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Thread: umm wes? they took away kd from low blow?
*wonders if we were at the same party... probably not, but similar results*
WesBelden wrote:
*stumbles into the forum, bleary eyed and nursing a swolen head*
"sit Wes down, pour him a strong coffee, pour a bucket of icy cold water over his head, then push him toward the C-forum"
Ok now you can go, make us proud!
LaughingWolf, the Smuggler forum weird twisted mother hen.
Message Edited by LaughingWolf on 05-08-2005 11:18 AM
VitoGenovese wrote:
WesBelden wrote:
*stumbles into the forum, bleary eyed and nursing a swolen head*Well, this simply won't do....a largepurpose of the CU was to make every profession viable, balanced and to remove any redundant specials. It seems extremely pointless to come out the other end of it with redundant specials of any sort (especially so for our beloved profession!).
*hops over to the correspondent forum*
Yay Team! Wes are you from Louisiana having a mothers day party? Or did you just graduate?
lol he's from across the pond, so it's more of a "just because"
WesBelden wrote:
*stumbles into the forum, bleary eyed and nursing a swolen head*
Well, this simply won't do....a largepurpose of the CU was to make every profession viable, balanced and to remove any redundant specials. It seems extremely pointless to come out the other end of it with redundant specials of any sort (especially so for our beloved profession!
*hops over to the correspondent forum*
WES!! Bugg3r the redundancy, just GIVE KNOCKDOWN BACK!
(original reason I was taking up smuggler in the first place, actually...)
GanymedePharuu wrote:
HOTDOG wrote:
SO. Do Panic and Low Blow Stack? Seems like those two and Recless might make a good Macro.
GanymedePharuu wrote:
hmm some people seem to have misconceptions on what some of our special abilities do.
lowblow - slows the target's attack speed. i think this means their cooldown timers are a bit longer. or they just take longer for each attack. it is not a Snare andit has nothing to do with their movement speed.
panic shot - is redundant with lowblow. slows the target's attack speed.
restraining shot - slows the target's movement speed. this is the Snare. itdidn't seem to beworking for a while on TC-ep3 because you couldn't notice any slowing of the target. then on the final day they got it working big time. butfrom what i've seen on my live server, it's back to not really working (although i've only tried it in PvE)
reckless shot - does not put any states or debuffs on your target from my experience. it does a lot of damage however. but it comes at the cost of your own defense. it lowers your defense by 50 i think.
i definitely think lowblow should have the KD brought back though. it's nice to have a ranged KD attack, and it would certainly bring us closer to a 5 in crowd control.
i dunno if they stack or not... they probably do.but yeah unfortunately, the reduction in attack speed is hardly noticable.
Yes, Panic Shot and Low Blow appear to stack as the debuff icon for each will show on the target. Whether that's actually reflected in the internal game mechanics is another matter.