no walls (assuming you have the marksman trait, but if you don't then you can't really complain about accuracy).
Artemis says, "You are so high maintenance, Tharvis, gosh."
Tecton says, "It's still your fault, Tharvis."
I like the direction things are going steering things a little more in favor of melee over LoS battles, but the impact on 1v1 combat was way too severe, in my opinion.
Also keep in mind that 65% is for Lupine. AFAIK the lower level ones are significantly worse.
Yeah, I traded in my lupine bow. Credits better spent elsewhere. No r.a.g.r.e.t.s.
That's like 4k+ damage.
Thanks papa @Mizik!
https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/d156080c
https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/ac3e5f98