Teras Kasi Archive

I've been a teras kasi since the game started. I don't PvP at all unless I am dragged into it. I like TKA for PvE. It depends on what you want to do I guess. anyway Nerfs are always on the horizon for most of the professions. That is what happens when the majority of people in this game gripe about every profession that they can't incap or slay in 1 or 2 hits. "they're overpowered nerf them" guess what people, if you become the strongest profession guess who the nerf bat is teeing up next.......

LMAO the nerf bat I love it! such a nice little pun

Hmm, wasn't griping about TKA being strong or weak, just after some info if there are any hints of a nerf coming as I don't wish to waste another month grinding a proff only for it to be batted down

I did Commando (devoting a lot of skill points to it), that's a complete waste of time now as Flame is sillysince the patch(if someone has heat resistance you can't touch them, if they don't, they go down in one and complain - but in the real world, nothing/nobodyis without heat resist now). I did CH and that's screwed with the new pet AI as they just chase each other over the horizon leaving you to be pummelled while frantically hitting f f f f f f f f f f.

I've done a little PvP and the only times I've gone down was to a serious TKA (had some other stacked defences and seriously knew what he/she was doing). It also looked quite interesting. Plan is for mainly NPC Force Sensitive hunting/missions and a little PvP, as they're all 100% heat resist now (and acid on the commando tree doesn't work) it appears that it's time to surrender Com.

Can TKA hit the Force Sensitives (Nightsisters/NPC Jedi's) well? My Comm/CH char goes down in seconds now

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geefin wrote:

Hi,

After the recent patch I'm switching proffs (Commando got hit *hard*) and I've always liked the look of TKA, having been taken down by a few of them in my time

Anyways, before I devote a significant amount of time getting Master, what is the liklihood of a nerf to TKA on the horizon? Having had CH and then Comm nerfed pretty much as I hit master I'd be pretty pissed to make it 3/3 (and don't call me th nerf-bringer ).

So, is there one on the horizon? Anyone heard anything on test centre? This is a geniune question not a troll, as at the rate I'm going, I'm going to try one more proff before giving up combat completely and becoming a damn Chef or something...getting sick of mastering something only for it to be shot down and rendered nigh on useless.

Cheers,

gee fin

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Commandos can still do a CONSIDERABLE amt of dmg, it's just the DOT flame got effected, along with all the other bleed type dmg. It sucks, but I always thought doing 2-3k dot was a bit extreme. I still die from getting 1 shot from flames, just if I ever end up living I hav enough time to heal it off and the wounds aren't as nasty either.

TKA is nice though, and pretty powerful. The fact a TKA could outdmg a commando overall can say something in itself. I remember outdmging group of players in the tusken fort when I was working on TKA, and I wasn't even a master yet. Saw a commando flaming them but I still out dmged him (even though it was kinetic).

The only nerf I can see them doing is probably dropping the dmg some. Once they put a speed cap for each profession, TKA will still be the fastest melee overall, better offensively. Fencer I would guess be the fastest, and maybe better defense. Swordsman would be in the middle, and the pikeman would be the powerhouse dmg dealers.

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geefin wrote:

Hmm, wasn't griping about TKA being strong or weak, just after some info if there are any hints of a nerf coming as I don't wish to waste another month grinding a proff only for it to be batted down

I did Commando (devoting a lot of skill points to it), that's a complete waste of time now as Flame is silly since the patch (if someone has heat resistance you can't touch them, if they don't, they go down in one and complain - but in the real world, nothing/nobody is without heat resist now). I did CH and that's screwed with the new pet AI as they just chase each other over the horizon leaving you to be pummelled while frantically hitting f f f f f f f f f f.

I've done a little PvP and the only times I've gone down was to a serious TKA (had some other stacked defences and seriously knew what he/she was doing). It also looked quite interesting. Plan is for mainly NPC Force Sensitive hunting/missions and a little PvP, as they're all 100% heat resist now (and acid on the commando tree doesn't work) it appears that it's time to surrender Com.

