Tail swipe not comming from the tail?

[Mr. Dawki]

<DIV>we raided the clockwork menace factory last night</DIV> <DIV>we pulled all the trash and killed the technitian and weaponsmith within the 8 min time</DIV> <DIV>the named came alive and ran twards us</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>as he was still running INFRONT of us</DIV> <DIV>the entire raid was hit for 8k dmg from his tail swipe</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>we figured it was a server lag/bug</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>we revived pulled all the trash again</DIV> <DIV>named came alive</DIV> <DIV>while he was running IN FRONT of us we got wiped by a tailswipe again!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3rd time a charm? no </DIV> <DIV>once again while he was walking twards us, tailswipe, 8k dmg</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>now i like the ideas of tailswipes, they make you stay on your toes when it comes to positioning but when the mobs tail is apparently attached to his forehead it is a bit hard to deal with</DIV><p>Message Edited by Mr. Dawkins on <span class=date_text>12-29-2006</span> <span class=time_text>06:25 AM</span>

[RaizNHe]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Mr. Dawkins wrote:<BR> <DIV>we raided the clockwork menace factory last night</DIV> <DIV>we pulled all the trash and killed the technitian and weaponsmith within the 8 min time</DIV> <DIV>the named came alive and ran twards us</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>as he was still running INFRONT of us</DIV> <DIV>the entire raid was hit for 8k dmg from his tail swipe</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>we figured it was a server lag/bug</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>we revived pulled all the trash again</DIV> <DIV>named came alive</DIV> <DIV>while he was running IN FRONT of us we got wiped by a tailswipe again!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3rd time a charm? no </DIV> <DIV>once again while he was walking twards us, tailswipe, 8k dmg</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>now i like the ideas of tailswipes, they make you stay on your toes when it comes to positioning but when the mobs tail is apparently attached to his forehead it is a bit hard to deal with</DIV> <P>Message Edited by Mr. Dawkins on <SPAN class=date_text>12-29-2006</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>06:25 AM</SPAN><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>LOL, probably has to do with the same bug that has people's capes flying in front of their faces while they are on a mount. You sir, got pwned by SOE. ;-D

[Triste-Lune]

Vyemm used to do that on pull (lab is not worth doing anymore for us myabe they fixed it maybe not) almost all the mob with tail lash do that

[ReviloTX]

Tail lash is a frontal/rear hourglass type AE, always has been.  If it was  rear only then the MT wouldn't get hit by it, but he always does.

[whytakemine]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> ReviloTX wrote:<BR> Tail lash is a frontal/rear hourglass type AE, always has been.  If it was  rear only then the MT wouldn't get hit by it, but he always does.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Are you sure?  It seems to me to just be a frontal AE (which makes no sense).  We noticed on Gorenaire that about the only place we never got hit by the tail lash was standing behind her.  

[auk]

Try to imagine what a big huge dragon standing on all four legs would do if said dragon wanted to smack someone standing in front of it with its tail.<div></div>

[Illustrious]

Tail lash on many mobs comes from the front as well as the back. Tarinax is another that always lash you when u are in front, I guess he also tail lash from behind but hes so huge no one ever stands right behind him to test hehe

[Caetrel]

No one in front of mob but tank or puller = no issue. <div></div>

[Mr. Dawki]

<P>see my complaint here is why is tail lash hitting our raid when he is running at us, he is not even in position yet the entire raid is in fron or on the side of him as he activates.</P> <P> </P> <P>MOB............................................... ...................................us</P> <P>mob starts running</P> <P>                                       mob............................................us</P> <P>and here he tail lashes eveything infront of him</P> <P>hes not even in melle range yet and we all get hit for 7-8 k crushing dmg tail lash</P> <P>so its not only are we standing in the wrong place but hes way too far away</P>

[t0iletduck]

Aye try to avoid having anyone but the tank be right in front of him when he becomes active. Invariably multiple people will get hit from the initial AE but should just get hit once if the tank can get the attention of the Clockwork Menance and position him safely. Then the healers can be to the side of him. Group heal up fast, because then its time to deal with adds <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Mr. Dawki]

<DIV>OK now im convinced any form of tail lash is BORKED</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>the snakes in nizara are tail lashing the tank as they are running at him they are targeting him and they are tail lashing him</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>BROKEN</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>when they are roaming down the halls they target the tank sit for a sek as they ar casting and then the entire grp goes flying WHILE THE MOB IS IN FRONT OF US,,, what does the combat log say</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>you were hit by tail lash</DIV>

[Mr. Dawki]

ok update on this........WHILE IM RUNNING AWAY FROM A MOB...as in 15 feet away from its face with it chasing me, and i get blasted farward....by what.....tail lash

[mikemcmodmi]

Yea maybe.  Maybe it's been broken for a while but people have just been dealing with it or working around it thinking it's supposed to be like that.  I donno what to say, how can you find out what it's supposed to be doing?  If it's always been like that then there's no way for a player to know.

[Tanit]

The encounter is easy enough, there's nothing broken about this.<div></div>

[rascheiw]

Tail lash is not broken at all, like ReviloTX stated it's a rear/frontal hourglass AE.If you want to see exactly what it does just watch this video where you will see Voxx performing about 10+ tail lashes, the mob swings its tail from the back to the front in a half circle.http://www.karamonde.net/video/voxx.wmv<div></div>

[Vormulac]

<DIV>clockwork even has a f'n animation that he turns slightly to swing his tail forward then back again when he does it. trying paying attention and quit [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn]ing like a lil girl with a skinned knee.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Vormulac Unsleep</DIV> <DIV>Guild Leader <A href="http://shatteredmoon.org" target=_blank>Shattered Moon</A></DIV> <DIV>Neriakithicor</DIV>

[Margen]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Divinemd wrote:<BR> <DIV>clockwork even has a f'n animation that he turns slightly to swing his tail forward then back again when he does it. trying paying attention and quit [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn]ing like a lil girl with a skinned knee.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Vormulac Unsleep</DIV> <DIV>Guild Leader <A href="http://shatteredmoon.org/" target=_blank>Shattered Moon</A></DIV> <DIV>Neriakithicor</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Boy what a mature and thoughtful post!!! <sarcasm>

[Original Cinadien]

Not going to give away our strat but, there is a work around for the tail swipe. Noone will ever get hit with it once you figure it out. <div></div>

[Cakassis]

<DIV>Regardless of where I'm standing when I kick or do my shield dash into a mob it falls in the same direction.  Some things we just need to learn to live with.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Really though, is getting hit at a distance by the tail of a mob closing in on you any more ridiclious than getting kicked by snakes?</DIV>

[Nainitsuj]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Original Cinadien wrote:<BR>Not going to give away our strat but, there is a work around for the tail swipe. Noone will ever get hit with it once you figure it out.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Pull him in to the right corner, under the ledge (as you run in the room from the door, the first corner you see) And have everyone else on or near the coal pile.  No one get's hit.</P> <P>Actually, have everyone standing in that corner as CWM activates.  He'll swipe, miss the raid and then you can shift behind the coal pile.</P><p>Message Edited by Nainitsuj on <span class=date_text>01-05-2007</span> <span class=time_text>06:54 AM</span>

[Mr. Dawki]

<P>Not going to give away our strat but, there is a work around for the tail swipe. Noone will ever get hit with it once you figure it out.</P> <HR> once again the wisdom of 5 rings everyone <P>thankyou for wasting space</P>