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I'm new to pikeman (my alt character) and see people talking about Center of Being but am not sure how it works. Could somone please enlighten this NooB?

It increases your chance to block (for pikemen, dodge for fencers, counterattack for swordsmen) for the duration value at an effectiveness given by the efficacy value. Not worth using until you get a box or two in the Pikeman Defiensive line (costly on the mind).

antares
master pikeman

Doesnt Combat Acuity from the TKA line do that too? It increases the chance you will block, dodge or counter attack.

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MarshalCreed wrote:

Doesnt Combat Acuity from the TKA line do that too? It increases the chance you will block, dodge or counter attack.

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I thought that mod was bugged?

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MarshalCreed wrote:
Doesnt Combat Acuity from the TKA line do that too? It increases the chance you will block, dodge or counter attack.

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No - Combat Acuity offers the chance to overcome said defensive mechs - like a pistoleer dodging and you just say "I don't think so" and hit them anyway.

Also (sorry no edit button),

The above is correct on how CoB works - I also noticed a dmg reduction when being hit when +center+. The only time I've really found this useful is when fighting someone or something that hits huge in the dmg arena. I'll usually only use this and the burst run combo to get to them before they can hit me. Examples of what I mean are:

- Bounty Hunters with the LLC

- Commandos with the Flame

- Master Pistoleers/Smuggler *using delay and then hit

- TKA trying to KD2

Defensive acuity is a chance to block/counterattack/dodge. It's a mix of them all. This chancee is increased when a TKA uses CoB (if it works as it's supposed to).

antares
master pikeman

ok, i see a need for proof reading and going to sleep instead of being here.

1) So, there is equilibrium that helps you stand up, what effect does dizzy have on that, if at all?

2) Combat acuity is the correct term and i see that it now helps you over come things like dodge.

3) defensive acuity i have never seen and dont know what that is, I will go back and check.

I never said defensive acuity line of the TKA branch or what ever you said. You have me puzzled.

Hehe. There seems to be some confusion here.

TKA has Defensive Acuity.
TKA and Fencer have Combat Equilibrium.
Pikeman has neither of these, and there is no other skill with these words.

- Defensive acuity is the TKA's secondary defense measure, it's a combination of block/counterattack/dodge. It's debatable as to if this is working currently or not.
- Combat equilibrium is the chance to get up from a KD or posture change immediately.

antares
master pikeman

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antares_Kauri wrote:

Defensive acuity is a chance to block/counterattack/dodge. It's a mix of them all. This chancee is increased when a TKA uses CoB (if it works as it's supposed to).

antares
master pikeman

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Also correct - As my post (and the above post was speaking to) - the discussion was of Combat Acuity - not the Pike Defensive acuity. If infact the original post was speaking to Defensive Acuity, I would direct them to a rephrase of the term "Combat Acuity" to "Defensive Acuity".

*EDIT*

And also change "doesn't the TKA line of Combat Acuity do the same thing" to "Doesn't Defensive Acuity do the same thing" which would make no sense - anyway, you get the point.

Geez - sorry folks -

A combination from TKA (Combat Acuity) and Pike (Defensive Acuity) would for sure be a very good thing.