Teras Kasi Archive
Thread: Combo Attack = poo poo
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iijin
Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:30 am
#1
I was in a duel last night with a Jedi, fight went on forever!! But throughout the battle I was noticing the lack of damage I was doing, givin he was using aura. My attacks usually run combo, melee stirke, melee hit, AB, dizzy, combo, melee stirke, combo, melee stirke, combo, melee stirke, etc etc... rinse repeat. So I am doing that getting nowhere, mind starts getting down so just because I was having fun with a friend I start using the n00by melee hit.
I run a similar combo just replacing combo with melee hit, then spam melee hit, melee strike, melee hit, melee strike, etc....get this, by replacing my master advanced combo strike with unarmed II's melee strike I start doing much more damage over time, ALOT more. This is pathetic people, TKM's offense makes no sense. If I take my master aquired skills out and switch to brawler skills I suddenly become more effective, LOL good job Devs TKM offense = poo poo now
Tour_Rat
Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:46 am
#2
I've noticed this too. combo attack just doesn't do good damage. it sux but if u want to do any kind of real damage as a tkm you need to supplament with swordsmen or something like that.
Acaila
Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:58 am
#3
If you check the other dozens of threads about Combo Attack you'll find out that it doesn't do poo damage at at all, but that the combat log reports false damage numbers. It's actually doing 3x as much damage as the combat log says it does. But all in all you're right that TK do low damage, but then it's not supposed to do high damage since it's a defensive class.
iijin
Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:31 pm
#4
Acaila wrote:
If you check the other dozens of threads about Combo Attack you'll find out that it doesn't do poo damage at at all, but that the combat log reports false damage numbers. It's actually doing 3x as much damage as the combat log says it does. But all in all you're right that TK do low damage, but then it's not supposed to do high damage since it's a defensive class.
If you would have read and conprehended, I wasn't complaining about what the combat log said. I was saying that tried and true melee strike, melee hit chainedVS combo, melee strike when chained the two brawler skills far outdamage the master TKM skill and melee strike. I'm not going by what it displays I'm going by watching the health bar move. I'm not sure I'm buying this 3x crap....
Actually you are eating the BS they are feeding us, we are supposed to be offensive 3 meaning better then average. We are offense 0 currently.
iijin
Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:32 pm
#5
Tour_Rat wrote:
I've noticed this too. combo attack just doesn't do good damage. it sux but if u want to do any kind of real damage as a tkm you need to supplament with swordsmen or something like that.
Does pistoleer need to get riflemen to be effective?
F3L0N
Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:38 pm
#6
For A TKM skill advaned combo attack is really weak, melee hit > advanced combo attack easily
Ocidry
Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:52 pm
#7
F3L0N wrote:For A TKM skill advaned combo attack is really weak, melee hit > advanced combo attack easily
For the MIllionth time...COMBO ATTACK IS FINE! it is doing more damage then the stardard attack, but there is a bug that shows the false numbers. Next Time you use it, watch the ham bar, ive seen it. It is a very powerful attack
Iawo
Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:48 pm
#8
Just get swords 0040 if you don't already have it. Armor break + sweep + combo attack + headhit actually does some decent damage. I've found that I pretty much just alternate between head hit and combo attack and reland states as needed and I do somewhat ok even with a crappy blaster fist. My only major problem is running out of action way too fast, but that should change if I can ever get my hands on a decent weapon. Heck, on top of that you even get a crappy bleed. It's not great, but extra damage is extra damage no matter how you look at it.
iijin
Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:48 am
#9
Ocidry wrote:
F3L0N wrote:
For A TKM skill advaned combo attack is really weak, melee hit > advanced combo attack easily
For the MIllionth time...COMBO ATTACK IS WEAK! it is doing more damage then the stardard attack, but there is a bug that shows the false numbers. Next Time you use it, watch the ham bar, ive seen it. It is a very powerful attack
fixed*
this is why I'm complaining, cause i watched the ham bar
Guyvii2
Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:06 am
#10
also remember that over time damage is effected by dps. the low attacks are faster in there cool down. so a milee strike will be faster then combo attack. not sure of the speed. may want to look into that.
DasdeThwar
Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:51 pm
#11
lol i just swapped out my adv combo attack too and noticed a huge difference.....alot more damage, and alot quicker....
i now use armor break, adv dizzy, adv leg sweep, melee hit, and melee strike with adv combo as my default....alot smoother!
iijin
Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:00 pm
#12
But wouldn't you agree that the Master TKA attack should be more effective in use then the brawler attacks, I mean it is the "master" skill. What I am saying is I quit using combo attack and instead started using melee hit and was much more effective, this is wrong and is proof that our profession is borked atleast offensivly.
Iawo
Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:15 pm
#13
I just have my default attack set to melee hit, and toss in a few combo attacks / headhits when I have the action for them. I'm about 99.9% sure that combo attack does more damage then melee hit from watching the health bar instead of the logs. Now the headhit from novice swords... that's a different matter. It definately does a tad more damage than the combo attack you get from TKM. You would think a master attack would do more damage than a novice attack.
Seriously though, just pick up at least 0030 from swords... you'll wonder how you ever got by without it.
Message Edited by Iawo on 08-09-2005 08:17 PM
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