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Unread 08-21-2005, 08:51 PM   #1
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Unread 08-21-2005, 11:49 PM   #2
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Are those additional spells or do they replace existing ones? IE Dispatch looks a lot like debilitate. Also, when we have our bow ca on master, do we get the new throwing ca on master too or is it app1? As i got most t5 cas on master i would not be too happy to lose them all to new spells on app1...
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Unread 08-22-2005, 12:34 AM   #3
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I was one happy brigand logging on to find 3 new skills.  I'm hoping Amazing reflexes actually works and allows us to avoid wraith and other AEs on raids.  It would make sense now that we have to use short range throwing knives.  As for dispatch right now its on a different timer then debilate.  Doing the same mititgation debuff at app1, as debilate master1.  Double up has to be the best one so far. Jerm Hasyourback
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Unread 08-22-2005, 03:08 AM   #4
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Unread 08-22-2005, 05:29 AM   #5
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Unread 08-22-2005, 10:07 AM   #6
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dispatch only has a 10 sec duration on it (with a 1 min recast it's not gonna be constant kept on mob), compared to debilitate 1,12 min, so it better has it's own timer
 
as for the other 2 skills, if they gonna work, it will be hard to take the smile off my face when raiding
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Unread 08-22-2005, 01:35 PM   #7
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    Double up is a skill that can easily get you killed.  Biggest thing i noticed on raids in DoF is that agro is 10x easier to get.  You might say "well the deagro numbers are higher!!" but think about it.  Tanks no longer get agro from the reactive heals on them.  That honestly was the biggest way for a tank on raid to get and maintain agro.  Now they only can use their ae and direct taunts.  So when i used 4 ca's in a row i took agro at just about any time in the fight.  Shadow slip + elude and 2 ca's later i got agro again.  I really would love to see the new self pres skills to have the -1 hate position be based on our attacks not us being hit.  That will make it so we can spam just about all day and never get agro as long as we dont get too carried away.     Reflexes is the coolest skill ever imo.  That skill alone has made me happy to be a brigand.  I just hope that it doesnt get nerfed to high heaven and that they give something similat to no other classes.  I cant stress enough how much i LOVE that skill =p
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Unread 08-22-2005, 01:39 PM   #8
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    Reflexes is the coolest skill ever imo.  That skill alone has made me happy to be a brigand.  I just hope that it doesnt get nerfed to high heaven and that they give something similat to no other classes.  I cant stress enough how much i LOVE that skill =p


Yup this skill is a boon SMILEY However, i do not agree with you on hoping no other class get a similar skill (maybe im lacking data so please correct me). Swash seems to be in the same boat as us concerning AE and could benefit from the same kind of effect imo.
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Unread 08-22-2005, 02:34 PM   #9
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will be our class defining skill if it makes to live, I'm sure I would be happy with it, maybe this is a cookie to us for keeping the class from becoming nonexistent
making us be able to dodge aoe should make up for our lack of skill dealing damage area wise (which any scout can do more)
I hope they were more creative when adding the new high end raid content then just giving every mob the same aoe skill
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Unread 08-22-2005, 04:11 PM   #10
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http://www.eq2labs.com/article/new-spells-scout.php

 

Check here for other class new spells. and yes seems we are the only one to get the dodge AE effect SMILEY

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Unread 08-22-2005, 05:32 PM   #11
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Illusionists have a new spell that gives a chance to avoid AoE, so its not going to be entirely exclusive.  these spells (for all the classes, not just us!) seem really amazing... i get the feeling its all too good to be true like these are 51-60 spells and they are just trying them out on a player population.   but then again I just saw the thread about the NDA being lifted so maybe it really is happening.
 
im really expecting some big things with this expansion

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Unread 08-22-2005, 05:43 PM   #12
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Heh, is it just me or does Amazing Reflexes pretty much seem predestined to get nerfed? Seems pretty cheesy IMO, to make resistance gear/potions and AC just about 100% obsolete on 1 class out of 24 (raid wise). Dont get me wrong though, we deserve a skill like that considering how pathetic our ranged DPS will be compared to other scouts (swashies new 50 spell I'm guessing will put out about 250-300dps from range, and that's excluding any procs/poison).
 
And while Double Up made me just jump of joy when I saw it, I'm kind of skeptic to it after some thought. 2 seconds will mean a "double" of max 2 CA's, and it still costs mana like 1 CA. So basically we would get one free CA, and since we really dont have any high hits, it's not awesome in anyway. Especially if you consider the aggro 4 CA's in rapid succesion causes, even before revamp.

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Unread 08-22-2005, 07:21 PM   #13
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Double up costs lower power then normal arts revamped. And it ignores if the timer is down or not on the last 2 used CA's -- Hi, I like Ruse Chained.

 

Dispatch is not that  bad. it debuffes EVERYTHING magical and physical, while the duration is short. it's still bigger and longer then a swash debuff.

