When's Fixskills?

[Asha]

The next one, isn't it today?

[isebumples]

yep! Not sure when it goes into effect, though...

-Bumple's player

[Itachi]

should be around 10 p.m. EST

[Asha]

Bastard!
That's almost tommorrow. :(

And 10pm EST is 4 am for me

Double :(

[Xandalf]

It's already out.

[isebumples]

fixskill
The FIXSKILLS command will allow you to instantly set your skills to match your goals. Use the GOALS command to set your skills to your desired values FIRST!

You may view FIXSKILLS HELP for more information on this option.

To use FIXSKILLS, you must type FIXSKILL CONFIRM within the next 30 seconds.

*** No additional options will be granted outside of normal parameters for misuse. ***

** Make sure your skills are set how you want them with GOALS before using FIXSKILLS CONFIRM **


yep, it is!!!!! Woohoo!!!!

-Bumple's player

[Asha]

Woohoo!
Goodbye runestaves , you fucks!!

[Nieninque]

10am EST is 3am for you, unless you moved :P

[isebumples]

congrats, shimm, on gettin rid of the twig!!!

My sorc is doin the same in about 15 minutes.

-Bumples player

[Tsunami]

Just curious why you would prefer to not have a runestaff weilding sorc? I've never played a sorcerer, but have been considering it.

Oh, and woohoo! Fixskills! Kinda like a birthday.

[theotherjohn]

Originally posted by Tsunami
Just curious why you would prefer to not have a runestaff weilding sorc?

All high level sorcs should be brawl and Voln Fu.

Both as a defense v. PvP and the way Rift and OTF works.

[Meges]

Rune staves simply don't offer as much melee DS as board and sword do. Hence, they suck. I have my older empath as a rune staff user, but I'm not sure if I'll change him because it's not like he hunts anyway.

Meges

[Asha]

Read as above.

My reason exactly

[theotherjohn]

Originally posted by theotherjohn
[quote]

Both as a defense v. PvP and the way Rift and OTF works.

also curse your own shield so it binds

[Asha]

can still be disarmed though can't it?

[isebumples]

it won't matter as much if it drops, you'll have DS from brawl, and can easily get it back if if it falls from your hand.

-Bumples player

[Brattt8525]

How much brawling would a caster need?

[Edited on 5-20-2005 by Brattt8525]

[Miss X]

I 1x brawling with Chica and it seems to work well. :)

[Asha]

1x + 1x shield.

[Meges]

Originally posted by isebumples
it won't matter as much if it drops, you'll have DS from brawl, and can easily get it back if if it falls from your hand.

-Bumples player

You won't be able to pick it back up when another critter bolts or nails you with a physical attack and stuns/kills you. With board and sword, at least your shield can't be disarmed and you can fall back on the shield training. With a rune staff you can't do that. If you brawl as well use a rune staff, all the brawling in the world won't save you in the above scenario. Yeah, you'll have some parry DS with brawl training, but most likely not enough to save you, especially since you have no redux and are likely wearing some crappy armor. Plus, you can't exactly enchant your hands, like you can with shields and weaponry. Too bad you can't use a rune staff and a brawling weapon. There's simply too many cons in the case of rune staves for my tastes.

How does block and parry work for a brawling rune staff user? Do they get both block and parry, or just block?

Meges

[Sean of the Thread]

ah fuck I was hoping it didn't come out till this evening. I wasted my previous fix skill now. =(

[Meges]

Originally posted by Brattt8525
How much brawling would a caster need?

[Edited on 5-20-2005 by Brattt8525]

I'm sure you know this Katya, but pures can only single in brawling and like the others have said, if you're going to do it, you should max it. Shield training on the other hand, if you're not using a rune staff that is, I .5x in it with all my pures and do fine.

Meges

[Meges]

Originally posted by Meges

Originally posted by Brattt8525
How much brawling would a caster need?

[Edited on 5-20-2005 by Brattt8525]

I'm sure you know this Katya, but pures can only single in brawling and like the others have said, if you're going to do it, you should max it. Shield training on the other hand, if you're not using a rune staff that is, I .5x in it with all my pures and do fine.

Meges

Er, excuse me, I .5x shield with all my pures except for my eldest empath.

Meges

[Asha]

1x shield 1x brawling. works fine.

Oh and if you leave out 102 , you have yerself some nice punchy weapons.
+ I had no idea Bratt was Katya.
The highest CS I've seen in game came from her.

[Meges]

Originally posted by Drayal
1x shield 1x brawling. works fine.

Oh and if you leave out 102 , you have yerself some nice punchy weapons.
+ I had no idea Bratt was Katya.
The highest CS I've seen in game came from her.

Heh, my wizard currently casts at 533 with no outside help from orbs or whatnot. I guess I could make it higher, more quick, with this fixskills... I have him currently unlearning a few things to stick in a spell circle to get it up to 540, but we'll see if I have the patience for that. I'm trying to avoid using the fixskills for something like this.

