Teras Kasi Archive

1.Do the evasive skills of the fencer, swordsman, and pikeman (dodge, counterattack, block) apply when a character is fighting unarmed? For example, if I had a tka who also had some of the the fencer skill tree complete, would my character Dodge while fighting unarmed, or is that a defensive skill used only when fencing? (this question also applies to bonuses from other professions such as the pistoleer who gets Dodge)

2.How about melee and ranged defense bonuses? Do these stack from the different professions? For example, my current character receives bonuses to melee defense from both tka and fencer. Is the combined total the value used to calculate my defense vs melee attacks?

3.What exactly is melee defense? Does it make a character harder to hit? Does it reduce the melee damage taken when a character is hit? Does it do both? What about ranged defense?

4.What about bonuses against Knock-down, Posture Change, and all the various states (blind, intimidate, stun, etc), do those bonuses stack from different professions?

Thanks in advance for your effort! Also thank you for what you have already done. You're doin a fine job!!

The answer to number 1 is a definite yes. I used to counterattack when I was a TKM/master swordsman.. long before CoB.

I believe(99.9x% sure)the other defenses stack.. the ones that don't have a weapon-type attached to them.. i.e. toughness. That's the only mod with a certain condition as to its application.

I can answer 3 for you. Melee defense makes it harder to hit you with melee attacks. Ranged defense makes it harder to hit you with ranged attacks.

I'll try to get an official answer on the other 3.

To my knowledge, if a skill says Dodge, you will always have that passive skill. Same goes for block or counterattack.

If it says Unarmed Toughness +12345, you will only get that bonus while using that particular skill.

While this is not official stone tablets kinda stuff from SOE, i'll answer your questions based on my experiences from a player's perspective.

1- Yes, they do.

2- Most definately.

3- 1st line of defense, prevents you from getting hit from melee attacks or ranged attacks. (Block, counterattack & dodge are 2nd line defenses, i.e. if it passes thru your melee/ranged defense, it is checked against your 2nd line defense skills to see if you block/dodge/counterattack.)

4- Yes they stack, when i had Fencer/TKA/Pistoleer mods defenses to posture change & knockdown, it took alot more shots to get me KDed.

Hope this helps...