Bounty Hunter Archive
Thread: Any ToOW [partial NDA lift] news for BH?
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blacktibbar
Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:00 am
#14
Your first few NPC marks will be tough until you get used to them using specials. I really mean they USE specials. I had one that used CoB and Duelest Stance. Yes both of them and better than most peoples macros in PVP. I liked the challenge, it took me at least 10 minutes to take him down. It was a 20k ham mark and constantly switched for whatever the best melee attack to the best ranged attack.
ocili
Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:04 am
#15
Maxil wrote:
no he's talking about changes in the beta, and let me assure you all npc's are using specials to their near-full advantage now.. Went cruising through dath one night in beta, and a nightsister did a force choke for well over 3k damage. Some npc mobs were using rifleman specials, and hit uber hard... Was running corsair missions the other day, and they were actually keeping me rooted using pistoleers stopping shot it's gonna be a bit different... (havn't tried the bh npc's tho)
Pre-CU the Nightsisters used to use /Choke ALL the time on me. My first trip there I died in 2 minutes from leaving the SP as that happened to me.
-Sene-
Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:09 am
#16
yeah maybe, but even with their intelligence upgrade and hitpower, i refuse to beleive it will be anymore than 50% of the fights... i mean half of the boss marks i find hit me for 5-20 and some hit up to 400 and 500 (wherent they all suppose ot be harder according to SOE?)... if its one thing ive learned about SOE is that they tell you about the hardest and lower percentage of things, when in reality the average outcome is a few rungs lower on the ladder of toughness. If half of the ones now dont even force me to heal, im not to worried abotu new marks that actually force me to heal once and a while... they arent hitting me with saber throw, armorbreak, and then unloading on me are they? stasis, force run, channel? the only problem will be for people who are so used to endless, find waypoint, shoot till dead, loot, leave; they never learn a strategy for taking down something alittle tougher than they are used to. maybe im an optimist, but im not at all worried about it.
ocili
Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:17 am
#17
Actually the ones that hit you for only 5-20 pnts of damage are bugged.
-Sene-
Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:20 am
#18
look at what game your talking about.... do you really think the new ones wont have bugs on them? i mean c'mon.
jalexu
Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:00 am
#20
Apparently, SL buffs volley fire and paint target lets you score over 3k dmg sniper shots in PVP.
Maxil
Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:25 am
#21
ocili wrote:
Maxil wrote:
no he's talking about changes in the beta, and let me assure you all npc's are using specials to their near-full advantage now.. Went cruising through dath one night in beta, and a nightsister did a force choke for well over 3k damage. Some npc mobs were using rifleman specials, and hit uber hard... Was running corsair missions the other day, and they were actually keeping me rooted using pistoleers stopping shot it's gonna be a bit different... (havn't tried the bh npc's tho)
Pre-CU the Nightsisters used to use /Choke ALL the time on me. My first trip there I died in 2 minutes from leaving the SP as that happened to me.
Yeah but after CU they got dumb again, and apparently they are trying to make 'em smarter than before, as all the npc's I've seen are constantly spaming specials instead of just one now and then
Algren_Earth-Stormer
Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:41 am
#22
Marks that use specials? Okay.
Increased action/mind for heals? I'll deal.
Marks that re-state me with stun the instant I clear it? Just a game.
But.....
Having marks that I can't stick a single state on? F*** off!
Maybe I just have bad luck, but I can't get states to stick more than once or twice during a fight with an NPC Mark (and I try a lot), while I'm perma stunned from them. And now they are gonna use MORE specials? great.
I just hope then that my MCM debuffs to their mind and action will actually help now.
Mythrindir
Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:43 am
#23
Jadeddy wrote:
Mythrindir wrote:
gawdly rifle
seriously?
probably won't go into game with these stats but looted ones are like 600-1260 at 2.7 speed and 88 SAC (or so...guesstimating from screenies)
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