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The defensive acuity skill modifier itself acts in place of dodge/counterattack/block, whether you have from other professions or not.

I see that it actually works sometimes but not that often. It's purely subjective whether or not it's broken. Let's just say it works, but not that well.

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Let's just say it works, but not that well.

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"Actually, it has been stated it is not broken, just that it was not "ramped up" when other professions' received bonuses to defenses."

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To some people, being left behind when other professions got a boost is not right and is evidence that something is not working (hence "broken"). I personally think it works well enough.

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SoriAgi wrote:

Hi, I'm thinking of taking 2 skills from the Striking tree to improve my defense. I want to know if defensive acuity works if you're armed with a pistol. If it does, will it increase the chance to dodge (which I doubt) or does it just add an extra chance to block/counterattack/dodge etc....

Thanks!

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It doesn´t work with pistols or any other equiped weapon, except vks ....and it doesn´tincreasedodge, block or counterattack...

I actually think Defence Acuity is broken

From the Useful Information Thread:



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).

Aircake actually affects your chance to avoid attacks in general, not the actual dodge stat. That's a misnomer because of the description of aircake in game. Basically you eat it and people miss you more.

Defense acuity works. Just not as well as dodge, block, or counterattack.

The description for Defensive Acuity in the TKA tree states that it "Improves youre chances of reacting to a succesful hit with a dodge, counterattack, or block." My question is then, is it worth picking up the defensive acuity tree if youre trying to stack dodge or counterattack defensives? how much of a binus does the defensive acuity give?