Combat Medic Archive

hi! anyone have problem whit the poison and diseas? it just take to long time befor the first tick. when im duel, the first tick is comming afther i have been incappa do i make my diseas wong?

Nope. Earlier testing done by me indicates that poisons are on a 10 second timer and diseases are on a 40 second timer. No damage is done until the first tick after the throw occurs, so in the case of diseases it takes a long time.

From the target's perspective, lag causes the first tick to seem a bit faster (you see the "you have been poisoned" message then you take damage 7 or 8 seconds later), but this appears to be lag related. After the first tick, the timer isextremely consistent (10 or 40 seconds).

Someone else suggested that stronger poisons tick faster (all of my experiments were donewith weak A, B, and C meds experimented for potency only), but I haven't confirmed this.

In my experience, stronger poisons do not tick faster

Is it always going to be like this? I mean, to me, disease is a PvP only weapon since Mobs never heal themselves. How many battles actually last for 40 seconds? I've used disease quite a bit in PvP but I never really took time to see how effective it was. What's the point of diseasing someone if they or you are going to be dead loooong before the first tick ever occurs?

Diseasse is only a good tool in mass PvP battles or to incap an opponent. In large battles people will accumulate hugh disease wounds. If a CM gets into their base, but you sink a mind disease into him... he will black bar in a not-so-long amount of time...

Using Mind disease is an esential part of mass pvp combat. The side that can effect the others mind in a whole is usally the longer lasting. Rifle men and Tka's count heavily on CM in mass pvp.

1 on 1 Disease is a waste. Poisen on there mind and health is the way to go.