Meges

[Asha]

Haha.
Can't believe that once upon a time , my sorc had trouble warding a skeleton.
:lol:
CS 500 is still a fair way away for him though.

[Parker]

Oh! warriors, sword and board vs 2-handers vs polearms.

I need some advice.

[Asha]

claid or lance = amazing damage

That's as much as I know.
I hate chain wearing enemies you see.

[Parker]

He swings a claid/blessable maul now...I hate the fact that he's getting PWNED in weald. can't hunt without someone high enough level to hold in there.

When I get back home from school, I'll post up his stats/skills, I was just wondering at the lower/mid level configuration that people found to work the best.

Fuck brawling. Man up and take a sword.

- Arkans

[Trouble]

Originally posted by Drayal
1x + 1x shield.

Say you couldn't afford to 1x both... what would you pick?

For example, from my understanding and experience with runestaves, the major benefit is actualy the parry ability, as opposed to the DS. If you went shield/brawl, you would lose the parry, but you might gain some block ability. If that is the case, wouldn't it be wiser to 1x the sheld and fill in whatever's left to the brawl? assuming you're planning on being open-handed...

[Asha]

I'm not 100 McPercent sure how it works though.
All I know is , if I didn't have brawling/OHE/whatever I'd have an empty right hand and less DS.

If I had to choose, I'd rather have been a woma . .
Er, I mean brawl + shield, there's no inbetween for me.

[StrayRogue]

The recommended training for a shield using pure is 1x shield and .5x weapon.

[Asha]

Thank god for that. Keeping up with brawling would hurt a bit in the TP area.

[Trouble]

Originally posted by StrayRogue
The recommended training for a shield using pure is 1x shield and .5x weapon.

You mean the other way around?

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Training guidelines for Shield Use (for characters pursuing a One-handed weapon/Shield training path):

Profession Training Guideline

Professions Training Guideline
Warrior 2x
Rogue 1.5x
Bard/Ranger 1x
Pure Spellcasters 0.5x

Training guidelines for a weapon skill:

Professions Training Guideline
Warrior 2x
Rogue 2x
Bard/Ranger 2x
Pure Spellcasters 1x or Staves

http://www.play.net/gs4/info/combatguide.asp

[StrayRogue]

Or that. I'd personally 1x both otherwise your DS will be the same as it would using a runestave. And if its going to be like that you may as well use a staff and have better magic skills.

[Asha]

Steeple nose.
Blink Drayal.

You softly say, ''Fuck.''

[Meges]

Originally posted by StrayRogue
The recommended training for a shield using pure is 1x shield and .5x weapon.

I'd rather have more parry DS than bolt DS any day. As it stands, nothing can bolt my wizard who's .5x in shield and 1x in edged. Nothing hits him from ambush either. I'm not sure how much of a difference his numbers would be if he were to .5x in edged and 1x in shield, though. I need to load that into Tsoran's trainer and see.

Meges

[Meges]

Originally posted by Trouble

Originally posted by StrayRogue
The recommended training for a shield using pure is 1x shield and .5x weapon.

You mean the other way around?

=====


Training guidelines for Shield Use (for characters pursuing a One-handed weapon/Shield training path):

Profession Training Guideline

Professions Training Guideline
Warrior 2x
Rogue 1.5x
Bard/Ranger 1x
Pure Spellcasters 0.5x

Training guidelines for a weapon skill:

Professions Training Guideline
Warrior 2x
Rogue 2x
Bard/Ranger 2x
Pure Spellcasters 1x or Staves

http://www.play.net/gs4/info/combatguide.asp

Oh nevermind, I knew I trained him the way I did for a reason...

Meges

[isebumples]

Dont forget, If you really need some extra DS, you get a enchanted brawling weapon, and carry it around. It will add to DS in defensive. I've heard that hook-knives are brawling weapons you can skin with, as well.

-Bumple's player

[Edited on 5-20-2005 by isebumples]

[peam]

Finally free of the binding shackles of ranged weapons!

And I've the most badass pairing of weapons ever...

You are holding an eye-engraved heavy vultite skull-crusher in your right hand and a sharp-spiked vultite knee-breaker in your left hand.

[Gan]

Just fixskilled my capped empath... converted from ohe/shield over to runestaff and managed to keep my ambush DS with available spells (including wizard) to 460+... My CS jumped from 474 to 491 in empath base and over 20 in MnS and MjS, and I was able to add spell aiming (for 111 and 1110) to the list of available skills.

I was really nervous about switching since I was convinced at looking at a major DS drop. Whew.

[rupa]

God... I need to fixskills my bardess and possibly convert my warrior to a paladin... I don't even know how to do that, is it still an option?