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Post by CdrPlatypus on Dec 30, 2015 23:57:08 GMT -5
With the changes to Tam, which I love by the way. She is the only character that cannot equip a weapon with parry. This makes her Stealth leading extremely perilous. I am having to forgo equipping any crit/ dmg equipment in favor of +parry equipment. Even super squishy KJ gets to have parry on his staff.
My suggestion is not to make it a lot of parry. This way Selen still stays clearly the Queen of Stealth Melee.
I suggest scaling the parry similar to hammers. If you add it to throwing knives then I would scale the parry of 1ap knives to the same as 2ap-1-handed-hammers and the parry of 2ap knives to 2-handed hammers. This would also make choices for gearing up more interesting. rather than just accuracy and base dmg; tthe slower knives, which I assume would be larger like a kunai as opposed to a throwing spike, you would get a little extra defense as well.
Bows also make sense as an emergency parry weapon although I think with the game design adding parry stat to throwing daggers makes more sense.
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Post by Cory Trese on Dec 31, 2015 11:04:59 GMT -5
Thanks for the feedback. Don't forget the balancing aspects of Dodge and Toughness multipliers.
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Post by fallen on Dec 31, 2015 13:25:56 GMT -5
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Dec 31, 2015 15:33:42 GMT -5
Cory Trese dodge is a standard defense die against melee. Parry is strong. Selen and Tam have the same con to toughness ratio and tam has only slightly better Dex to dodge ratio, but also no + parry abilities
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Post by fallen on Dec 31, 2015 16:04:38 GMT -5
Cory Trese dodge is a standard defense die against melee. Parry is strong. Selen and Tam have the same con to toughness ratio and tam has only slightly better Dex to dodge ratio, but also no + parry abilities I've said a hundred times, "Don't miss giving Tami a good off-hand blade, even if you don't use it." I feel the pain, and its part of the design I missed in the conversion. Easy to fix by giving Throwing Knives Parry. |
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Post by John Robinson on Dec 31, 2015 20:25:13 GMT -5
Bumping parry for throwing knives is a nice perk for Kincaid too.  |
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Post by fallen on Dec 31, 2015 21:39:32 GMT -5
Bumping parry for throwing knives is a nice perk for Kincaid too. It will not affect Kincaid, as he does not "dual wield" Throwing Knives. Just want to be clear about that. |
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Dec 31, 2015 22:10:48 GMT -5
Yeah Kincaid doesn't need it anyways. He already has the best melee tank talent in the game.
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Post by fallen on Dec 31, 2015 22:13:06 GMT -5
My favorite combo right now is Kincaid-Kjartan-Fyona-Tami ... just the Ironman group I am enjoying the most atm  |
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Dec 31, 2015 22:29:05 GMT -5
My favorite combo right now is Kincaid-Kjartan-Fyona-Tami ... just the Ironman group I am enjoying the most atm So basically a soak killer |
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Post by fallen on Dec 31, 2015 22:32:34 GMT -5
CdrPlatypus - letting Tami run -AP, -Res, combined with Kjartan -Armor ... I am not worrying yet (Ironman) about Fyona nuking -Res, but we might get there. Kincaid does his best to be untouchable, and Fyona is the iron tank in the second row. The new Tamilin changes really made me happy
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Dec 31, 2015 22:41:38 GMT -5
fallen are you going to go into ms or branch for dmg with kj?
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Post by fallen on Dec 31, 2015 23:07:34 GMT -5
fallen are you going to go into ms or branch for dmg with kj? With all the potential -Res, I am thinking that I have to branch. But, his primary AP soak has to be casting Choking Ash. This fits pretty well with a 4 AP Firestorm every now and again  But, I will have to see. Only Tami will be packing -AP, so there is a lot riding on that Talent holding its own against big mobs and Kincaid really being able to dodge all the damage. Otherwise, some MS will probably be called for. |
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Dec 31, 2015 23:27:42 GMT -5
Not going to use reckoning?
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Post by fallen on Jan 1, 2016 0:06:07 GMT -5
Not going to use reckoning? I will by 18, I imagine. I haven't planned that far for Fyona yet. |
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