Teras Kasi Archive

I posted this in another thread, and thought I'd start it's own thread as well. Here is a thought on how to fix the TKA.

Focus on the A of the title. We are Artists. What we all want to be is a Teras Kasi Warrior. I suggest that when Elite-Elite professions are rolled out, that the TKA get's a new elite-elite profession called the Teras Kasi Warrior. Then all the defensive andoffensive skills we need to 'fix' our class can be rolled into that new profession. So here would be the four tracks. Track 1. Defensive.(blocking and hardening, reduce health costs for all manuvers) Track 2. Offensive. (Focus on attacks while moving, recude Action Costs for all manuvers) Track 3. Exotic Weapons. (Each level gets a new weapon) Track 4. Mental Techniques (reduce Mind costs for manuvers)

Then when this is done you can modify the TKA tree a bit.Meditation could then add a skill which would be like the dancers flourishs where a TKA could meditate/practice his skills by doing a martial arts routine. So the Artist who is 'meditating' would /startTKARoutine and then perform the manuvers of the TKA to put on a martial arts show. XP gained would be like the dancers/musicians track, you would get reduced unarmed combat XP for doing each manuver you did along with med. XP (like Music and Entertainer_healing XP). Now when you get to TKW you can no longer use the XP from meditate manuvers to advance, the only way to get XP for the TKW would be to defeat someone/thing in combat.

Of course this would all need to be balanced, but this approach is a lot more realistic towards a martial artist/warrior as well as fixes many of the problems with the TKA tree.

My thoughts on how to fix TKA? Have the Dev's actually play the game and not look at a spreadsheet. Plain and simple, how else could they say we have such strong close combat ability?

You're arguing semantics, and I disagree with your argument. Just because the title says "Artist" does not mean it should not be a devastating art.

I'm trying to find a way for SOE to do what they do best, keep the nerfs in place while providing new content for the hard core players.