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Escag

Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:36 am

#1

Ok, in my skill box it said Block +5. What is the world is block?

Does it work only against creature? or it is a bug?

Escag Grini
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Braglor

Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:33 am

#2

Escag wrote:

Does it work only against creature? or it is a bug?

ROFLMAO

...sorry, but describing block as a bug was just too funny because that's just about how good it is today. Hopefully it will be fixed tomorrow with the new patch and all

Deego

Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:21 am

#3

I block all the time. watch your combat screen. The 3 things I see myself doing all the time are blocking, shrugging off blows, and counterattacking.

although, right now, for xp...all I'm fighting are creatures, and a few mobs....who usually switch to unnarmed when I close in...so I haven't really tested this against a blaster.

Deego Arch'lar
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antares_Kauri

Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:22 am

#4

Braglor wrote:
Hopefully it will be fixed tomorrow with the new patch and all

I wouldn't count on it. I'm betting it's "working as intended"...

Block is one of the passive defensive maneuvers along with dodge and counterattack. Fencers have dodge, swordsmen have counterattack and pikemen have block. You're not going to see any noticeable difference until you get farther up the defensive line in pikeman. There are issues with block - unlike dodge and counterattack, both of which evade incoming damage, block still allows damage to pass through, at a slightly decreased rate.

antares
master pikeman

|Pikeman non-stop since July, 2003|
|combatUpgrade::alpha :: JTL::beta :: RotW::beta :: ToOW::beta|
SOE Producer Dallas Dickinson says:
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Fulmen

Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:59 am

#5

Dang, so it does reduce the dmg...I was hoping i was seeing things, you know, hoping it was totally broken. At least it would mean that it wasnt working as intended for sure. Now i just dont know anymore.

Now why in heavens name would the devs put a skill like that in game? If block is working as intended and its supposed to let us take some of the dmg, we'd better have at least 200 block to make up for that. At least we would block more dmg than then rest but it would all even out since we would still take some of the dmg while they would escape unharmed with a dodge/counter attack

Psykeman420-HS

Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:45 am

#6

75% of my deaths are because block doesnt take all dmg out

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Dynastar

Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:02 am

#7

I block plenty of shots with my body.

Ramsey Logan
By Federal Law, Riflemen do it with 16 inches or more!
Master Pikeman

antares_Kauri

Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:35 am

#8

Hehe, well, there you go: Working as intended!

antares

master pikeman

|Pikeman non-stop since July, 2003|
|combatUpgrade::alpha :: JTL::beta :: RotW::beta :: ToOW::beta|
SOE Producer Dallas Dickinson says:
"I mean, what is a pikeman and why is it something in the game?"

Psykeman420-HS

Tue Dec 16, 2003 3:35 pm

#9

lol even though this is not the thread

Pikeman: Only melee class to need a meat shield.

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Braglor

Tue Dec 16, 2003 3:45 pm

#10

Braglor wrote:

Hopefully it will be fixed tomorrow with the new patch and all

aight, I take that back... now all hope is out

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