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Thread: Monks, quarterstaves, combat diversity, oh my!

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    Default Monks, quarterstaves, combat diversity, oh my!

    OscuroToday at 7:15 PM
    So, here's something we're hoping adds a little diversity to Monks:
    Baseline changes: Quarterstaves move from base speed 5, Min RT 5 to base speed 3, Min RT 4.

    New CM:
    Way of the Ironwood Branch
    Available to: Monks
    Stamina Cost: N/A
    Prerequisites: Brawling training
    CMP Cost: 2/4/6
    Rank 1: Wielding a quarterstaff results in only a penalty of 5 MM when using UCS, down from 15.
    Rank 2: With TWC Training, quarterstaves can trigger another attack on the same target (using the normal TWC hit chance and RT formula) which is a UCS move chosen at random, unless it's the tier-up has suggested a specific one, then it picks that.
    Rank 3: When in the Flurry of Blows martial stance, a quarterstaff attack can trigger additional jabs against other targets in the rooms.
    The only rude person I met was a taxi driver in kagoshima. I was going from the train station to the ferry to take it over to an island and was showing him my papers and he was like "oh, climb mountain?" and I'm like "hai, yep!" and he made a muscle pose(bent arm, whatever you call it) laughed, and rubbed my belly.. like "oh, no, you fat american fuck, you no get up there", but whatever - Japhrimel

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    OscuroToday at 7:21 PM
    I mean, Way of the Ironwood Staff is my current coding project. That and a new hunting area, but we're still in design discussions on the latter. I'm not going to share other people's current projects.
    The only rude person I met was a taxi driver in kagoshima. I was going from the train station to the ferry to take it over to an island and was showing him my papers and he was like "oh, climb mountain?" and I'm like "hai, yep!" and he made a muscle pose(bent arm, whatever you call it) laughed, and rubbed my belly.. like "oh, no, you fat american fuck, you no get up there", but whatever - Japhrimel

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    OscuroToday at 7:22 PM
    I'm hoping to get a quarterstaff with one of the new weapon scripts at DR.
    The only rude person I met was a taxi driver in kagoshima. I was going from the train station to the ferry to take it over to an island and was showing him my papers and he was like "oh, climb mountain?" and I'm like "hai, yep!" and he made a muscle pose(bent arm, whatever you call it) laughed, and rubbed my belly.. like "oh, no, you fat american fuck, you no get up there", but whatever - Japhrimel

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    ith 55 ranks of MOC:
    >mstrike firebird
    You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies.
    You explode into a fury of strikes and ripostes, moving with a singular purpose and will!
    You swing an illthorn quarter staff at a firebird!
    AS: +600 vs DS: +555 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +71 = +135
    ... and hit for 16 points of damage!
    Stomach shot lands with a hollow *thump*.
    You roll your illthorn quarterstaff aside and attempt to jab a firebird!
    You have good positioning against a firebird.
    UAF: 663 vs UDF: 591 = 1.121 * MM: 76 + d100: 79 = 164
    ... and hit for 10 points of damage!
    Strong push to chest unbalances foe.
    Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup jab attack!
    You swing an illthorn quarter staff at a firebird!
    The firebird dodges just in the nick of time!
    Continuing your momentum, you jab at a firebird!
    You have good positioning against a firebird.
    UAF: 663 vs UDF: 591 = 1.121 * MM: 60 + d100: 12 = 79
    A close miss!
    You swing an illthorn quarter staff at a firebird!
    AS: +600 vs DS: +555 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +17 = +81
    A clean miss.
    You roll your illthorn quarterstaff aside and attempt to jab a firebird!
    You have excellent positioning against a firebird.
    UAF: 663 vs UDF: 591 = 1.121 * MM: 79 + d100: 98 = 186
    ... and hit for 27 points of damage!
    Fast, jarring blow to the chest audibly cracks several ribs.

    Your series of strikes and ripostes leaves you winded and out of position.
    Roundtime: 9 sec.
    The only rude person I met was a taxi driver in kagoshima. I was going from the train station to the ferry to take it over to an island and was showing him my papers and he was like "oh, climb mountain?" and I'm like "hai, yep!" and he made a muscle pose(bent arm, whatever you call it) laughed, and rubbed my belly.. like "oh, no, you fat american fuck, you no get up there", but whatever - Japhrimel

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alashir View Post
    ith 55 ranks of MOC:
    >mstrike firebird
    You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies.
    You explode into a fury of strikes and ripostes, moving with a singular purpose and will!
    You swing an illthorn quarter staff at a firebird!
    AS: +600 vs DS: +555 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +71 = +135
    ... and hit for 16 points of damage!
    Stomach shot lands with a hollow *thump*.
    You roll your illthorn quarterstaff aside and attempt to jab a firebird!
    You have good positioning against a firebird.
    UAF: 663 vs UDF: 591 = 1.121 * MM: 76 + d100: 79 = 164
    ... and hit for 10 points of damage!
    Strong push to chest unbalances foe.
    Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup jab attack!
    You swing an illthorn quarter staff at a firebird!
    The firebird dodges just in the nick of time!
    Continuing your momentum, you jab at a firebird!
    You have good positioning against a firebird.
    UAF: 663 vs UDF: 591 = 1.121 * MM: 60 + d100: 12 = 79
    A close miss!
    You swing an illthorn quarter staff at a firebird!
    AS: +600 vs DS: +555 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +17 = +81
    A clean miss.
    You roll your illthorn quarterstaff aside and attempt to jab a firebird!
    You have excellent positioning against a firebird.
    UAF: 663 vs UDF: 591 = 1.121 * MM: 79 + d100: 98 = 186
    ... and hit for 27 points of damage!
    Fast, jarring blow to the chest audibly cracks several ribs.

    Your series of strikes and ripostes leaves you winded and out of position.
    Roundtime: 9 sec.
    a cheap MCW quarter staff just sold too
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    Thanks for the post for those of us who missed it
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    9 sec RT, this looks extremely lackluster compared to just using MSTRIKE with regular UAC attacks.


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    It looks cool but it costs an absolute ton (talking like 2.5x cap or more) of exp to fully train for something which is ultimately just flat out worse than using a regular UCS mstrike.

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    They're also making quarterstaves min 4 RT weapons, which is actually pretty huge

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