Post:Review: combat so far - 11/22/2012 - 11:41

Re: Review: combat so far · on 11/22/2012 11:41 AM CST	92
>>Big thumbs down for the roundtime to switch armors in combat! It does make sense though so it's not a big deal. It's just that with only a 1-2 second RT it probably doesn't really achieve much of anything other than temporarily breaking armor-swapping scripts It actually does make sense for you to spend several moments distracted from the world around you. Traditionally a knight could not put on their own armor without help, and it was a very time consuming process. We were sick of people using scripts to blast through armor compliments while jedi-defending against a horde of enemies. Finally, this gives Paladins another armor perk which is always a good thing. Lighter armors have little to no RT once you have skill, so this should only be an issue if you are mixing and matching. >>and also very annoying (clutters up the room badly) We'll see about getting them added to the junk piles >>Overall speed of killing creatures is approximately the same (a bit slower for melee weapons, much faster with LT, exact same with LX). I am surprised by that. Generally speaking we've been seeing people go from 1-3 shotting enemies to taking 5-15. May need to look into this more as you should not be killing as quickly as in Prime. Have you tried hunting any other critters? >>But I completely don't understand how to train the new tactics skill worth a damn, hopefully someone can fill me in You have to use Tactics abilities on enemies assuming your Tactics skill is a weapon skill. If you have 200 weapons and 300 tactics, this could be challenging. Tactics abilities also award less experience if used on the same critter more than about 5 or 6 times. Thanks for the feedback!
This message was originally posted in DragonRealms 3.0 \ Combat, by DR-KODIUS on the play.net forums.