Can TKA hit the Force Sensitives (Nightsisters/NPC Jedi's) well? My Comm/CH char goes down in seconds now

And on the great nerfing, yes, it does seem a universal trend to bat down every proff (each board has 90% nerf complaints) but it seems some are being hit harder than others. I finally gave up hope when I saw a Master Swordsman tanking three Nightsisters whereas me as a Master Commando (having devoted nearly twice as many skill points) goes down in seconds to one of them. And I won't even dare read the Bounty Hunter board, those guys must be seriously aggro...

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Hmm heat resist actually works now? I wish they did that back when I had 100 heat resist pet. My rancor went down down so frigging fast it wasn't even funny.

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geefin wrote:

Hi,

After the recent patch I'm switching proffs (Commando got hit *hard*) and I've always liked the look of TKA, having been taken down by a few of them in my time

Anyways, before I devote a significant amount of time getting Master, what is the liklihood of a nerf to TKA on the horizon? Having had CH and then Comm nerfed pretty much as I hit master I'd be pretty pissed to make it 3/3 (and don't call me th nerf-bringer ).

So, is there one on the horizon? Anyone heard anything on test centre? This is a geniune question not a troll, as at the rate I'm going, I'm going to try one more proff before giving up combat completely and becoming a damn Chef or something...getting sick of mastering something only for it to be shot down and rendered nigh on useless.

Cheers,

gee fin

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Whatnot wrote:

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geefin wrote:

Hi,

After the recent patch I'm switching proffs (Commando got hit *hard*) and I've always liked the look of TKA, having been taken down by a few of them in my time

Anyways, before I devote a significant amount of time getting Master, what is the liklihood of a nerf to TKA on the horizon? Having had CH and then Comm nerfed pretty much as I hit master I'd be pretty pissed to make it 3/3 (and don't call me th nerf-bringer ).

So, is there one on the horizon? Anyone heard anything on test centre? This is a geniune question not a troll, as at the rate I'm going, I'm going to try one more proff before giving up combat completely and becoming a damn Chef or something...getting sick of mastering something only for it to be shot down and rendered nigh on useless.

Cheers,

gee fin

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The short answer is that no one knows for sure what is coming in terms of a nerf. I too lived through all the various CH nerfs, and I know what it's like. I suspect that SOE will do something to "balance" TKA, as it seems to be their standard method in dealing with a vocal minority of their player base expressing displeasure.

As far as you taking up TK, it has it's strengths and weaknesses -- as it should. The weaknesses include lack of ranged attack, and only doing kinetic damage. You'll have to offset these with what ever other professions you choose to pursue. For me, I find TK a lot of fun to play, mostly because in the right situation, we can kick some serious butt, and not kill ourselves with HAM costs (if we put away the vibroknucklers).

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I think the thing is, there might be a nerf, there might be not. The main weakness that TKA has is the fact all their dmg is kinetic. What makes the TKA a killer is the dizzy+knockdown or dizzy+posture change. They need to fix it so it's a 50-50 chance that you will go to knockdown position when you get up rather then making it a 10-90 chance that you will eventually get up, not counting the fact people go back to knockdown position after hitting stand key again AFTER standing up.

Yup, all the jedi's are crying like abunch of **edit** with skinned knees about us now.....It should be soon.....stay away!

Bro I was a Master Commandoatlaunch and remained one for monthsand wasin fact a Master Commando Master TKA combo. Now when the time came to choose between the two to leave for my temporary holo insanity I chose to leave Commando because as much as it grieved me to admit it, Commando is a one trick pony and now the pony only has one leg.

When you look at how badly the commando tree is nerfed, the fact that the devs have been caught admitting they really don't like the commando profession, and now the continued nerfing of the commando tree it should be a no brainer for you.

If you are looking for some skill set that is immune to the nerf bat then " this is not the skill tree you are looking for" (waves hand in front of Geefin). Teras Kasi has definitely seen it's share of "balancing". You will need to balance your melee skills in TK with some ranged attacks and defense but TK is an awesome skill set as far as SWG skill sets go.