Teras Kasi Archive

Why are we now asking for a reduction in HAM costs from the nerf levels? We were asking for a HAM drain reduction BEFORE the nerf. We need to have KD back like it was or BETTER. I assure you there are applications in the game where you need rapid KDs if you've explored certain areas of the galaxy. I don't use KD spamming, but it does NOT NEED A TIMER EITHER.

Sorry to yell, but I feel very strongly about this. If you want me to show you what I mean, come on to Starsider and I'll show you these places if you've never been. Although, we wouldn't have a chance in hell of surviving before, we'd wouldn't have even a prayer of /burstrun ing now.

I think a more viable solution is a KD progression up the Balance tree:

Balance I 125 HAM drain

Balance 2 100 HAM drain

Balance 3 75 HAM drain

Balance 4 50 HAM drain

Master 35 HAM drain

This is our ONLY good tool. We shouldn't compromise. If you want to KD spam Pve go ahead, its slow and boring. But don't cripple those of us who were skillful at using it.

Aurilius

Please desregaurd anything Elanane post since she has a hold the golden key to the pearly gates of SOE heaven.

I vote Elanane as a replacement for Judge Judy!

DrBonzai.

Umm that makes no sense.

We are protesting the new patch becuase we get so much enjoyment of the TKA skill. People like you come here and call us whiners. TKA is dead for higher level TKA players to master TKA players. I cant even group with my TKA char becuase he dies way too much yet players like you somehow love these new changes?

Many players have already quit SWG and many of them were master TKAs. The TKA skill costs toomanyHAM points to use the special moves without VKand way too many HAM points with VK.

Two months ago when I started to train TKA, I never had gotten so much enjoyment form an online game but now with this new patch I feel let down BIG time becuase I did not train TKA to kill my self while trying to use the special moves I trained so hard for.

I dont think it is strategy when you have to arm and dis arm VK over and over just so you dont kill your self and let me tell you that as strong as my char is he is killinghis HAM by using special moveswith out VK or when you have to be forced to group up just to explore. I was in a group last night and I was cloned so many times I gave up and logged out. If you think players trained the TKA skills just so they should have to use the above strategies becuase alot of the TKA profession was never working right in the first place and then see the TKA skill nerfed three times then your full of it!

DrBonzai.

Elanae I bet you are an SWG dev team member hmm..... No mater becuase if the TKA profession is not fixed soon then I too will be quiting along with the many others who signed the petition because I am not paying SOE to waste my time andmy enjoyment of training the Teras Kasi profession .

DrBonzai.

Umm, DrBonzai, you are dumb and must not have ready any other posts I have made on this board. If you had taken the time to read thru the threads you would find that I hate this patch and think we were nerfed severily and the HAM costs are excessive. I think the original poster had a nice idea with the HAM cost reducing as you move up the tree, but I don't think KD should be able to be spammed and stack. It wasnt that hard to KD a mob, hit it like 10times, then KD it down again when it got up. That's all I was in disagreement with. So please take a few minutes to read other threads before you go bashing one person.

oops ready should be read. stupid posts unable to edit.

Maybe you guys didn't notice...but ALL TK skills have had the HAM costs boosted not just kd, maybe take a look at hit3 insane I do just about the same damage to myself as I do to the creature.

I am sorry Elanae. I am just so upset at this new patch that has killed the TKA that I and so many others in the TKA profession have enjoyedso much only to see it go to the garbage.

DrBonzai.

Apology accepted. I think the majority of us are pretty frustrated at the moment and it sometimes gets the best of us. No harm no foul.

I have to say the only thing keep me in SWG right now is the fact I worked so hard to setup my PA with only an architecht and myself. Anyways, back to the topic. I spent hours training legit for teras kasi and unarmed. I think we can all take bets on which one I thought was easier (I didn't discover VK til Unarmed 4). I don't enjoy bashing on other profession, but frankly, any post-marksman elite class whoops either of the professions I have chose, Commando and Teras Kasi. This wasn't so much the case before the patch, but now it's a sure deal. I understand the whole "let's balance things out" deal, but I think they overshot this one. I'm not TOO upset because I'm -- against my better judgement -- believe they are addressing the public's abhorration to the new patch.

I think my most compelling is argument is this -- Master Brawler whoops Teras Kasi arse. A MINOR PROFESSION WHOOPS AN ELITE PROFESSION. Yes, this means they mastered all 4 tiers, but the XP required for a minor profession cannot even compare to an elite profession. With all the XP I've obtained by now I could have mastered brawler a few times. If you've felt the wraith of two-handed lunge 2 you know what i mean. I have balance 2 and it still works pretty well on me. This also segues into idea (not very relevant now since the hoopla of the patch) that TKA should get unarmed lunge 2 -- even if at Master TKA. It only makes sense. IA master brawler will almost always use two-handed lunge 2 . What is the point of giving him/her unarmed lunge 2? This is a passionate want though and most likely is silly, but I just wanted to mention it.

Maybe good news in the near future>>>>>>>>Holo just posted about the propsed changes to commando..then mentioned that TKA is next...pray itsin a positive direction.

ill post link when i find it again

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Development&message.id=323075#M323075