Rifleman Archive
Thread: Does anyone know what the maxes are for ranged/melee def are & what besides MR you need to max?
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BlockKing
Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:44 am
#14
Just thought that I would add my .02. I am a MR and formerly also MP. When I would attack with pike running a CoB I blocked all the time but would still see the damage soak through. If I had a rifle equiped against melee I would never block. However, (btw I have now dropped pike) I am currently grinding the investigation tree in BH and so all my opponents are primarily ranged. I block probably 2/3 of all hits and in the combat box I see no damage coming through. it may be that block for rifleman only blocks ranged(not sure how one blocks an energy blast without a lightsaber but...). I have checked this many times and that is how it has been working for me.
Lorac Brightstar
Bloodfin
RUFF
Waste93
Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:24 pm
#15
BlockKing wrote:
Just thought that I would add my .02. I am a MR and formerly also MP. When I would attack with pike running a CoB I blocked all the time but would still see the damage soak through. If I had a rifle equiped against melee I would never block. However, (btw I have now dropped pike) I am currently grinding the investigation tree in BH and so all my opponents are primarily ranged. I block probably 2/3 of all hits and in the combat box I see no damage coming through. it may be that block for rifleman only blocks ranged(not sure how one blocks an energy blast without a lightsaber but...). I have checked this many times and that is how it has been working for me.
Lorac Brightstar
Bloodfin
RUFF
The block info in the combat spam is borked. It doesn't show the damage comming thru. If you watch your HAM bars or in a third person view though you will see the damage going thru.
If you are blocking about 2/3 hits there might be something else going on. It depends on the calculations that determine if a secondary defense goes off. It appears it has something to do with accuracy. If so, your high rate of blocks could be because of low accuracy mods on your targets.
Barb-Wire
Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:40 pm
#16
i would like to add that none of the defenses are actually working correctly. ie rifle block does absolutely nothing since it is tied to the melee skill of center of being... and of course even if you have novice brawler you cant have center going and hold a rifle at the same time.
all skills are hardcapped at 125 and enhancments from bio clothes AA and SEA are capped at +25
in the revamp the devs have stated taht they will "remove" the caps and instead implement a diminishing returns model in it's place.
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