Posted by Magtograme on July 18, 2000 at 13:43:07:

In Reply to: My thoughts (even though noone asked for them...) posted by Kastellyn on July 18, 2000 at 12:32:10:

> Ok, noone asked, but here goes...

but we care... we do... (snipped lots below)

> The power of the scout is vastly underestimated.

is it what!

Of the three paths, I believe scouts to be the most difficult to kill. Spell evasion is, without a doubt, one of the most underrated Battlerager powers.

as my assassin, that saved my life god knows how many times... how frustrating is it for a master, that knows you are in the tower stalking him, but cant get you to come out of the shadows...

Critical hit is extremely powerful,

oh yes... when theyve prepped themselves up using all those damn wands and stuff.. critical hit is nice. More likely though most classes will want to lag their opponent.. but it does have its uses.

Discern spell is the most situationally dependent of the powers, but for a bard, thief or assassin, extremely useful in deciding how to initiate combat on a sleeping (blackjacked/strangled) Master.

even a ranger before he ambushes

Maybe I should amend that with a nice Defender assassin...scary!

or defender ranger... amount you can heal yourself quickly is alot. Picalatopes (sp)
was a good example of that I think

I do think that double block isnt exceptionatly useful though. Its more useful for ranking, and much less so for pking because you cant block for yourself.

Follow Ups:

• Double block should be removed, to me it's the skill embodiment of gang-bang promotion. nt Imbrogno 14:26:52 7/18/2000 (6)
  • Here's an idea for a replacement even... Imbrogno 14:29:15 7/18/2000 (5)
    • I like that.... some more ideas along the same line Magtograme 14:41:07 7/18/2000 (4)
      • You could give them some sort of altruism-like skill, or the ability to jump in front of a spell's attack and thus absorb its blow. I don't know if I'd want to jump in front of cone of cold as a fire giant though...shiver. nt Imbrogno 14:47:19 7/18/2000 (3)
        • That's a nifty idea. Warrior 16:31:36 7/18/2000 (0)
        • hell no... I got unspeaked thru resist by that....., but I would have loved a defender to jump in front :) (nt) Magtograme 14:51:46 7/18/2000 (1)
          • You'd obviously have to give them some kind of uber-resist, a defender could only take so much. nt Imbrogno 14:59:27 7/18/2000 (0)

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