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Thread: what exactly does CoB do?

Auhal
Fri Feb 20, 2004 3:04 am
#1

I am new to melee classes (previsouly a BH, just felt like a change - no holos involved), and have no idea what CoB actually does. Whenever I use it nothing seems to happen. Can anyone explain it for me? Thanks.



STARSIDER ORAS HAUKES / RAUL HAUKES INFINITY AVAV / AUHAL
Elan-Morin
Fri Feb 20, 2004 3:26 am
#2

It increases your chances of Dodging an attack (or in Swordsman's case, Counterattack, and Pikeman's, Block). Exactly HOW it does this, I'm not sure (I don't think anyone knows for sure, either). It probably just tacks on an additional bonus according to some formula where the CoB efficacy is the deciding factor, but I don't know what the formula is, either. =) All I know is, it works! Use it.
Sammadet
Fri Feb 20, 2004 3:44 am
#3

You add your CoB modifier to your Dodge stat, with master fencer this would be 115 with master fencer (125 with master brawler) and would get your Dodge stat to 220 for the amount of seconds that your COB duration skill is.(31 at master, 36 at master brawler)
Auhal
Fri Feb 20, 2004 4:34 am
#4

great thanks, why does it give the message, "Your thoughts drift away from self preservation". Is this just the time running out?



STARSIDER ORAS HAUKES / RAUL HAUKES INFINITY AVAV / AUHAL
Sammadet
Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:11 am
#5

yeah, thats when it runs out
Ktzero3
Sat Feb 21, 2004 2:55 am
#6

Mmm yah I was wondering about this too. When is the best time to use CoB? At the start? In the middle? WhenI'm about to die?Do I want to keep it on continuously? Currently these questions concern PvE... buuut answers to how to use them in PvP are much appreciated as well!
Elan-Morin
Sat Feb 21, 2004 2:57 am
#7

Start it before you even start fighting, and keep it renewing it as long as you can without endangering yourself (the HAM costs while unbuffed are considerable).
Deemer
Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:33 am
#8

Yeah use it just before you start fight, this is a macro I use to have not refill it all the time


Macro name: cob
/centerOfBeing;
/pause 2;
/macro cob;


Although it will spam text in your window I find it useful if the cob should go down it will refill in max 2 seconds and I have found my cob to vary a little in timing so I really recommend this, to quite the loop just type /dump


-RK-IIO


Trellentor
Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:20 am
#9

As the thread title says. What exactly does it do? How does it effect the fight and how does it do it? I have been trying to figure it out but i think i've been hit too many tijmes in the head.



Trell
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ccmetal555
Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:48 pm
#10

At low levels: It wastes a bunch of mind.


At high levels: DRASTICALLY increases the amount that you counterattack (for swordsmen) / block (pikemen) or dodge (fencers). I'm not sure how it works for TKA's. It's very useful in PvP mainly. In PvE it doesn't really last long enough when fighting a hard monster to be worth the mind cost, but if you have some Vagernian Canape (new Chef food, with BE it is around +700 focus/willpower) you can spam it all day long and it is very beneficial.

Soulburner69
Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:54 pm
#11

here's a question, is there a food, or drink that raises the cob duration/effect? if so that would be really usefull...



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Sotaudi
Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:33 pm
#12






Soulburner69 wrote:

here's a question, is there a food, or drink that raises the cob duration/effect? if so that would be really usefull...






I do not know about foods boosting duration, but if you create a macro, say, named COB, and enter theses commands:


/centerofbeing;


/pause 38;


/macro COB



You are essentially creating a process that will turn on your COB and leave it on until you type /Dump to turn it off.


Here is how it works. I have the macro on my toolbar. When I want to use it, I press that key and it starts my center of being which I have timedand found itlasts approximately 37 seconds. The pause hits, and waits 38 seconds (one second after the COB expires) and then starts itself up again. This has the effect of having my COB running continuously with only a 1 second gap every 38 seconds where it is not running.


Of course, the 37 seconds is how long mine lasts as a Master Swordsman/Master Brawler. You should time yours yourself to see how long your pause should be.


On occasion, I see a "You are already focusing on that weapon" or whatever it says when you try to run COB while COB is already running. Sometimes this is because I inadvertently hit the key twice, but every once in a while it is because of lag getting the timing off. If that happens too much, just lengthen the time of the pause.


As indicated, you will need to type /DUMP to get the macro to stop running (bearing in mind that this will stop all running macros).


Alternatively, you could shorten the pause to one or two seconds. This would effectivelyensure there was never more than a 1 or2 secondgap where it was not running. My method can periodically create a 38 secondgap if COB happens to bestill running due to server lag when the /pause expires. However, you would want to check to see if the command uses any HAM when it cannot start because COB is already running. I have never bothered doing this because I do not like executing commands in a macro that I know wil not execute most of the time (i.e., with a 1 second pause, you would be entering 36 or 37 /centerofbeing commands while COB was already running for every one that actually executed while /centerofbeing was expired, and that is bad programming practice because it wastsessystem resources). But it is an alternative way of doing it if there are no additional HAM costs. I would prefer just lengthening the pause if the timing became an issue.




Sotaudi Crestlighter
Master Rifleman / Master Combat Medic
"The Physician's Pain Reference"

Former Professions
Master Doctor | Master Swordsman | Master Brawler
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Soulburner69
Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:51 pm
#13

i know all that sotaudi , but i cant really do that, because my swordsman is a trandoshan, i have my mind stats set up at 750 mind, 300 focus, and 300 willpower, so center of being is quite dangerous to use for me. i use cob sparingly, and if there was a food to boost it's duration, and effectiveness it would be good for everybody to know.


by the way i have master brawler as well



Anoreoa Lo'Bachi
Master Dancer, Master Entertainer, and Master Musician
Inrepid
*************
Thrass Frassdems
Master Swordsman: Warrior, Master Brawler
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