Rifleman Archive
Thread: When will Block be fixed?
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Chikitta
Wed Jul 23, 2003 2:22 pm
#1
I have the combat spam visible pretty much all the time and have hardly ever seen "..... but you counterattack" or ".... but you block the attack"(or whatever it says).
At master level, we should be blocking just as much as fencers dodge or carbineers counterattack (if not more because we still take damage after blocking).
I wonder if we're blocking as much as we're supposed to? Just that it doesn't do much because block itself is broken?
Borsig
Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:57 am
#2
Why is it, that a year later, Block is still the only secondary that doesnt work?
Im not a bandwagon rifleman.. I have been a rifleman since launch on both of my characters. Ive Made master carrying a DLT20a. Ive lived through the hard times where we were the most gimped class in the game. Given that yes thy have put us where we need to be, (save the nice fat nerf on the T21). But Im a PVPer.. And as such I need all the defense I can get considering I dont stack. I have +25 in block SEA's just hanging around waiting.... For block to work..
Has there even been a hint from the devs this will be fixed? I see NPC's blocking all the time... WHat about us?
RadioMan26
Sat Feb 21, 2004 3:06 pm
#3
It's possible that it isn't effective at just master rifleman, or that you see it differently in the combat spam. Case in point, I have a friend who is a master rifleman/master pikeman, with some skill tapes, so his block is around +210 or so. I have watched him duel others, and I have dueled him as well. During the duels, I see +Block+ above his head quite often, combat spam says he Counterattacks, and he hardly gets hit at all or if he does it is for little damage. This is with either his rifle or pike equipped. Of course, his Block stacking will be taken away with the combat revamp, but until then he's a serious damage dealer and is quite hard to hit as well.
Chikitta
Sat Feb 21, 2004 3:22 pm
#4
I have the combat spam visible pretty much all the time and have hardly ever seen "..... but you counterattack" or ".... but you block the attack"(or whatever it says).
At master level, we should be blocking just as much as fencers dodge or carbineers counterattack (if not more because we still take damage after blocking).
I wonder if we're blocking as much as we're supposed to? Just that it doesn't do much because block itself is broken?
Chikitta
Sun Feb 22, 2004 1:14 am
#5
Hopefully block will be fixed with the combat revamp. It should have been fixed already (like you said, its been a year and we still don't have a working defence 
) - I think all of the other combat professions have working defences.
) - I think all of the other combat professions have working defences.I'm a big PvPer too - its annoying to watch fencers and pistoleers dodge all the time and NPCs blocking (tuskens seem to do it a lot). Hopefully we'll see it fixed soon.
Message Edited by Chikitta on 02-21-2004 08:16 PM
Martinb4
Sun Feb 22, 2004 1:39 am
#6
Borsig wrote:
Ive Made master carrying a DLT20a. Ive lived through the hard times where we were the most gimped class in the game.
Sounds like you were gimping yourself a bit too 
Borsig
Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:53 am
#7
I cant recall ever blocking anything...
And as for gimping myself? I was a master rifleman before we had the resources to even make Laser rifles, or T21's on Starsider. It was like 3-4 months in on the laser, and 6 months or more on the T21. We never even had T-21s before the nerf.
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