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Thread: what specials are you using??
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Neogame
Mon Jul 05, 2004 8:28 am
#1
hi ppl. i'm currently a 4-2-1-2 swordsman, and wondered what attacks all you other swordsman/woman are using? i'm normally using hit2 and area3. but was in the geolabs yesterday and noticed another swordsman using mindhits. and only mindhits. What is the best specail to use? and if you hit more than one NPC with areahit do you do less damage per person, than if you only hit the one person with the same attack?
lucifermnm
Mon Jul 05, 2004 8:56 am
#2
attacking one creature/npc I use mindhit to add a bleed then spam headhit3 (both attack the mind bar)
if Im attacking a group I use spin attack 2 then 2-hand hit 3 (think thats what its called) to finish them off
Rarely do I use area attacks, headhit3 targeting the mind pool is your friend as a swordsman
if Im attacking a group I use spin attack 2 then 2-hand hit 3 (think thats what its called) to finish them off
Rarely do I use area attacks, headhit3 targeting the mind pool is your friend as a swordsman
Vshbaa
Mon Jul 05, 2004 9:15 am
#3
I use head hit 3 against single enemies, and don't usually use the bleed because of its strength.
When fighting multiple foes I use area attack 3 (Domination).
When fighting strong NPC's, I use two-hand hit 3 and lunge2 (from Master Brawler)
acweimer
Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:09 pm
#4
If i solo and there is only one mob headhit3 if there are multiple 2handed spin attack2 (yes its better then the offense 4 skill)
If im ina group and its one mob 2handed hit2 (its weaker yes but faster so its more damage per second) if its multiple its still 2handed spin attack2
Neogame
Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:16 am
#5
so i general your saying forget offense skills. go with Defense. and use mind and head hits. its just at the moment my head/mind hits dont do much damage (but i guess they will soon). cheers for the advice guys.
now where are those stormies, ah there they are. Say hello to my hammer!!!!
Signore_Oscuro
Tue Jul 06, 2004 3:03 pm
#6
As far as i know, area 3 has a x3 damage modifier and a x2.5 time modifier, whilespin 2 has x2.3 time, so spin is slighty better.
by the way, i use head3 for sigle mobs and spin2 for multiple nemies
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Vshbaa
Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:37 pm
#7
Ok, I get my info from SWGcenter.com, but after reading the sticky about speed it says that spin is better.
I tried both today, and I still side with Area Attack 3.
Vshbaa
Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:16 am
#8
acweimer wrote:
If i solo and there is only one mob headhit3 if there are multiple 2handed spin attack2 (yes its better then the offense 4 skill)
If im ina group and its one mob 2handed hit2 (its weaker yes but faster so its more damage per second) if its multiple its still 2handed spin attack2
How is it that you figure that spin attack 2 is better than two-handed area 3?
Spin Attack 2:
- Time Mod: 2.5 Seconds
- Damage Mod: 3x
Area Attack 3:
- Time Mod: 2.5 Seconds
- Damage Mod: 4x
Jiman
Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:14 am
#9
I agree with most of these posts, in single MOBs it's mind hit 2 followed by head hit 3... attack one bar and one bar ONLY!!
With multiple MOBs I use spinattack2. What I would do if I were you is go to one of the DPS calculators and put in your stats with your speed mods and your weapon stats. Each person will be slightly different so you want to know what will give you the highest DPS. That is why I think it's funny when people complain about speed slices one weapons. For someone like myself who can't afford to buy the aa/ca to cap my speed, a speed sliced PH is FAR BETTER than a damage sliced one. I do a much higher DPS with the speed sliced one. I spent 30k each on two speed sliced PHs and they are much more effective than the damage sliced one I spent 200k on...
So, go to one of the DPS calculators and check what weapon/attack combination will be your best option. and GL!!
Also, check this post, it's stickied and will be very helpful.
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=swordsman&message.id=29408
Message Edited by Jiman on 07-07-2004 08:18 AM
Keuller
Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:59 am
#10
I use spin2 for 1 reason, I don't get system spammed with "Your target resists the posutre change".
Area3 is 3x dmg, 2.6x delay
Area2 is 3x dmg, 2.4x delay
Spin2 is 3x dmg, 2.3x delay and no system spam!
Area3 is 3x dmg, 2.6x delay
Area2 is 3x dmg, 2.4x delay
Spin2 is 3x dmg, 2.3x delay and no system spam!
Redondo
Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:24 pm
#11
I macroed mindHit 1 and 2 for the bleed (they stack)then intimidate, then spam HeadHit 3. that is for single MOBs. For multiple MOBs I will use spin attack, no posture message and it seems to work better for me. However, sometimes I find with some MOBs that just hitting them one at a time with headhit3 is faster than spin. But spin is nice, just target lair, spam spinattack and go get some coffee.
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