Rifleman Archive
Thread: does the skill mod block work?????????
CoB is a melee-only thing as I undestand it, a way to have defenses boosted for a short bit while they try and close distance on range targets. The CoB macros are probably an example of the system not working as intended.
Of course Block, and the other secondary defenses, don't work if you've been intimidated.
Barb-Wire wrote:
well when we say it doesnt work what we mean is there is no point in it. it is infrequent i may see one block or two in an hour of fighting. to me that is broken and not working. i would expect at master block for rifles would block around 40% of the attacks. as it is now block may stop less than one half of one percent.
then yep I'll agree to that, although I block a little more frequently with Pikeman as well. But even when block works it's not that great, you still take 50% of the damage, so it's clearly much worse than Dodge or Counterattack.
Since block is so much worse than dodge or counterattack, we should be blocking as much as a pistoleer or fencer dodges, and they should be dodging as much as a rifleman blocks, but, I suppose since we do have much better offensive capabilities than them it balances out.
UWSkeletor wrote:
Barb-Wire wrote:
well when we say it doesnt work what we mean is there is no point in it. it is infrequent i may see one block or two in an hour of fighting. to me that is broken and not working. i would expect at master block for rifles would block around 40% of the attacks. as it is now block may stop less than one half of one percent.
then yep I'll agree to that, although I block a little more frequently with Pikeman as well. But even when block works it's not that great, you still take 50% of the damage, so it's clearly much worse than Dodge or Counterattack.
Since block is so much worse than dodge or counterattack, we should be blocking as much as a pistoleer or fencer dodges, and they should be dodging as much as a rifleman blocks, but, I suppose since we do have much better offensive capabilities than them it balances out.
i agree.
i thinkit should just be scrapped altogether and replaced with a PVE style hunting skill. maybe somehting that augments firing from a concealed position. or somehting you can use like an advanced form of warning shot that will actually work.
perhaps an attack that can lower enemy creature resists across the board by 30% for a short period of time. dunno im just softballing ideas heh
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