Teras Kasi Archive

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Onohos wrote:

Been TKA for a while, and just recently Mastered it. I got bored one day, looked at my defense stuff and saw Defense Acuity and didn't understand what it was. Can someone explain it to me?

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best passive defense mod in the game

increases ur chance to block, dodge or counterattack

tka is best when stacked with another prof with one of the above defense mods

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Onohos wrote:

My follow up question is obivously, is it broken?

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Onohos wrote:

My follow up question is obivously, is it broken?

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Yes

From the FAQ/Info Thread stickied above:

• Defensive Acuity
  
  

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  THUNDERHEART wrote:
  

  Teras Kasi Artist
  
  All player run tests to this point have shown Defensive Acuity, and thusly CenterOfBeing, to provide little to no benefit when used. Are these two abilities working as intended, and if not, what is the future of these two abilities for TKAs.
  
  
  
  Defensive Acuity and CenterOfBeing are working, but like the original intent for “tumbling”, changes in the game since those two abilities were put in the game have really caused them to be ineffective tools at the high end of combat. These are two very important melee considerations for the combat balance. A melee artist’s ability to defend him or herself in a galaxy that is focused on ranged combat is a tricky thing. We want it to make sense in that a melee artist has a solid role in combat party make-up and to give the melee artist the tools they need to survive when they aren’t part of a larger combat unit.

  
  
  19 Answers, April 29, 2004
  

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  Defensive Acuity is a Teräs Käsi specific defense modifier that allows us a chance to Dodge, Block, OR Counterattack our opponent. Basically it works as follows:
  
  
  
  Opponent attacks TKA. Opponent succesfully "hits" TKA. TKA rolls to see if they make a "save" (the game handles all "rolls"). If the roll is succesful then another roll occurs to see if the TKA Dodges, Blocks or Counterattacks.
  
  
  
  For Other Professions the second roll never takes place. Their "save" type is predetermined by the weapon they are holding (Dodge for Fencers and Pistoleers, Block for Riflemen and Pikemen, and Counterattack for Carbineers and Swordsmen).
  
  
  

I'd call it broken, since I can count the number of times I've seen a counter attack, dodge or block per month on one hand.

First off, Elfac, good to see you around this forum buddy.

Secondly, take everything that Ierlic said and make it the *opposite* and you get the truth.

It's the worst among all the evasion skills and it doesn't stack with dodge, block, or counterattack. This might have something to do with the fact that defense acuity can only go up to +96 because you can't stack it with anything else, but that's not all of it because I have +100 dodge from fencer and pistoleer and +96 DA from TKA and I dodge about 5 times as often when fencer or pistoleer than I do any kind of evasion with DA.

Hiya Atama. Well the DEVS suck again!