Teras Kasi Archive

I'm glad these 3 issues are being addressed. I ground TKM well before the CU and was devastated when SOE made us look more like barroom brawlers than a martial arts master. I no longer feel proud of my profession and the satisfaction of seeing the results of the hard work i put in to grind is all but gone. That being said i'm damned if i'm letting it go just because some git in an office at SOE decided that the release date took priority over the functionality and enjoyment of the game (shame on you).
Hopefully once these issues are addressed properly our profession will become fun again.

Someone posted earlier that soloing has gone now for us TKAs but in reality although we can no longer wade into a crowd of beasts, that should be able to crush our puny bodies like a bug, and flatten them all without even blinking I have found no problem soloing certain level 80-82 beasts. My template is TKM/MCH with a bit of scout.
I generally battle Nudfuhs on rori as they are quick to kill and the nests spawn a crazy number of them. I can pick those level 80 missions from my city's terminal without being grouped.
Using TKM i've tried soloing them without my beasts and down the go without taking more than 10% health from me. likewise i've sent my 3 female Narglatches (oh how i love them) on them with similar results. When both my creatures and I lay into them they drop like flies.

It's not the end of the world for us. We can get xp on our own (if we couldn't I'd be gone). Obviously grouping gives you the benefit of group DPS but if your friends aren't online at least we can you can still go out there and cause mayhem. We just can't do it the same way we did before the CU.

P.S. - CH injects the fun element back into my combat that SOE have drained out of us so i'm reasonably happy

Forgot to say that while testing my abilities against the nudfuhs I didn't take any food or use any stims. I used powerboost before the attack (although probably didnt need to) and kept myself in a constant state of CoB using a macro.
the pause in my macro is 34 seconds incase you're interested

If your wearing defensive clothing attachments and your melee defense is only 305 then your no where near what you could be tank wise. I currently have 0 defensive clothing attachments.. My melee defense is 325 ranged is 280-285 dont recall right off.. TKM has the flat out best defenses. Force of will is broken and that sucks.. And our weapons are very lame making us the weakest damage dealers so that sucks as well. If i use food and drink my defenses are 425melee 380-385 ranged. Just soem food for thought to think about.. my set up is currently Master brawler, TKM, Masterswordsman, Fencer 4xxx, Pikeman xx4x, And i have two boxes fo ranged defense in FS filled. Also the innate defense really is not active at all unless you run CoB. I hear alot of people complaining they cant tank solo etc etc etc... I only profession I had mastered when CU came about was TK. I was a level 63.. I soloed my entire template without a problem. It is strictly a matter of learning what you cana nd can not do and how.. I can take on two mobs my level or so under me without an issues.. on ocassions I can take on two mobs 1 level above me and still win..

3) The current lack of specials within TKA makes combat very restrictive, making it nothing more then spamming the same moves, are there any plans to make it more diverse? (this was in reference to not onlyto our lack of moves, but also our animations, they only commented on the moves, you will see why further down.)

Half of the TKA abilities are defensive in nature to improve your tanking capabilities. If you are not spending a decent portion of your time using defensive abilities you're not fighting at your fullest potential.

Unstickying this. The information will be added to the new FAQ which will be up in the next couple of days (had to put it back again due to a busy few days :/ ).