Swordsman Archive

Ok I just came up with this butII still want to hear whateveryoneelse thinks. Not sure if this idea has made it to the forums yet so I apologize now if it has.

This issue at hand is what to do about skills like knockdown and I don't think screaming "Add a 30 second NERF!" is the only answer.My idea is togivesome professions some sort of ability tohelp them get up easier. This ability could only be used if you happen to be in a vulnerable state. (ex: In the prone position while being attacked by a melee weapon or flat on you back after being knocked down.) This wouldn't be so much of an attack in an attempt todo damage,as it would be a specal ability interupt that would last say5-10 seconds. What this would allow is the person in the unfortunate position the chance to get up and not be knocked flat on their back agian before they can do anything. In return the other person could still attack but not with any specials. (The interupt I'm taking about is some sort of a quick startle or scare that would make them hesitate on any complex or special moves)

I'm going to try and be as clear as i can in this next part but given the hour at which I'm writing this, that may not happen

This ability could be available to say the Novice Marksman and Novice Brawler, your 2 basic fighting classes. It would onlyeffect one opponent at a time and the abilities would be class specific. Meaning that to use the marksman "scare shot" or whatever name it happens to be you need to have some sort of ranged weapon equiped. (excluding gernades and such, although seeing a gernadein RLat close range WOULD scare me very much) The same goes for the brawler tree, you need to be either unarmed or equiped with some sort of melee weapon for the interupt to work.

As you progress to higher professions (ex:rifleman, swordsman ect...) you get a better Interupt ability, say one that would effect a small group of people 3-5. Agian you would need to be in a vulnerable position to use this abilityand they would have to be close for the brawler attack to work.

Well this is the rough draft of it, I would like to hear what everyone else has to say aboutthis andplease feel free to help mold this ideainto something that works. (I can't help feel that I've missed something)

(AlsoI would count on the fact that there are some spelling and grammatical errorsin here but sleep seems more important right now.... my flame retardand suit is near by just in case though )

Believe that's what Combat Equalibrium does from the Teras Kasi and Fencer lines.