FIghter Stances now use 0 concentration

MadBarman · 09-06-2005, 01:00 PM

I'm very interested about this change. Could be good, could be bad I'm not sure. I wanted to ask the people on beta. Could you list (or post screens) of all our skills that use concentration now. Of the top of my memory we have Dragon Advance line (1conc) Call to Arms line (1conc) and the Martial Focus Line (1conc). Is there anything else? Thanks

Jezekie · 09-06-2005, 04:21 PM

Offensive and Defensive stances were changed to not use up any Consentration points. Rest of the arts, including the combi def-off stance is as they were prior to this update.

Bladewind · 09-06-2005, 05:44 PM

I can use both off and def stance to have zero penalties with bonus mitigations... That is just plain silly.

stfields · 09-06-2005, 05:52 PM

I'm also confused by what this means. Can we put up both defensive stances and to yield over +1200mit, 12defense, 20deflection, and 2400 mental resist?

I just don't get this.

Nemi · 09-06-2005, 06:01 PM

No they will over-write each other as per the latest post by the devs.

stfields · 09-06-2005, 06:30 PM

Thanks for the clarification SMILEY

Ethelwo · 09-06-2005, 07:46 PM

This is a very good idea. About time SOE had one. hehe

Gaige · 09-06-2005, 08:21 PM

Ethelwolf wrote:
This is a very good idea. About time SOE had one. hehe

That negates everything they've done/said about arts/concentration since beta started.

bonesbro · 09-06-2005, 09:35 PM

I wonder what that means for our balanced stance? I mean, the balanced stance was supposed to be a compromise between offensive and defensive whose drawback was that it didn't allow you to have your other buffs active.

Gaige · 09-06-2005, 09:38 PM

bonesbro wrote:
I wonder what that means for our balanced stance? I mean, the balanced stance was supposed to be a compromise between offensive and defensive whose drawback was that it didn't allow you to have your other buffs active.

Which, upon checking, is still true. Spider Stance and its upgrade, Black Widow Stance both still consume all 5 concentration points.

Sasaki Koji · 09-07-2005, 07:10 AM

This will make it a possiblity to swap stances quickly during battle w/o having to change all your other concens to match, if you needed to. As a sk, theres only 4 buffs that take 1 concen, so we cant even fill the concen bar now, unless they make more of our skills take concen that is.

09-06-2005, 04:21 PM	#2
Jezekie General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,136	Offensive and Defensive stances were changed to not use up any Consentration points. Rest of the arts, including the combi def-off stance is as they were prior to this update. __________________ ---------------------------- Retired

09-06-2005, 05:44 PM	#3
Bladewind Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 783	I can use both off and def stance to have zero penalties with bonus mitigations... That is just plain silly. __________________

09-06-2005, 05:52 PM	#4
stfields Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 295	I'm also confused by what this means. Can we put up both defensive stances and to yield over +1200mit, 12defense, 20deflection, and 2400 mental resist? I just don't get this. __________________ ~Taveren Kinslayer~ 60 Armorer/Alchemist/Jeweler 60 Weaponsmith/Sage/Woodworker 60 Monk ~ RETIRED

09-06-2005, 06:30 PM	#6
stfields Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 295	Thanks for the clarification __________________ ~Taveren Kinslayer~ 60 Armorer/Alchemist/Jeweler 60 Weaponsmith/Sage/Woodworker 60 Monk ~ RETIRED

09-06-2005, 08:21 PM	#8
Gaige Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 9,500	Ethelwolf wrote: This is a very good idea. About time SOE had one. hehe That negates everything they've done/said about arts/concentration since beta started. __________________

09-06-2005, 01:00 PM	#1
MadBarman Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 242	I'm very interested about this change. Could be good, could be bad I'm not sure. I wanted to ask the people on beta. Could you list (or post screens) of all our skills that use concentration now. Of the top of my memory we have Dragon Advance line (1conc) Call to Arms line (1conc) and the Martial Focus Line (1conc). Is there anything else? Thanks

09-06-2005, 06:01 PM	#5
Nemi Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 603	No they will over-write each other as per the latest post by the devs.

09-06-2005, 07:46 PM	#7
Ethelwo General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 212	This is a very good idea. About time SOE had one. hehe

09-06-2005, 09:35 PM	#9
bonesbro Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 651	I wonder what that means for our balanced stance? I mean, the balanced stance was supposed to be a compromise between offensive and defensive whose drawback was that it didn't allow you to have your other buffs active. __________________ Legond of Najena, Monk Ancient.

09-06-2005, 09:38 PM	#10
Gaige Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 9,500	bonesbro wrote: I wonder what that means for our balanced stance? I mean, the balanced stance was supposed to be a compromise between offensive and defensive whose drawback was that it didn't allow you to have your other buffs active. Which, upon checking, is still true. Spider Stance and its upgrade, Black Widow Stance both still consume all 5 concentration points. __________________

09-07-2005, 07:10 AM	#11
Sasaki Koji Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 283	This will make it a possiblity to swap stances quickly during battle w/o having to change all your other concens to match, if you needed to. As a sk, theres only 4 buffs that take 1 concen, so we cant even fill the concen bar now, unless they make more of our skills take concen that is.