Carbineer Archive
Thread: Is counterattack working?
Curious on your thoughts....is counterattack working?
By working I mean, it happens. The fact that it is just a dodge/block is another issue.
It seems at master, I at best, counterattack 10-20% of attackings in PvE.
What are other player's experiences?
BigTrizzle wrote:
I have 120 counterattack and it works like magic
Unfortunately it's supposed to work like science.
<<The fact that it is just a dodge/block is another issue.>>
Why is this another issue? If counterattack doesn't actually counter attack then it is not working in my book.
Regardless, my master carbineer never counterattacks. 
There are two issues.
#1 Does the skill activate often. 1 person says yes. Myself and another say it seems to rarely happen.
#2 There is no counterattack. I am not sure how much of an issue this really is. The skill is probably just a renamed "dodge". Rifleman have block. I believe the renaming of skills was done to stop insane stacking of skills much like people are doing with the melee classes now. When the Devs get back into town I will try to get an answer from them about what counterattack should be doing. If there is supposed to be a real counterattack then we can start pushing for a fix to that along with the 3847534857 other issues we have.
However, for the time being, I'd like to focus on #1.
i have been Master Carabiner for 6 months and counter attack is just a dogde or a block.
It should be a as its called, counter attack , a attack on the attack.
VieCat
If anyonewould like to make a char on corbantis to see the effectiveness of 120 counterattack, I will duel you using my sword (I am only novice swordsman 0-0-0-0)
I can also duel someone at the novice level of any melee prof, I have tested it once against someone with unarmed 4 and I counterattacked 60% of the time, he missed me the rest of the time and only hit me a few times.