Posted by Magtograme on September 20, 2000 at 13:20:45:
In Reply to: Re: Honestly, I think they're fine the way they are... posted by Harlequin on September 20, 2000 at 07:18:40:
> Although, I would like to see spell evasion work against mobs like it did when it was first introduced. well here we are agreeing on that one so Ill ignore spell evasion from now on. Critical strike would be nice as a an automatic skill but I used it often enough that I know it would be much too powerful as an automatic skill. I was able to hang with a porcupine as a felar assassin (Axzwerlich). It would have been a photo finish as to who would have died if the porc hadn't fled but considering I was wielding a sword and had one empty claw at the time, I think I did pretty well. With critical strike, I consistently sent mongeese (sounds better than mongooses...) packing, and the one armadillo I fought didn't stand a chance. if critical hit had been automatic every 2 rounds say (ie not like deathblow which its possible to hit every hit every round) would it have made that big a difference against the porcupine? or against mongeese? my felar assassin was the same.... > At any rate, the point of this post is to say that if played correctly, scouts are fine the way they are. Only assassins, thieves, and rangers should be scouts anyway, if you ask me. Make critical strike an automatic skill and watch the warriors flock to the scout profession... nah. bloodthirst (with haste remember), and trophy are very powerful for a warrior. deathblow vs critical hit (if crit is auto like I suggested) deathblow still comes out on top.. > Harlequin
because it sounds like you were crit spamming anyway.
The other moves dont do jack against mongeese for example.
> As for spell evasion, I was able to perfect it with some small amount of ease. But then I was an assassin and people were constantly trying to fog me when I was in the Tower. The skill seems to work often enough even when not perfected. If you disagree, I know a few Masters who could provide testimony as to how irritating it was to fight me when Scourge wouldn't touch me... I'm pretty sure Invokers hated me the most between spell evasion and tiger claw.
waaaay out on top. Spell evasion is most useful for the classes you mentioned because it can prevent them from having to come out of hiding due to faerie fog and such - which is why I would choose scout, so that I could stay hidden. Its not nearly as useful for a warrior.