 

That ignore AE thing is ought to be bugged. If that [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] works on IE WoF / Venekor's ae.. then uh, [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] yea

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Unread 08-22-2005, 08:04 PM   #14
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our ranged dps sucks and will suck, our ae dps sucks and will suck, so I repeat, a skill like amazing reflexes kinda makes up for those

amazing reflexes will only be used if it stays this way, any nerf (making it 50% chance to avoid etc) would make it pretty much useless

and for how much it would effect gameplay: well considering the less then 10 (probably less then 5 in most cases) level 50 brigands/server, make the math

double up not being worth it for we dont have any high hits?! have you not seen forums since last november or what?

dispatch-subdue-deception-double up- that should be a pretty decent combo (just have the self preservation buff up and shadow slip rdy hehe)

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Unread 08-22-2005, 08:05 PM   #15
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As a sub-class defining skill, I'll take Amazing Reflexes with a smile. I doubt it will be nerfed, given the low numbers of Brigands, but stranger things have happened.
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Unread 08-23-2005, 01:38 AM   #16
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Well frankly, I dont see how a low number of a certain class would make it any less prone to balancing (aka nerfs). The word
gets around pretty fast, and it's not like most raiding guilds don't have a brigand. People have been screaming bloody murder
about things not even affecting combat (crusader horses, dirge speedbuff), just imagine how a class suddenly being
practically invulnerable will be received, hehe.
 
And there are other ways to nerf Amazing Reflexes other than altering the chance of avoidance to a lower number, could make
it melee only, or maybe a short-duration buff. And even if we get to keep it in it's proposed form, I have a feeling it will
distance us from other scouts. If I ever want to gloat about some parses to my fellow scouts, I'll probably just get a "Well
some of us have to dodge AE, you slack!". And it does feel quite slack, to just click a concentration buff and then not
having to waste a single thought on AE's.
 
Hehe, I didnt realise the neatness of a Dispatch-CA-CA-Double Up combo. If this can be done without getting killed, and if
the Ruse-line will be useable for this combo on raids, then indeed I'm a happy camper. SMILEY
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Unread 08-23-2005, 01:44 AM   #17
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Prevents AOE (except when direct)....  What exactly does that exception account for?

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Unread 08-23-2005, 01:47 AM   #18
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It means if you're not the focus or not in front, basically. So, if you're not the target of the mob, or you're not in a front cone AoE (like standing in front of a mob that's barraging) then you won't get hit.
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Unread 08-23-2005, 02:16 AM   #19
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Reflex is fine as is.  Just because we will no longer need to joust doesnt mean we can go whack happy on the target while the rest of the raid is out of range. At best we will be auto-attacking only and maybe a CA or 2 tops, anything else and you better have those resists up.
I see double up as a finisher in groups and a valid soloer tactic.  Write up a couple of macro's for your 0.2 sec casting CA's and you'll get more than 2 off, just have to time it well.
 
Try not calling nerf until we actually get the skills and see how effective they really are.

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Unread 08-23-2005, 02:24 AM   #20
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Agreed.And.. If you look through that list up the thread that is linked, there are some freaking amazing abilities that other folks get. I'm not complaining one bit, but check out the utility of being able to give poison to someone else in your group... Like... maybe... the Fighter? That's cooler than a drolvarg-skin rug.
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Unread 08-23-2005, 05:06 AM   #21
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Just a quick follow up on reflexes.  I suspect we have this skill because we rogues were rightly complaining that we didnt have enough ranged attacks on jousting fights, reducing the brigand to a bench player on some raids.  If you see the new Swashies lvl 50 skills, they have a new hail of daggers which is a rooted 30sec 30meter range barrage of missiles so now they're taken care of and we have the AoE avoidance which adds flavour to the class and is compo for the lack of missile skills.

Personally, I think both are fine in their current forms.  Now if only we could get a nuke like the new wizzie one :smileytongue:  JK

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Unread 08-23-2005, 06:55 AM   #22
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I've also seen vague hints that these (3) level 50 spells are going to be moved around a bit (not granted at 50, but at other levels). Sounded like they were only set to level 50 to get the mechanics play-tested. If they had set the spells to a lower level, nobody would bother testing them since most of the DoF crowd on the beta server are all level 50.(Confirmed by checking the DevTracker and looking at EJ's Aug 22nd posting in the Illusionist spell feedback thread... in the DoF beta forums. Sorry!)So, they may bloom into full-blown spell lines once the mechanics work. Or they may remain as-is, but get moved to a level other then 50. Seems like there's a good bit of experimentation going on with the 3 new spell types for each class.
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Stroicthe wrote:
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I think Amazing reflects is a great move. It will make brigs more desirable for raids, because they wont go splat as much. The other scouts will whine something rotten when word gets out that brigs  can avoid AE's though, so prepare for the backlash :smileysad:. Just avoid boasting about it and lie low in the shadows , and hopefully they wont notice :smileytongue:.

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all other scouts have decent skills from range, only we are still gimped there, so staying in aoe range is essentila for us to add something to a raid (god how I hate jousting, my favourite move was when I once moved closer to mob to flip a HO and got 1 shotted by wof, with well over 5k hp...)
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Gyilok wrote:
all other scouts have decent skills from range, only we are still gimped there, so staying in aoe range is essentila for us to add something to a raid (god how I hate jousting, my favourite move was when I once moved closer to mob to flip a HO and got 1 shotted by wof, with well over 5k hp...)



Yes and i agree with you wholeheartedly. Problem is, it requires use of  calm and rational thinking to understand why Brigs need AE avoidance .:smileytongue: Unfortunately  the green-eyed monster isnt rational :smileysurprised:
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Unread 08-25-2005, 10:14 PM   #28
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'' my favourite move was when I once moved closer to mob to flip a HO and got 1 shotted by wof, with well over 5k hp...)''

 

Tangle, Tanni's Slap around, Deceit Will all flip from max range. While tangle is flagged immuned to epic mobs. you can still use it as a coin.

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aint got slaparound, deceit  would have been my choice but was used up, tangle didnt come to my mind now it maybe will
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